ELRC Malta seminar Agenda
| When: | 1 November 2019 | 
| Where: | Old University Building, St Paul Street, Valletta | 
| Organisation: | •    Donatienne Spiteri, Legislation Unit - Office of the Attorney General, Malta                (donatienne.spiteri@gov.mt; 0356 79734608) | 
| 08:00 – 08:50 | Registration and welcome coffee | 
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome and introduction Dr Donatienne Spiteri, Legislation Unit - Office of the Attorney General ELRC Public Services National Anchor Point | 
| 09:10 – 09:15 | Welcome by the EC Dr Elena Grech - Head of the European Commission Representation in Malta | 
| Session 1. Connecting a multilingual Europe: European context and local needs | |
| 09:15 – 09:35 | Connecting public services across Europe: ambition and results so far Ms Gudrun Stock, Deputy Head of Unit, DG CONNECT - European Commission Unit G3 - Accessibility, Multilingualism & Safer Internet | 
| 09:35 – 09:55 | Actions and policies for digital public services in Malta Ms Joyce Dimech - Permanent Secretary (Strategy & Implementation), Office of the Prime Minister | 
| 09:55 – 10:15 | Open data initiatives in Malta Dr Joseph S. Azzopardi, Enterprise Data Manager at Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA)/Government of Malta | 
| 10:15 – 11:00 | CEF in Malta: an outlook into current and future challenges – Panel session Moderator: University of Malta Dr Michael Spagnol, Department of Maltese, Faculty of Arts Dr Claudia Borg, Department of Artificial Intelligence, ICT Faculty Panelists: • Mr Andre Arciola, Head Quality & Training – servizz.gov • Mr Keith Cortis, Senior Solutions Architect - MITA • Mr Albert Vella, CIO – Ministry for Finance • Mr Donald Mangion, CIO – Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government • Dr Joseph S. Azzopardi, Enterprise Data Manager at MITA/Government of Malta • Ms Greta Attard, Software Developer - Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA) | 
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break | 
| Session 2. Engage: hands-on data | |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | The CEF eTranslation platform @ work Mr Michael Jellinghaus, eTranslation Engines Project Manager Mr Mark Vella, Language Officer – European Commission Representation in Malta | 
| 12:10 – 12:25 | ELRC in Malta Mr Mike Rosner, Department of Artificial Intelligence - University of Malta ELRC Technology National Anchor Point | 
| 12:25 – 12:50 | Can language data be shared and how? State of play in Europe and beyond Dr Prodromos Tsiavos, ELRC legal expert | 
| 12:50 – 13:50 | Lunch Break | 
| 13:50 – 14:25 | Preparing and sharing data with the ELRC repository – and what happens next Dr Khalid Choukri, ELDA CEO - ELRC Consortium | 
| 14:25 – 15:00 | Question time All available for answers: speakers, panelists, NAPS etc. | 
| 15:00 – 15:05 | Closing address by the Hon. Evarist Bartolo MP - Minister for Education and Employment | 
| 15:05 – 15:15 | Conclusions Donatienne Spiteri, ELRC PA NAP | 
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 | Coffee Break and networking | 
 
        





