Language Technologies are the Missing Piece in the Puzzle in Europes Digital Agenda
Summary
The Winners were announced during the Gala Dinner and received their trophies from Members of the European Parliament Katarína Nevedalová, Amelia Andersdotter and Séan Kelly.LT-Innovate provides a collaborative platform through which members can: - Stay informed with latest news, views and developments in the European LT industry; - Gain access to market analysts who will provide concrete data on the LT industry and forecast future trends; - Engage in discussions, identify opportunities and solve problems through collaborating in industry-driven Special Interest Groups (SIGs); - Provide collective feedback to policy makers at national and European level to shape future policies and programmes.Hervé Bourlard, chairman of IDIAP (http://www.idiap.ch) and Founder of successful LT startup Koemei (http://langtechnews.hivefire.com/topic/profile/koemei-switzerland/) provided an important clue as to how this could be achieved: “Europe’s investment in pipes should go hand-in-hand with an investment of comparable magnitude into creating multilingual conversational middleware that would allow people to access content generated by anybody, anywhere, anytime seamlessly through any device and in any language of their choice.”Jochen Hummel concluded: “The language infrastructure is an important piece of enabling technology that the EU should procure as soon as possible.The Jury picked the twelve best to win the LT-Innovate Award 2012.The Winners were announced during the Gala Dinner and received their trophies from Members of the European Parliament Katarína Nevedalová, Amelia Andersdotter and Séan Kelly.As of June 2012, it gathers 100+ European companies – mostly small and medium-sized - developing products using intelligent content, speech and translation technologies.LT-Innovate provides a collaborative platform through which members can:- Stay informed with latest news, views and developments in the European LT industry;- Gain access to market analysts who will provide concrete data on the LT industry and forecast future trends;- Engage in discussions, identify opportunities and solve problems through collaborating in industry-driven Special Interest Groups (SIGs);- Provide collective feedback to policy makers at national and European level to shape future policies and programmes.Press ContactsPhilippe WackerSecretary Generalphw (@) lt-innovate.eu+32 2 219 0305Myrna Ródriguez-HausséguyCommunications Coordinatormrh (@) lt-innovate.euEvent website: http://www.lt-innovate.eu/summithttp://www.twitter.com/ltinnovate - http://www.twitter.com/langtechnewshttp://ltinnovate.blogspot.com Contact Information LT-Innovate Myrna Rodriguez-Hausseguy +32(0)2 644 65 80 www.lt-innovate.eu Click here to view the list of recent Press Releases from LT-Innovate Promote Your Business Press Release Pricing Email this page to a friend