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European Language Data Space
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LDS Country Workshop in Belgium and the Netherlands

The European Language Data Space, Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal and Ghent University are bringing together experts from the Belgian and Dutch Industry, Public Administration and Research to discuss the importance of language data for the development of Language Technologies and AI-based tools in Europe.

  • digital single market | large language model | natural language processing | artificial intelligence
  • Thursday 23 January 2025, 09:00 - 15:30 (CET)
  • Breda, Netherlands

Programme

  1. 23 Jan 2025, 09:00 - 09:30 (CET)
    Registration

    Leonardo Hotel Breda, Netherlands

  2. 09:30 - 09:50 (CET)
    Welcome and introduction

    Veronique Hoste (Ghent University), Carole Tiberius (Dutch Language Institute / Leiden University)

    Frieda Steurs (Dutch Language Institute)

    Presentation

  3. 09:50 - 10:20 (CET)
    Introduction by the European Commission: The Digital Europe Programme and the Common European Language Data Space

    Mateusz Szoturma (DG CONNECT, European Commission)

    Presentation

  4. 10:20 - 10:50 (CET)
    European Language Data Space: a market for sharing language data and services through a joint European effort

    Katrin Marheinecke (DFKI GmbH)

    Presentation

  5. 10:50 - 11:20 (CET)
    Coffee break
  6. 11:20 - 11:45 (CET)
    Keynote: The importance of language data for developing language technology solutions for the future (Belgium)

    Tom Vanallemeersch (CrossLang)

    Presentation

  7. 11:45 - 12:30 (CET)
    Panel session: Language data and language technologies for the national languages in Belgium and the Netherlands

    Moderator: Walter Daelemans (CLiPS, Antwerp University)

    Presentation

  8. 12:30 - 13:30 (CET)
    Lunch break
  9. 13:30 - 13:55 (CET)
    Keynote: The importance of language data for developing language technology solutions for the future (The Netherlands)

    Fabrice Nauze (LexisNexis)

    Presentation

  10. 13:55 - 14:40 (CET)
    Panel session: Language data production, management and market development: overcoming obstacles

    Moderators: Veronique Hoste (Ghent University), Carole Tiberius (Dutch Language Institute / Leiden University)

    Presentation

  11. 14:40 - 14:50 (CET)
    Conclusions

    Veronique Hoste (Ghent University), Carole Tiberius (Dutch Language Institute / Leiden University)

    Presentation

  12. 14:50 - 15:30 (CET)
    Coffee and networking

Practical information

When
Thursday 23 January 2025, 09:00 - 15:30 (CET)
Where
Leonardo Hotel
Breda, Netherlands
Who should attend
The workshop is open to everybody and is mainly addressed to data owners and data providers, LT developers and SMEs, as well as to public administration executives, officers and partners.
Languages
English, Dutch, French
Organisers
Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal | Ghent University | European Language Data Space
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