The European Language Data Space is bringing together experts from Portuguese industry, public administration, and research to discuss the importance of language data for the development of language technologies and AI-based tools in Portugal.
Partner organisation: Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA) and OUSAR AGENTES INTELIGENTES, LDA (OUSAR.AI)
- digital single market | artificial intelligence | large language model
- Thursday 8 October 2026, 09:00 - 15:00 (WEST)
- Lisbon, Portugal
Programme
- 8 Oct 2026, 09:00 - 09:15 (WEST)Registration
- 09:15 - 09:20 (WEST)Welcome and Introduction
António Branco, University of Lisbon
- 09:20 - 09:25 (WEST)Welcome by the Representation of EC in Portugal
Vasco Sampaio, European Commission
- 09:25 - 09:45 (WEST)Address by Portuguese authority
- 09:45 - 10:05 (WEST)European Digital Programme, AI and Multilingualism
Mateusz Szoturma, European Commission, DG CNECT
- 10:05 - 10:25 (WEST)The Alliance for Language Technologies EDIC
Edouard Geoffrois and Carolyn Christan
ALT-EDIC director and Policy Officer - 10:25 - 10:45 (WEST)European Language Data Space: developing a market for language data and services and benefitting from a joint European effort
Khalid Choukri, ELDA, CEO
- 10:45 - 11:05 (WEST)Coffee Break
- 11:05 - 11:50 (WEST)Panel, Part 1: AI Data for the Portuguese Language
Moderator: António Branco, University of Lisbon
Ana Paula Laborinho, OEI Organization of Ibero-American States – Multilingualism General Director
Ana Salgado, PORTULAN CLARIN - Executive Director
André Vala, Microsoft – Senior Solution Engineer
Carlos Eugenio, Visapress – CEO
Francisco Brito, Cólofon - CEO
Daniel Gomes, Arquivo.pt - Founder, and Springer-Nature - Solutions Architect
Patrícia Akester, GPI/IPO Legal Consulting Office – Columnist & Media Analyst in Law, Technology & Global Ethics
Rodrigo Santos, OUSAR.AI – CEO
Sebastião Villax, Defined.ai – Head of Business Development - 11:50 - 11:55 (WEST)Coffee break – refill
- 11:55 - 12:30 (WEST)Panel, Part 2: Which Futures for AI, Languages and Data?
Continuation of the discussion with the Part 1 panelists
- 12:30 - 12:45 (WEST)Discussion
- 12:45 - 13:00 (WEST)AI, Languages and Data: wrap-up
António Branco, University of Lisbon
- 13:00 - 15:00 (WEST)Lunch and Networking
Practical information
- When
- Thursday 8 October 2026, 09:00 - 15:00 (WEST)
- Where
- European Commission Representation in PortugalLargo Jean Monnet, no. 1, 10th floor, 1269-068 Lisbon, Portugal
- Languages
- English
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