As the name suggests, this virtual event was attended by representatives of commercial and academic organisations who are interested in actively using the Language Data Space to either share or access language data. All participants showed keen interest in learning more about the LDS and getting involved in the development of the first prototypes of the LDS infrastructure.

The meeting included a welcome note by EC Project Officer Philippe Gelin (DG CNECT), an introduction to the overall approach of the Language Data Space and its historical context by project coordinator Georg Rehm (DFKI) and an overview of the technical setup by Stelios Piperidis (ILSP). Furthermore, Andrejs Vasiljevs (Tilde) presented the benefits of LDS for industry stakeholders, and Khalid Choukri (ELDA) gave a summary of the current state of play of the Alliance for Language Technologies EDIC (ALT-EDIC) and its relation to the LDS. The meeting was concluded with an outlook for the next few months in the LDS project. Throughout the meeting, participants’ questions were addressed, and general comments were discussed, with suggestions taken on board.

Are you an industry stakeholder in need of language data? Or do you want to share the language data of your organisation, potentially monetising it? We'd be happy to have you in the LDS User Group! You can join the LDS User Group using this form.