TOTh 2026, the International Conference and Training Session on Terminology & Ontology: Theories and Applications, successfully concluded after four days of training, presentations, and interdisciplinary exchange held onsite and online at Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, Chambéry, from 2 to 5 June 2026. Organised by the University of Crete’s TALOS Lab in AI4SSH, this 20th anniversary edition brought together an international community of researchers, professionals, and students working at the intersection of terminology, ontology, and artificial intelligence.

The event opened with the two-day training session “Bringing Artificial Intelligence to Terminology: A Step-by-Step Project Approach,” held on 2–3 June 2026. Led by Silvia Piccini, Christophe Roche, and Maria Papadopoulou, the training focused on AI-assisted terminology work through NLP, Generative AI, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and relevant ISO and W3C standards, combining theoretical grounding with practical exercises and a step-by-step workflow. The training brought together 70 participants from 19 countries and 5 continents.

The conference followed on 4–5 June 2026 and opened with Danielle Candel’s talk “On the 20th Anniversary of the TOTh Conference.” This year’s conference welcomed 92 participants from 18 countries and 4 continents, confirming TOTh’s long-standing role as an international meeting point for terminology, ontology, language resources, and knowledge engineering.

TALOS members also presented their work during the conference. These contributions included “Parallel Wisdom: Modeling Ancient Greek and Chinese Philosophers” by Rafail Giannadakis, Maria Papadopoulou, and Hui Liu; “An OWL Ontology and Ontoterminology for Classical Athenian Legal Events” by Rachel Milio, Christophe Roche, and Maria Papadopoulou; “Cultural Bias in Ontologies: Formation and Containment” by Antonia Lourentzaki; and “Representing Zoological Knowledge through Ontoterminology in the Rerum Medicarum Novae Hispaniae Thesaurus” by Giuliana Elizabeth Vilela Ruiz, which received the Young Researcher Prize.

TOTh 2026 confirmed the strength of international collaboration in terminology, ontology, and AI, while also highlighting the active contribution of TALOS researchers to current debates in the field. The event concluded with a guided visit of Chambéry, offering participants the opportunity to continue discussions beyond the formal programme.