The European Language Data Space is bringing together experts from the Latvian Industry, Public Administration and Research to discuss the importance of language data for the development of Language Technologies and AI-based tools in Latvia.
- digital single market | artificial intelligence | large language model | natural language processing
- Friday 22 May 2026, 09:00 - 15:00 (EEST)
- Rīga, Latvia
Programme
- 22 May 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 (EEST)Registration & Coffee
- 09:30 - 09:35 (EEST)Intro & Agenda
Normunds Grūzītis, LUMII
- 09:35 - 09:45 (EEST)Opening & National highlights
Gatis Ozols, VARAM
- 09:45 - 10:15 (EEST)The Digital Europe Programme and the Common European Language Data Space
Annika Antikainen, EC (online)
Presentation - 10:15 - 10:30 (EEST)The Alliance for Language Technologies
Edouard Geoffrois, ALT-EDIC (online)
Presentation - 10:30 - 11:00 (EEST)European Language Data Space: Building the market for language data to power AI in Europe
Andrejs Vasiļjevs, Tilde/LDS
Presentation
- 11:00 - 11:30 (EEST)Coffee & Networking
- 11:45 - 12:45 (EEST)Language data and technology in Latvia and for Latvian – panel
Intro & moderator: Normunds Grūzītis, LUMII
Guna Puce, MIC
Jānis Ziediņš, KISC
Inguna Skadiņa, CLARIN-LV
Gatis Romanovskis, Animas
Andrejs Vasiļjevs, Tilde/LDS
- 12:45 - 13:30 (EEST)Lunch & networking
- 13:30 - 13:45 (EEST)TildeOpen: From data collection to a multilingual European LLM
Artūrs Vasiļevskis, Tilde
- 13:45 - 14:45 (EEST)Language data production, management, market development – panel
Intro & moderator: Kaspars Kauliņš, Tilde
Eduards Skvireckis, LNB
Filips Lastovskis, Delfi
Ivars Svilāns, LETA
Jānis Krakops, VARAM
Artūrs Vasiļevskis, Tilde/MILA
Presentation - 14:45 - 15:00 (EEST)Conclusion
Normunds Grūzītis, LUMII & Andrejs Vasiļjevs, Tilde/LDS
- 15:00 - 15:30 (EEST)Coffee & Networking
Practical information
- When
- Friday 22 May 2026, 09:00 - 15:00 (EEST)
- Where
- VARAMPeldu iela 25, Rīga, Latvia
- Languages
- Latvian, English
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