4th ELRC Conference
Share your language data,
Shape Europe's multilingual future!
| When: |
26/27 November 2019 |
| Where: |
Radisson Blue Seaside, Ruoholahdenranta 3, FIN-00180 Helsinki, Finland |
26th of November 2019: Plenary Sessions
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Coffee & Registration |
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09:00 – 09:20 |
Welcome Address by Gail Kent, Director of Data, DG CONNECT, European Commission |
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09:20 – 09:30 |
Welcome and Introduction Andrea Lösch, ELRC Project Manager, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence |
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09:30 – 10:30 |
Session: “AI and Language Technologies in the Digitalisation of Public Services” 09:30 – 09:50: LT within the Finnish Digital Agenda/AI Strategy Kaisamari Kuhmonen, Head of Language Services, Prime Minister’s Office, Finland and Krister Lindén, Research Director, University of Helsinki 09:50 – 10:10: Policy movements in Malta Donatienne Spiteri, Lawyer, Office of the Attorney General of Malta Michael Rosner, Department Artificial Intelligence, University of Malta 10:10 – 10:30: Powered by AI – Experiences with eTranslation API in IMI Zoltán Magyar, Team Leader IMI, DG GROW, European Commission |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
ELRC Country Profiles: Overcoming Obstacles and Creating Sustainable Language Data Sharing Infrastructures in Europe Lilli Smal, ELRC Marketing & Communications Manager, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence |
| 11:30 – 13:00 |
Session: “The impact and value of sharing language data” 11:30 – 11:50: The economic value of open data Esther Huyer, Senior Consultant for the European Data Portal, Capgemini Invent 11:50 – 12:10: Powering language data: TAUS Jaap van der Meer, CEO, TAUS 12:10 – 13:00: Panel: The value and re-use of language data Moderator: Jon Arid Olsen, Senior Consultant, National Library of Norway
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| 13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 15:45 |
Session: “Efficient and sustainable translation and procurement processes” 14:00 – 14:20: Language policies in NCB/NCAs across Europe: a sectoral profile Eleanna Antonoglou, Senior Translator, Bank of Greece 14:20 – 14:40: Post-editing productivity with domain-adapted NMT – a methodology to evaluate the contribution of DIY vs. customized, commercial engines Markus Welsch, Vice President Content Intelligence, Amplexor 14:40 – 15:00: Procurement practices in Europe: Two investigations Amando Estela, CTO, Pangeanic; Carmen Herranz-Carr, Data Analyst, Pangeanic 15:00 – 15:45: Panel: Towards optimal translation and procurement processes Moderator: Anna Kotarska, External Expert/Project Manager, Centre for Integrated Health Care and eHealth
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| 15:45 – 16:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:15 – 17:00 |
Discussion round: “Ready for the next digital revolution?” Moderator: Sabine Kirchmeier, international Advisor, Danish Language Council |
| 17:00 – 17:15 |
Conclusions and outlook Andrea Lösch, ELRC Project Manager, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence |
| 17:15 - open | Cocktail Reception |
FEEDBACK FOR DAY 1
27th of November 2019: Country Expo
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| 08:30 – 09:00 | Coffee & Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:15 |
Welcome and introduction by the ELRC coordinator Andrea Lösch, ELRC Project Manager, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence |
| 09:15 – 10:15 |
Country Expo – Pitch Session |
| 10:15 – 11:30 |
Country Expo (Country Expo: Floor Plan, Posters) |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Session: “Digital Europe & Horizon Europe: Future LT funding opportunities” 11:30 – 11:50: Digital Europe & Horizon Europe: Future LT funding opportunities Philippe Gelin, Head of Sector Multilingualism, DG CONNECT, European Commission 11:50 – 12:15: Discussion round “Future LT funding opportunities” Moderator: Andrejs Vasiljevs, CEO, Tilde
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| 12:15 – 13:00 |
Country Expo (cont.) |
| 13:00 – 13:15 |
Summary and conclusions Josef van Genabith, Scientific Director, Multilinguality and Language Technology, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence Andrea Lösch, ELRC Project Manager, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence |
| 13:15 – 14:15 |
Lunch Break |
FEEDBACK FORM DAY 2
OVERAL EVALUATION
