NPLD-Coppieters Campus 2024
Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence and Languages: Overview and Opportunities
The fifth edition of the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) – Coppieters Campus will be held in Barcelona on 13, 14 & 15 November 2024.
This year’s event will be focused on the challenges and opportunities presented by Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence for Languages.
As in all the previous editions, the event will include thought-provoking interventions by experts in the field, as well as cultural visits.
This year’s participants will enjoy a special musical performance in Aranese and Catalan by the Aranese singer-songwriter Alidé Sans. A guided tour through the Ciutat Vella area of Barcelona and a cultural tour of the monastery of Montserrat’s landscape and heritage, with a guided tour of the most emblematic areas.
You can follow the sessions of Day 1 & 2 through this link
Program
Day 1: Wednesday, 13 November
Welcoming Reception
Palau Marc – Government of Catalonia
Carrer La Rambla, 8 |BARCELONA
Day 2: Thursday, 14 November
Welcome Words
- Bartomeu Riera Tarongí |Chair. Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
- Antonia Luciani | President. Coppieters Foundation
- Joan Santanach | Secretary-General for Language Policy. Government of Catalonia
The languages of Europe in the Language Technology Market
- Vanessa Bretxa | Department of Language Policy. Government of Catalonia
- Anna Torrijos | Department of Language Policy. Government of Catalonia
Catalan in the Digital World
- Public Language Policies in Catalonia
Francesc Xavier Vila i Moreno | Minister for Language Policy. Government of Catalonia
- The Role of the Third Sector and Open Source: an Inherent Characteristic of the Catalan Language in the Digital World
Jordi Mas | Softcatalà
Coffee Break
Language Technologies and the Catalan Language: Research and Technology Transfer
- AINA Project: AI Language, Data Collection and Applications of Existing Models
Andrés José Roman Vieiros | Barcelona Supecomputing Center
- Open-Access Data and Tools: Key to Language Diversity in Europe
Gemma Boleda | University Pompeu Fabra
- GRIAL-UOC (Interinstitutional Research Group in Linguistic Applications): Language Technologies for the Catalan and Aranese Languages
Antoni Oliver | Open University of Catalonia
- Linguate-IA Project
Jordi Suils | University of Lleida
- SCRIBAL: A Digital Transcription Tool Specialized in the Catalan Language
Mariona Taulé | University of Barcelona
- HiTZ Basque Center for LT: Research on LLMs and Low-resource Languages
Eneko Agirre | HiTZ Center. University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Moderator: Anna Jungner-Nordgren | NPLD
Government Plans Across Europe: Results Achieved
- GAITU: Action Plan of the Language Technologies 2021-2024
Aitor Aldasoro | Government of the Basque Country
- Welsh Language Technology Plan
Jeremy Evas & Bethan Webb | Government of Wales
Lunch for CAMPUS participants
Guided Tour "Route Through the History of the Catalan Language in Barcelona (by invitation only)
Day 3: Friday 15 November
Roundtable: Languages and Artificial Intelligence
- Josep M. Ganyet | Digital ethnographer
- Mireia Farrús | Computational linguist. University of Barcelona
- Maite Melero | Barcelona Supercomputing Centre
Moderator: Anton Ferret | Department of Language Policy. Government of Catalonia
European Scope Projects
- Digitasation of the Cultural Heritage of Minority Communities for Equity and Renewed Engagement (DIGICHer) Project
Kristina Kovaité | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
- A.I. United Research Group Update and Future Plans
Rhian Hodges | Bangor University
Cynog Prys | Bangor University
Beca Owen | Bangor University
Coffee Break
Applied Experiences Across Europe
- FAME! Project: Frisian Speech Tools
Jelske Dijkstra | Fryske Akademy – Mercator
- Neural Machine Translation and the Effects on Language Use
Asier Basurto | Soziolinguistika Klusterra
- Summary and Automated Plain Language of the DOGC (Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya)
Núria Morales | EADOP. Government of Catalonia
- VERBIO: Speech Technologies at the Service of People
Huc Castells | VERBIO
- Medical Dictaphone and Transcription of Medical Conversations in Catalan
Adnan Bourrouhou | Invoxmedical
- Speak any Language in Your Voice While Speaking Catalan
Gerard Velez | Fundació.Cat
Albert Iruela | Omnios
- Robot Designed to Assist Dependent People that Interact in Catalan
Jaume Saltó | Grup Saltó
- Cooperation in the Development of Technology for Minoritized Languages
Aitzol Astigarraga | Orai NLP Teknologiak
Moderator: Anna Jungner-Nordgren | NPLD
Closing Words
Francesc Xavier Vila i Moreno | Minister for Language Policy. Government of Catalonia
Lunch for CAMPUS participants
Cultural Excursion to Montserrat (by invitation only)
Practicalities
When: 13, 14 & 15 November 2024
Where: Institut d’Estudis Catalans (Auditorium Prat de la Riba) | Carrer del Carme 47 Barcelona
Participation upon invitation only.
The sessions will be streamed via this link
Language: Interpretation services from/to Catalan and English
Press
Media inquiries can be addressed to info@ideasforeurope.eu
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The NPLD-Coppieters Campus is a joint initiative of the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) and Coppieters Foundation.
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This event is financially supported by the European Parliament. The European Parliament is not liable for the content of the event nor the opinions of the speakers.
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