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Towards a European Multilingual AI Media Platform

  • Training and workshops

In close collaboration with the European Commission, LDS is organising and conducting an event titled “Towards a European Multilingual AI Media Platform” on 11 March 2026 at the Europäisches Haus in Berlin.

The upcoming event aims to foster collaboration between the European Media and AI industries, supporting the development of a multilingual media landscape that can operate efficiently across languages and borders. It will specifically look at the creation of a pan-European platform using multilingual AI technologies to make available real-time news and information from professional media outlets across the EU to wider audiences. Given LDS’s commitment to facilitate the monetisation and sharing of language data and cultural sensitivity in digital systems, the platform initiative aligns closely with the objectives for scalable, ethically governed language resources and services.

 

  • European Union | multilingualism
  • Wednesday 11 March 2026, 09:00 - 17:30 (CET)
  • Berlin, Germany

Programme

  1. 11 Mar 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 (CET)
    Doors open
  2. 09:30 - 10:00 (CET)
    Opening and Welcome

    Short welcome by the host/Representative of European House Barbara Gessler (Europäische Kommission in Deutschland)

    Opening remarks by Christian Ehler (MEP)

    Opening remarks by Renate Nikolay (Deputy Director-General, CNECT.DDG2)

  3. 10:00 - 10:55 (CET)
    Facts & Figures

    STOA Study 2023: Key Findings by Georg Rehm (DFKI GmbH) 
    Presentation

    STOA Study 2025: Key Findings by Konrad Bleyer-Simon (European University Institute)  
    Presentation

  4. 10:55 - 11:15 (CET)
    European Commission Actions

    “Valorising data in a trustful technological environment” by Philippe Gelin (EC, DG CNECT, Directorate G)  
    Presentation

    “Media Actions foreseen in the Apply AI Strategy” by Peter Friess (EC, DG CNECT, Directorate I) 
    Presentation
     

  5. 11:15 - 11:30 (CET)
    Keynote

    Thomas Jarzombek (Parliamentary State Secretary, BMDS)

  6. 11:30 - 12:30 (CET)
    Relevant European Projects & Initiatives
    • Common European Language Data Space (LDS): Georg Rehm 
      Presentation
       
    • Trusted European Media Data Space (TEMS): Francisco Bujan 
      Presentation
       
    • ALT-EDIC: Edouard Geoffrois 
      Presentation
       
    • Council for European Public Space: Matthias Pfeffer 
      Presentation
       
    • Multilingual, Multimodal AI-Based Hub for the European Media Market (MOSAIC): Marcello Scipioni 
      Presentation
       
    • Slawek Blich (Display Europe) 
      Presentation
       
  7. 12:30 - 13:30 (CET)
    Lunch Break
  8. 13:30 - 15:00 (CET)
    European Media Companies – Panel Discussion
    • Carole Guirado, AFP, France
    • Michel Kress, ARTE, France/Germany
    • Stefan Heijdendael, NDP Nieuwsmedia, Netherlands
    • Abel Enklaar, VPRO, Netherlands
    • Luk Overmeire, VRT, Belgium
  9. 15:00 - 15:30 (CET)
    Coffee Break
  10. 15:30 - 16:45 (CET)
    European AI and Language Technology Companies

    Solutions for the Emerging European Media Platform

  11. 16:45 - 17:30 (CET)
    Open discussion – Closing
  13. 17:30 - 18:00 (CET)
    Networking & Coffee

Practical information

When
Wednesday 11 March 2026, 09:00 - 17:30 (CET)
Where
Europäisches Haus Berlin
Unter den Linden 78, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Languages
English
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