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LDS Country Workshop in Estonia

The European Language Data Space and the Institute of Estonian Language are bringing together experts from the Estonian Industry, Public Administration and Research to discuss the importance of language data for the development of Language Technologies and AI-based tools in Estonia.

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Book your seat, 1 week left to register, registration will end on Monday 9 June 2025, 12:00 (EEST)

  • digital single market | large language model | natural language processing | artificial intelligence
  • Wednesday 11 June 2025, 09:00 - 15:45 (EEST)
  • Tallinn, Estonia

Programme

  1. 11 Jun 2025, 09:00 - 09:30 (EEST)
    Registration

    Institute of the Estonian Language

  2. 09:30 - 09:40 (EEST)
    Welcome and introduction

    Arvi Tavast
    Institute of the Estonian Language

  3. 09:40 - 09:50 (EEST)
    Welcome speech by the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs

    Ott Velsberg
    Government Chief Data Officer

  4. 09:50 - 10:00 (EEST)
    Welcome speech by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

    tba

  5. 10:00 - 10:30 (EEST)
    Welcome by the European Commission: The Digital Europe Programme and the Common European Language Data Space

    tba
    European Commission

  6. 10:30 - 11:00 (EEST)
    European Language Data Space: developing a market for language data and services and benefitting from a joint European effort

    Andrejs Vasiļjevs
    Tilde

  7. 11:00 - 11:20 (EEST)
    Coffee Break
  8. 11:20 - 11:50 (EEST)
    The importance of language data for the development of Language Technology solutions

    Kairit Sirts
    University of Tartu

  9. 11:50 - 12:50 (EEST)
    Panel Session: Language Data and Language Technologies in Estonia and for Estonian

    Martin Eessalu, Institute of the Estonian Language (Moderator)

    Maria-Kristiina Soomre, Ministry of Culture
    Kristel Kriisa, AI Adviser
    Silver Traat, TEXTA
    Kairit Sirts, University of Tartu
    Astra Tuuna, Avita
    Kristjan Oad, Kingmaker PR

  10. 12:50 - 13:40 (EEST)
    Lunch Break
  11. 13:40 - 14:00 (EEST)
    Data Spaces and the Estonian Context

    Kuldar Aas
    Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs

  12. 14:00 - 15:00 (EEST)
    Panel Session: Shaping the Language Data Market

    Arvi Tavast, Institute of the Estonian Language (Moderator)

    Inge Rätsep, Interlex
    Martin Havik, MM Grupp/MM Pharma
    Kelly Lilles, ALPA Kids
    Risto Hinno, Feelingstream

  13. 15:00 - 15:05 (EEST)
    Conclusions and Call to Action

    Arvi Tavast
    Institute of the Estonian Language

  14. 15:05 - 15:45 (EEST)
    Coffee and Networking

Practical information

When
Wednesday 11 June 2025, 09:00 - 15:45 (EEST)
Where
Institute of the Estonian Language
Roosikrantsi tn 6, 10119 Tallinn, Estonia
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
Estonian, English
Organisers
Institute of the Estonian Language | European Language Data Space
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