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title: "Speaking at Google DevFest Bari 2026: Beyond Naive RAG with Knowledge Graphs and GraphRAG"
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date: 2026-11-09 15:00:00 +0100
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excerpt: On December 12, 2026, Fabio Montagna and I will be on stage at Google DevFest Bari to talk about overcoming the limits of Vector-only RAG using Knowledge Graphs and GraphRAG.
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  - AI
  - Graph Database
  - RAG
lang: en
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On **December 12, 2026**, **Fabio Montagna** and I will be speaking at **Google DevFest Bari 2026** with a 40-minute session titled:

> **Beyond Naive RAG: Grounding LLMs with Knowledge Graphs and GraphRAG in Action**

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## Abstract

Classic RAG built solely on a Vector Database works well in demos, but quickly shows its limits in production: context fragmentation, inability to connect information distributed across multiple documents (*multi-hop reasoning*), and hallucinations when semantic similarity alone is not enough.

In this practical session, we will see how to overcome these limits by pairing vectors with the explicit structure of a **Knowledge Graph**.

Through code examples and an end-to-end demo, we will explore:

1. **The structural limits of Vector-only RAG** and why embeddings alone lose domain relationships.
2. **Building a Knowledge Graph with LLMs**: extracting entities and relationships from unstructured text, managing the MetaGraph (`Document -> Chunk -> Entity`), and disambiguation.
3. **GraphRAG Architecture and Hybrid Retrieval**: combining Vector Index and graph traversal to provide the LLM with a rich, deterministic, and traceable context.
4. **Text2Cypher, Schema Injection, and AI Agent integration** via the **MCP (Model Context Protocol)**.

Attendees will walk away with concrete architectural patterns, queries, and ready-to-use code to turn a fragile RAG pipeline into a truly domain-aware system.

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## Session Details

- **Event**: Google DevFest Bari 2026
- **Date**: December 12, 2026
- **Location**: Bari, Italy
- **Speakers**: Gaetano Piazzolla & Fabio Montagna
- **Format**: Talk (40 min) — *Advanced*
- **Language**: Italian

If you're attending DevFest Bari, come say hi!