Agenda for the second ELRC workshop in Cyprus | European Language Resource Coordination

Second European Language Resource Coordination Workshop:

Connecting Europe without language barriers: Cyprus in the European landscape of digital services

Tentative Agenda

When:

4 December 2018

Where:

European Commission Representation in Cyprus, EU HOUSE – 30, Vyronos Avenue, 1096 Nicosia

Organisation:

• The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) consortium

• European Commission, DGT, Cyprus Office

• Press and Information Office of the Republic of Cyprus

• University of Cyprus

08:00 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:10	Welcome by the EC Thea Pieridou, Deputy Head of the European Commission Representation in Cyprus Presentation
09:10 – 09:15	Welcome by the local organizer Sophie Michaelides, Director of Press and Information Office (PIO)
Session 1
09:15 – 09:35	Breaking down Language Barriers Christos Ellinides, DGT Deputy Director – General Presentation
09:35 – 09:50	The CEF eTranslation platform @ work Micha Jellinghaus, eTranslation Engines Project Manager, DGT, EC Presentation
09:50 – 10:35	The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) action: why and how you can engage and benefit Stelios Piperidis, Institute for Language and Speech Processing / Athena R.C., ELRC Presentation
10:35 – 10:45	National initiatives for digital public services Sophie Michaelides, Director of Press and Information Office Presentation
10:45 – 11:00	Coffee Break
Session 2
11:00 – 11:20	ELRC in Cyprus Fryni Kakoyianni-Doa, University of Cyprus, ELRC Technology National Anchor Point Presentation Natassa Avraamides, PIO, ELRC Public Services National Anchor Point Presentation
11:20 – 12:20	Multilingualism and digital services in Cyprus: an outlook into current and future challenges – Panel session Moderator: Natassa Avraamides, PIO, ELRC Public Services National Anchor Point Panelists: • Katerina Pericleous, Director of Department of Information Technology Services – eGovernment – Ministry of Finance Presentation • Lenia Orphanidou, Deputy Director of Department of Public Administration and Personnel, Open Data, Ministry of Finance Presentation • Constantinos Karageorgis – Senior Officer at Service of Industry and Technology, Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Presentation • Andronikos Kakkouras, Senior Officer, Digital Communications, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works Presentation
12:20 – 13:20	Lunch Break
Session 3
13:20 – 13:50	Legal aspects in language data contribution Tatiana Synodinou, Associate Professor, University of Cyprus Presentation
13:50 – 14:20	Tracking Greek Terminology Ioannis Bersos, Terminology Coordination Unit, European Parliament Presentation
14:20 – 14:40	Identifying and managing your data: Questions & Answers Moderator: Fryni Kakogianni-Doa
14:40 – 15:00	Conclusions Moderator: Natassa Avraamides
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee Break and Networking