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.
Book your seat, 3 days left to register, registration will end on Monday 9 March 2026, 22:00 (CET)
- European Union | multilingualism
- Wednesday 11 March 2026, 09:00 - 17:30 (CET)
- Berlin, Germany
Programme
- 11 Mar 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 (CET)Doors open
- 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)
- 10:00 - 10:55 (CET)Facts & Figures
STOA Study 2023: Key Findings by Georg Rehm (DFKI GmbH)
STOA Study 2025: Key Findings by Konrad Bleyer-Simon (European University Institute)
- 10:55 - 11:15 (CET)European Commission Actions
“Valorising data in a trustful technological environment” by Philippe Gelin (EC, DG CNECT, Directorate G)
“Media Actions foreseen in the Apply AI Strategy” by Peter Friess (EC, DG CNECT, Directorate I) - 11:15 - 11:30 (CET)Keynote
Thomas Jarzombek (Parliamentary State Secretary, BMDS)
- 11:30 - 12:30 (CET)Relevant European Projects & Initiatives
- Edouard Geoffrois (ALT-EDIC)
- Matthias Pfeffer (CfEPS)
- Slawek Blich (Display Europe)
- Georg Rehm (LDS)
- Marcello Scipioni (MOSAIC)
- Francisco Bujan (TEMS)
- 12:30 - 13:30 (CET)Lunch Break
- 13:30 - 15:00 (CET)European Media Companies
- Carole Guirado (AFP, France)
- ARTE, France/Germany (tbc)
- ORF, Austria (tbc)
- Carlos Santos Neves (RTP, Portugal)
- Luk Overmeire (VRT, Belgium)
- Abel Enklaar (VPRO, Netherlands)
- 15:00 - 15:30 (CET)Coffee Break
- 15:30 - 16:45 (CET)European AI and Language Technology Companies
Solutions for the Emerging European Media Platform
- Jonas Lind (AI Sweden, Sweden)
- Morana Peric (DeepL, Germany)
- Anton Dvorkovich (Dubformer, Netherlands)
- Constantin Gissler (Mistral, France)
- Manuel Herranz (Pangeanic, Spain)
- Artūrs Vasiļevskis (Tilde, Latvia)
- Gorka Varela (Vicomtech, Spain)
- Claude Barras (Vocapia, France)
- 16:45 - 17:30 (CET)Open discussion – Closing
- 17:30 - 18:00 (CET)Networking & Coffee
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 11 March 2026, 09:00 - 17:30 (CET)
- Where
- Europäisches Haus BerlinUnter den Linden 78, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Languages
- English
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