Agenda

When:

24 October 2018

Where:

Radisson Blu Royal, Runeberginkatu 2, Helsinki 

Organisation:

•    The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) consortium
•    FIN-CLARIN, University of Helsinki

09:00 – 10:00

Registration and coffee    

10:00 – 10:10

Welcome and introduction
Krister Lindén, ELRC Technology National Anchor Point in Finland
Taru Virtanen, ELRC Public Services National Anchor Point in Finland 
Mikael Reiman, European Commission Representation in Finland

Video

Session 1. Connecting a multilingual Europe: European context and local needs

10:10 – 10:25 

The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC)
Aivars Bērziņš, European Language Resource Coordination, Tilde

Presentation

Video

10:25 – 11:30

Multilingual Finland
Challenges in multilingualism
Christoffer Forssell, The Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE

Presentation

Video
Carola Grönholm, Kela 

Presentation

Video
Government language and translation guidelines
Taru Virtanen, Prime Minister’s Office; ELRC PS-NAP

Presentation

Video
Translation procurement in the public sector, Hansel as a case study
Anni Airaksinen, Hansel

Presentation

Video

11:30 – 12:00

Panel session: How MT can help, an outlook into current and future challenges

Panelists: Christoffer Forssell, YLE; Simo Kankkunen, Prime Minister’s Office; 
Jörg Tiedemann, University of Helsinki

Video

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch Break

Session 2. Engage: hands-on data

13:00 – 13:30

The CEF eTranslation platform @ work *
Erkka Vuorinen, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation (DGT)

Presentation

Video

13:30 – 14:00

eTranslation Termbank *
Simon Dahlberg, Language Council of Sweden (Språkrådet)

Presentation

Video

14:00 – 14:30

Governments, NGOs, MT and accessibility *
Mary Nurminen, University of Tampere and Maarit Koponen, University of Turku 

Presentation

Video

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee Break

15:00 – 15:30

Data sharing myths and challenges
Jarkko Reittu, National Institute for Health and Welfare

Presentation

Video

15:30 – 16:00

Identifying and managing your data and how ELRC can assist and help

Aivars Bērziņš, European Language Resource Coordination, Tilde

Presentation

Video

16:00 – 16:30

Questions and Answers/Open Discussion/Conclusion