In collaboration with ADAPT Center, the European Language Data Space is bringing together experts from Irish industry, public administration, and research to discuss the importance of language data for the development of language technologies and AI-based tools in Ireland.
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Book your seat, 3 weeks left to register, registration will end on Monday 2 November 2026, 16:00 (GMT)
- digital single market
- Wednesday 4 November 2026, 09:00 - 17:00 (GMT)
- Galway, Ireland
Programme
- 4 Nov 2026, 09:00 - 09:10 (GMT)Opening and Welcome
ADAPT Centre, DCU
- 09:10 - 09:35 (GMT)Ireland in the Digital Age
Tony Shannon, OGCIO, Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
- 09:35 - 09:55 (GMT)Welcome by the European Commission: The Digital Europe Programme and the Common European Language Data Space
Philippe Gelin, Head of Sector Multilingualism, DG CONNECT, European Commission
- 09:55 - 10:15 (GMT)European Language Data Space: Building the market for language data to power AI in Europe
Georg Rehm, DFKI, LDS coordinator
- 10:15 - 10:40 (GMT)European Language Data Space: developing a market for language data and services and benefitting from a joint European effort
Penny Labropoulou, ATHENA RC/ LDS
- 10:40 - 11:00 (GMT)Alliance for Language Technologies (ALT-EDIC)
Edouard Geoffrois, Director, ALT-EDIC
- 11:00 - 11:10 (GMT)Coffee break
- 11:10 - 12:25 (GMT)Session 1 - AI and language technologies for low resource languages in practice
Development and use of Basque language technology - German Rigau, Basque HiiTZ
Communicating in Irish in Public Life: Galway City Council’s Gaeilge and Bilingual Strategy - Marcus Ó Conaire, Galway City Council - Irish Language Officer
- 12:25 - 13:00 (GMT)Session 2- Language Data and Language Technologies in Ireland and for Irish
Dr. Eoin O'Droighneáin, The Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht
Máire Aoibhinn Ní Ógáin, TG4 - National Irish Language Public Service Broadcaster.
- 13:00 - 14:00 (GMT)Lunch break
- 14:00 - 14:30 (GMT)Panel 1 - Data Governance, sovereignty and how to do it.
Moderator: Dr. Ellen Rushe
- 14:30 - 16:00 (GMT)Session 3- Language Data Production, Management, Quality, Evaluation Overcoming Obstacles
Mark Andrade, ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University
Gaois Research Project – Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU, Fiontar and Scoil na Gaeilge, Dublin City University
Neasa Ní Chiaráin - Abair Project Trinity College Dublin
Jane Adkins, ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University
John McCrae, National University of Galway
- 16:00 - 16:10 (GMT)Coffee break
- 16:10 - 16:50 (GMT)Panel 2 - Evaluation Practices
Moderator : Dr. Abigail Walsh
Craig Thompson, ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University
- 16:50 - 17:00 (GMT)Summary and Conclusions
Dr. Brian Davis, ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 4 November 2026, 09:00 - 17:00 (GMT)
- Where
- Dexcom Stadium in GalwayCollege Road, H91 H340, Galway, Ireland
- Languages
- Irish, English
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