Building a European Cultural Backbone

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10:00
10:00
60min
European Language Grid
Rémi Calizzano & Georg Rehm (DFKI, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence)

How can we overcome language barriers by using language technology like machine translation algorithms? How to make use of the European Language Grid and looking at its API.

Servus.at Lab
11:05
11:05
25min
Open Audio Search
Franz Heinzmann (arso collective, DE), Sid Moreira Da Silva (arso collective, DE)

Presentation and discussion of the Open Audio Search project. It uses automated speech recognition to turn spoken word into text, which is then indexed in a full-text search engine. The engine can subscribe to RSS feeds to ingest content from different sources. Through a web user interface, users can search in the generated transcripts of radio shows and podcasts and play them right from the time mark of a search result.

Servus.at Lab
13:00
13:00
45min
EuroVOX
Ben Poor (European Broadcasting Union)

Presentation and discussion of European Broadcasting Union's open toolbox EuroVOX for transcription and translation.

Servus.at Lab
14:00
14:00
60min
The Austrian Language Project: T-ALP
Alexander Baratsits (cba, AT), Christoph Bauer (ORF, AT), Ewald Enzinger (Linguist & Data Scientist, AT)

Presentation of the Austrian Language Project, a language model for Austrian standard variations/idoms.

Servus.at Lab
15:15
15:15
45min
Challenging Workflows: A F/LOSS Approach
Davide Bevilacqua & Onur Olgaç (Servus.at, AT)

Presentation and discussion on designing a workshop to encourage cultural practitioners, individuals as well as organizations, to build a F/LOSS-first & anti-GAFAM workflow.

Servus.at Lab
10:00
10:00
30min
Presentation I: Delphi
Matthias Pfeffer (DE)

Presentation of the Delphi project.

Wissensturm
10:30
10:30
30min
Presentation II: EBU News Exchange
Nicola Frank (European Broadcasting Union, BE)

Presentation of a European platform project funded by the European Broadcasting Union.

Wissensturm
11:00
11:00
30min
Presentation III: European Cultural Backbone
Alexander Baratsits (ECB, cba, AT)

What does a European Cultural Backbone look like?

Wissensturm
11:30
11:30
30min
Presentation IV: ECF's initiative for a European Public Space
Menno Weijs (European Cultural Foundation)

European Cultural Foundation's long-term strategy for a European Public Space as a common ground where representatives of civil society, media, politics, digital and academia come together to strategise next steps in order to mobilise people, knowledge and resources by governments and public institutions.

Wissensturm
13:00
13:00
90min
European Platforms
Alexander Baratsits (ECB, cba, AT), Nicola Frank (European Broadcasting Union, BE), Eva Kaili (MEP/SD), Paul Nemitz (Principle Advisor European Commission DG Justice), Paul Rübig (MEP/EVP, ret.), Reka Kinga Papp (Eurozine)

Necessity of a federated network. Role of public service broadcasters. Need for a centralized curated portal.

Wissensturm
15:00
15:00
90min
Shared Digital Public Space - An Opportunity for Europe
Adriana Groh (The New Institute, DE), Paul Keller (Open Future Foundation, NL), Helga Schwarzwald (VFRÖ, AT)

What is needed for a European platform on a political side on national and EU level?

Wissensturm