Language Equality in the Digital Age
Conference on language technologies and digital equality in a multilingual Europe
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Draft Agenda
15:00 - 15:15 Welcome & introduction
Jill Evans MEP, rapporteur for CULT report on language equality in the digital age - presentation of the report
15:15 - 15:45 Statement on the Commission’s work on language technologies
Eric Peters, Senior advisor in the Cabinet of Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
15:45 - 17:00 Panel: Language technologies in multilingual Europe - towards digital equality
Chaired by Inaki Irazabalbeitia, former CEO of Eleka language engineering company and former MEP, Greens/EFA
- Delyth Prys, Language Technologies Unit at Canolfan Bedwyr, Bangor University, Wales
- Maite Melero, Department of Translation and Language Sciences, University Pompeu Fabra
- Davyth Hicks, European Language Equality Network, Brussels
- Adrius Valotka, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University
17:00 - 17:45 Demonstration of technologies
Chaired by Jill Evans MEP
- Maimu Berezkina, Norwegian Directorate of eHealth, Oslo
- Dewi Bryn Jones, Canolfan Bedwyr, Bangor University
- Jens Grivolla, Natural Language Research Group, University Pompeu Fabra
- Montse Maritxalar, IXA Group, the University of the Basque Country
17:45 - 18:00 Presentation: European Language Technologies – Past, Present and Future
- Georg Rehm, Senior Researcher, General Secretary META-NET, DFKI, Germany
Closing words, Jill Evans MEP
