Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Data-driven Storytelling: Bridging Semantics, AI, and Narrative (DDS 2026) workshop, co-located with ISWC 2026. This workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of knowledge graphs, NLP, HCI, and generative AI to explore how semantic technologies can enhance narrative creation and engagement.

Submission Deadline: July 24th, 2026 (23:59 AoE)
Notifications: August 21st, 2026
Camera-ready Version: September 18th, 2026
Workshop Dates: October 25-26, 2026

We invite submissions of research papers, demos, and short papers that address (but are not limited to) the following topics:
• Knowledge graphs and ontologies for storytelling
• AI-driven narrative generation (LLMs, GenAI)
• Benchmarking narrative quality and coherence
• Interactive and participatory storytelling tools
• Ethics and explainability in automated storytelling

Submission Link: https://data-driven-storytelling-workshop.replit.app/

We encourage submissions from interdisciplinary fields, including semantic web, NLP, HCI, and creative industries.
For more details, visit the workshop website.

Looking forward to your contributions!

Best regards,

Pasquale Lisena, EURECOM, France
Maria Angela Pellegrino, University of Salerno, Italy
Lisa-Yao Gan, Technical University Munich, Germany
Yihang Zhao, King's College London, UK
Yiwen Xing, University of Oxford, UK