Learning & Reasoning
with Graphs

A BNAIC 2026 Workshop
📅 21 October 2026 📍 Maastricht, The Netherlands

About the workshop

Many real-world phenomena can be naturally represented as graphs, including social networks, biological systems, transaction networks, and knowledge bases. Learning and reasoning over graphs have enabled advances in applications such as drug discovery, fraud detection, recommender systems, and scientific discovery.

This workshop brings together researchers and practitioners working on graph-based AI across foundations and applications. The 3-hour session features invited talks and an interactive poster session with extended abstracts, with the goal of fostering discussion and collaboration between research and applications of these topics in the Benelux region and beyond.

Topics of interest

  • Graph neural networks & representation learning
  • Algorithmic reasoning & neuro-symbolic AI
  • Graph representations for relational databases
  • Integrations with LLMs & AI agents
  • Applications in science, health, finance, and beyond

Invited speakers

Jan-Christoph Kalo

Jan-Christoph Kalo

University of Amsterdam

Kubilay Atasu

Kubilay Atasu

Delft University of Technology

Christopher Morris

Christopher Morris

RWTH Aachen University

Schedule

The workshop will have a duration of 3 hours. Times are indicative and will be confirmed with the BNAIC/BeNeLearn 2026 program.

  1. 13:30 – 13:35

    Opening remarks

    Welcome and introduction by the organizers

  2. 13:35 – 14:15

    Invited talk 1 — Jan-Christoph Kalo

    30-minute talk + 10 minutes of questions and discussion

  3. 14:15 – 14:55

    Invited talk 2 — Kubilay Atasu

    30-minute talk + 10 minutes of questions and discussion

  4. 14:55 – 16:15

    Poster session

    80 minutes of networking and detailed scientific exchange around extended abstracts

  5. 16:15 – 16:55

    Invited talk 3 — Christopher Morris

    30-minute talk + 10 minutes of questions and discussion

  6. 16:55 – 17:00

    Closing remarks

Call for abstracts

We invite extended abstracts on learning and reasoning with graphs, spanning foundational methods and real-world applications, to be presented during the poster session.

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of up to 2 pages (excluding references) using the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) template. The template is available on Overleaf.

Submissions will be lightly reviewed for relevance to the workshop, and they may describe previously published work, work in progress, or ongoing research.

Important dates

Submission deadline
Friday, 18 September 2026 (23:59 CEST)
Notification of acceptance
Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Attendance requires registration for BNAIC/BeNeLearn 2026.

Organizers

Daniel Daza

Daniel Daza

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

d.dazacruz@vu.nl
Peter Bloem

Peter Bloem

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

p.bloem@vu.nl
Tamara Cucumides

Tamara Cucumides

University of Antwerp

Tamara.CucumidesFaundez@uantwerpen.be
Adem Kikaj

Adem Kikaj

KU Leuven

adem.kikaj@kuleuven.be