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The European Language Data Space and the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies are bringing together experts from the Icelandic Industry, Public Administration and Research to discuss the importance of language data for the development of Language Technologies and AI-based tools in Iceland.
- digital single market | large language model | natural language processing | artificial intelligence
- Thursday 9 October 2025, 09:00 - 15:00 (GMT)
- Reykjavik, Iceland
Programme
- 9 Oct 2025, 09:00 - 09:30 (GMT)Registration
- 09:30 - 09:40 (GMT)Welcome and introduction
Helga Hilmisdóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute
- 09:40 - 09:50 (GMT)Welcome by the Ministry of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education
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- 09:50 - 10:20 (GMT)Welcome by the European Commission: The Digital Europe Programme and the Common European Language Data Space
Philippe Gelin, DG CONNECT, European Commission
- 10:20 - 10:50 (GMT)European Language Data Space: developing a market for language data and services and benefitting from a joint European effort
Khalid Choukri, LDS Consortium
- 10:50 - 11:20 (GMT)LDS Demonstration
Dimitris Galanis, LDS Consortium
- 11:20 - 11:35 (GMT)Coffee Break
- 11:35 - 11:50 (GMT)The importance of language data for the development of LT solutions - future steps
Anna Björk Nikulásdóttir, CEO of Grammatek
- 11:50 - 12:40 (GMT)Language Data and Language Technologies in Iceland and for Icelandic - Panel session
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- 12:40 - 13:30 (GMT)Lunch Break
- 13:30 - 13:45 (GMT)Collection of language data in Iceland in the last 25 years. What, how and why?
Steinþór Steingrímsson, The Árni Magnússon Institute
- 13:45 - 14:35 (GMT)Language data production, management, and market development: overcoming obstacles – Panel session
Einar Freyr Sigurðsson, The Árni Magnússon Institute (Moderator)
Hjördís Halldórsdóttir, Logos
Iris Edda Nowenstein, University of Iceland
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Helga Hilmisdóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute
- 14:40 - 15:10 (GMT)Coffee Break and Networking
Practical information
- When
- Thursday 9 October 2025, 09:00 - 15:00 (GMT)
- Where
- Auditorium Veröld – hús VigdísarBrynjólfsgata 1, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland
- 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
- Icelandic, English
- Organisers
- Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies | European Language Data Space
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