28 – 29 October 2026 · Wednesday – Thursday · 20 seats
ISO GQL & AItechnical masterclass
Two days on ISO/IEC 39075 — the first new ISO database language since SQL — taught by Yuri Simione, co-author of “Getting Started with the Graph Query Language (GQL)”. You start at your first query and finish by tracing money through a banking fraud graph. No prior graph experience needed.
- Trainer
- Yuri Simione, GQL co-author
- Content
- Chapters 1–14, beginner to expert
- Format
- Hands-on labs, bring a laptop
- Certificate
- Signed by the instructor
Curriculum
Fourteen modules over two days
Times are WIB (UTC+7). Modules follow the book chapter by chapter, so you leave with a reference you can keep using.
Masterclass Wednesday 28 October 2026 · 07:30 – 17:00 WIB
GQL from the ground up — chapters 1–7
Maximum 20 participants. Bring a laptop for the GQL Playground labs.
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Registration and welcome coffee
- Graph Week committee
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Opening and trainer introduction
Introduction to the book “Getting Started with GQL”.
- Yuri Simione
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Module 1 — evolution towards graph databases
Beginner · property graph vs relational, RDF/LPG, ISO GQL history. Chapter 1.
- Yuri Simione
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Module 2 — key concepts of GQL
Beginner · nodes, edges, labels, properties, schema, catalogs. Chapter 2.
- Yuri Simione
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Module 3 — getting started with GQL · lab
Beginner · installing the GQL Playground, your first graph database and first queries. Chapter 3.
- Yuri Simione
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Coffee break
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Module 4 — GQL basics · lab
Beginner · MATCH, RETURN, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE GRAPH. Chapter 4.
- Yuri Simione
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Lunch
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Module 5 — expressions and operators
Intermediate · arithmetic, logical and boolean expressions, CASE, variables. Chapter 5.
- Yuri Simione
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Module 6 — working with GQL functions
Intermediate · string, date, aggregate, mathematical and path functions. Chapter 6.
- Yuri Simione
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Coffee break
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Module 7 — advanced clauses · lab
Intermediate · complex pattern matching, variable-length paths, shortest path, path modes, composite queries. Chapter 7.
- Yuri Simione
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Hands-on practice and Q&A
Day 1 recap.
- Yuri Simione
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Close of day 1
- Yuri Simione
Masterclass Thursday 29 October 2026 · 08:00 – 17:00 WIB
Enterprise GQL and the anti-fraud case study — chapters 8–14
Maximum 20 participants. Module 12 is the flagship workshop.
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Registration and welcome coffee
- Graph Week committee
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Day 2 opening and day 1 recap
- Yuri Simione
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Module 8 — session management
Advanced · sessions, user context, environment configuration. Chapter 8.
- Yuri Simione
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Module 9 — graph transactions · lab
Advanced · ACID transactions, commit, rollback, multi-statement execution. Chapter 9.
- Yuri Simione
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Module 10 — conformance to the ISO GQL standard
Advanced · mandatory and optional features, vendor compatibility. Chapter 10.
- Yuri Simione
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Coffee break
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Module 11 — beyond GQL · lab
Advanced · extensions, graph algorithms, visualisation, indexes, performance tuning. Chapter 11.
- Yuri Simione
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Lunch
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Module 12 — anti-fraud case study · workshop
Expert · banking transaction graph, money-flow analysis, suspicious transaction detection, fraud investigation by graph traversal. Chapter 12.
- Yuri Simione
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Coffee break
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Module 13 — the evolving landscape of GQL
Expert · future ISO standards, GenAI integration, knowledge graphs, enterprise applications. Chapter 13.
- Yuri Simione
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Module 14 — glossary, resources and Q&A
Terminology, references and further learning. Chapter 14.
- Yuri Simione
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Close, certificates and group photo
- Yuri Simione
Your trainer
Yuri Simione
Co-author of “Getting Started with the Graph Query Language (GQL)” with Ricky Sun and Jason Zhang — the GQL book adopted by enterprises worldwide. Silicon Valley AI and graph technology expert, active in the ISO GQL AI standards work, with more than twenty years across AI, graph databases and enterprise systems. He teaches all four sessions himself.
- Day 3 Chapters 1–7 · beginner to intermediate
- Day 4 Chapters 8–14 · advanced to enterprise
- Flagship Module 12, the two-hour anti-fraud workshop
- Bring A laptop for the GQL Playground labs
Registration
Twenty seats, first come
USD 1,350 per participant, early-bird available. Tell us how many seats you need and we'll confirm availability and send payment details.