Presentations 2021

Below are the presentations and recordings from the conference (The videos will have English subtitles in the future)

Conference Opening 

Welcome to the conference by Professor Iwan Davies, Vice-Chancellor of Bangor University to Eluned Morgan MS, Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Welsh Language


 

Session 1: A New Agenda and Roadmap for Digital Linguistic Equality in Europe (ELE)​

1. Jill Evans, Former Member of the European Parliament and Proposer of the successful bid to the European Parliament on Digital Equality in the Digital Age: Background to the decision to have Digital Equality for all European languages ​​by 2030

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2.Davyth Hicks, Secretary General of the European Language Equality Network (ELEN):The European Parliament’s Resolution on Language Equality in the Digital Age and its importance for Europe’s Lesser Used Languages

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Davyth Hicks, Secretary General of the European Language Equality Network (ELEN):The European Parliament’s Resolution on Language Equality in the Digital Age and its importance for Europe’s Lesser Used Languages
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3. Andy Way, Deputy Director of ADAPT, DCU, Ireland, and European Language Equality (ELE) project Leader: Constructing a new agenda and roadmap for Europe to ensure language equality in the digital age by 2030.

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Andy Way, Deputy Director of ADAPT, DCU, Ireland, and European Language Equality (ELE) project Leader: Constructing a new agenda and roadmap for Europe to ensure language equality in the digital age by 2030.
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Session 2: New Speech and Language Resources Welsh language technologies​

4. Gruffudd Prys, Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University: New natural language processing pipeline for Welsh

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Gruffudd Prys, Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University: New natural language processing pipeline for Welsh
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5. Dewi Bryn Jones, Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University: Welsh Transcriber for automatic subtitling of videos (Delivered in Welsh with simultaneous translation)

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Dewi Bryn Jones, Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University: Welsh Transcriber for automatic subtitling of videos
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6. Stefano Ghazzali, Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University: Using Welsh/English Machine Translation to pilot multilingual systems for SMEs in Wales (Delivered in Welsh with simultaneous translation)

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Stefano Ghazzali, Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University: Using Welsh/English Machine Translation to pilot multilingual systems for SMEs in Wales
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Session 3: Economic Benefits of Welsh and Multilingualism​

7. Kerry Ferguson (Marketing Director of Cambrian Web Ltd): Create a successful business of developing bilingual websites

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8.Richard Sheppard (Interceptor Solutions): Bilingual Software Procurement Guidelines

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Richard Sheppard (Interceptor Solutions): Bilingual Software Procurement Guidelines

Richard Sheppard (Interceptor Solutions): Bilingual Software Procurement Guidelines

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9. Pryderi ap Rhisiart: MSPARC: North West Wales Economy and Welsh Technology (Delivered in Welsh with simultaneous translation)

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10. Tom Burke (Animated Technologies) & Andy Esser (Zero Dependency): Using English/Welsh Bilinguality as a Testbed for a New Multilingual On-line Conferencing System

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