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European Language Data Space
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LDS Country Workshop in Finland

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

  • digital single market | large language model | natural language processing | machine learning
  • Wednesday 10 April 2024, 09:00 - 15:15 (EEST)
  • Helsinki, Finland

Programme

  1. 10 Apr 2024, 09:00 - 09:45 (EEST)
    Registration

    Clarion Hotel Helsinki

  2. 09:55 - 10:05 (EEST)
    Welcome and introduction

    Krister Lindén, University of Helsinki

    Presentation

  3. 10:05 - 10:35 (EEST)
    Welcome by the European Commission: The Digital Europe Programme and the Common European Language Data Space

    Philippe Gelin, European Commission

    Presentation

  4. 10:35 - 11:05 (EEST)
    The importance of language data for the development of LT solutions future steps

    Aleksander Alafuzoff, Yle

    Presentation

  5. 11:05 - 11:30 (EEST)
    Coffee Break
  6. 11:30 - 11:40 (EEST)
    Welcome by the Ministry of Finance

    Olli-Pekka Rissanen, Ministry of Finance

  7. 11:40 - 12:30 (EEST)
    Language Data and Language Technologies in Finland and for Finnish – Panel session

    Krister Lindén, University of Helsinki (Moderator)

    Mikko Kurimo, Aalto University
    Iftikhar Ahmad, Tietoevry
    Peter Smit, Inscripta Oy
    Riikka Lindroos-Järvitalo, KELA
    Patrik Gayer, SiloAI
    Kirsi Salmela, Kopiosto

    Presentation

  8. 12:30 - 13:00 (EEST)
    European Language Data Space: developing a market for language data and services and benefitting from a joint European effort

    Georg Rehm, LDS Consortium, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

    Presentation

  9. 13:00 - 13:50 (EEST)
    Lunch Break
  10. 13:50 - 14:50 (EEST)
    Language data production, management, and market development: overcoming obstacles – Panel session

    Krister Lindén, University of Helsinki (Moderator)

    Manu Setälä, Solita Oy
    Kaarina Hyvönen, Kielikone Oy
    Tiina Lindh-Knuutila, Lingsoft Language Services Oy
    Tommi Lehtonen, KAVI
    Ilkka Lavas, City Digital Group
    Jörg Tiedemann, University of Helsinki

    Presentation

  11. 14:50 - 15:05 (EEST)
    Conclusions

    Krister Lindén, University of Helsinki

    Presentation

Practical information

When
Wednesday 10 April 2024, 09:00 - 15:15 (EEST)
Where
Clarion Hotel Helsinki
Tyynenmerenkatu 2, 00220 Helsinki, Finland
Languages
English
Organisers
European Language Data Space | University of Helsinki
Part of
Website
Event webpage

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