The third European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) workshop in Iceland
| When: | 08 December 2022 |
| Where: | Stapi House, room 210, University of Iceland |
| Organisation: |
The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) consortium University of Iceland Translation Centre |
Language Technology is shaping our multilingual future. It has already been transforming the way we interact with our devices and with each other, the way we shop, work and travel. It reshapes our interaction with service providers, either public or private. Programs that automatically correct spelling errors and aid sophisticated writing, digital assistants that transform our voices to text messages on mobile phones, bots that answer our calls to the bank or to our social security organisation, systems that automatically translate from a foreign language, and much more, are already empowering our everyday lives, our businesses and our administrations. But can we fully use our own language in our digital interactions? Is our language adequately supported and ready to keep pace with the technological advancements of the AI era?
The third Icelandic European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) workshop will address these questions and it will seek to engage participants in a fruitful discussion on the status and prospects of Language Technology for the Icelandic language. Developers, integrators and users of Language Technology, both from the private and public sectors will share experiences, requirements and ways for transforming digital interaction in our multilingual Europe with Language Technologies. Finally, we will discuss how language data, i.e. texts and speech, can fuel development in Artificial Intelligence.
The ELRC workshop is a free event, but registration is required.
For further information, please contact the local workshop manager:
Full name: Gauti Kristmannsson
E-mail: gautikri@hi.is
Workshop programme
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome and introduction |
| 10:15 - 10:35 |
The CEF Automated Translation Platform and services Vilmantas Liubinas, Directorate-General for Translation, European Commission |
| 10:35 - 11:05 |
Common European Language Data Space Monica PRETTI, Data Directorate, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission |
| 11:05 - 11:30 |
Almannarómur presentation Jóhanna Vigdís Guðmundsdóttir |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Coffee break |
| 11:50 - 12:30 |
The potential of Language Technology and AI – where we are, where we should be heading - LT in Iceland Panel: Vilhjálmur Þorsteinsson Hafsteinn Einarsson Helga Ingimundardóttir |
| 12:30 - 13:10 |
LT for Public sector panel discussion Kári Örlygsson Steinþór Steingrímsson Þórunn Arnardóttir |
| 13:10 - 13:50 | LUNCH and discussions |
| 13:50 - 14:10 |
PRINCIPLE project Gauti Kristmannsson |
| 14:10 - 14:30 |
NLTP project Bjarni Barkarson |
| 14:30 - 14:40 | Summary and closing remarks |
