Multilingual Workshop Dublin

Register here for in-person attendance at third Multilingual Workshop in Dublin on Translation and AI: Balancing benefits and risks
About this Event

Welcome to the third Multingual Workshop in Dublin City University!

This page is for in-person attendance at the MW only. It will be a hybrid event. If you want to attend online, please register here.

This Multilingual Workshop, the third in Ireland, brings invited experts from around Europe - including Ireland - together to discuss translation and AI: Balancing benefits and risks.

The draft schedule is:
9:00 : Registration

9:30 : Welcome – Pól Ó Grádaigh, Language Affairs Officer, European Commission; Dr Joss Moorkens, DCU School of Applied Language & Intercultural Studies (SALIS)

9.45: Translation technology, sustainability, and the sustainability of translation studies - Tomáš Svoboda (Charles University, Prague)

10:30: Roundtable: What do we need for human-centred AI in translation? Participants: Lucía Pintado (DCU), Ziyi (Ian) Zhang (Zoetis), Vicent Briva Iglesias (DCU)

11:10: Coffee Break

11:30: Building AI for European Values – Artur Queiroz, Head of Unit, AI-based services at the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT).

12:10: Roundtable: Imagined futures for translation. Participants: Sergi Alvarez Vidal (Autonomous University Barcelona), Tomáš Svoboda, Trish Van Bolderen (Chair of Association of Translators and Interpreters Ireland), Monja Jannet (DCU). Chair: Joss Moorkens

13:00: Roundtable: AI translation in a time of cascading crises. Participants: Sheila Castilho (DCU), Aline Larroyed (DCU), Elena Peresso, Head of Sector - AI Language Services Advisory (DGT) for Translation. Chair: Pat Cadwell (DCU)

13:50: Closing

Register now to secure your spot!