Participants


Fernando Alana Compañ
LANGUNE - The Basque Association  of Language Industries

Fernando Alana Compañ

Executive Director
LANGUNE - The Basque Association of Language Industries (Spain)
Monica Alvarez
Monica Alvarez

Monica Alvarez

CEO
Liquidlanguage (Spain)
Elena Balasev
Elena Balasev

Elena Balasev

EVS Volunteer
ECAS - European citizen Service Action (Belgium)
Leyre Barinaga
Vicomtech-IK4

Leyre Barinaga

International Project Coordinator
Vicomtech-IK4 (Spain)
Xenia Beltrán Jaunsarás
INMARK

Xenia Beltrán Jaunsarás

Senior Consultant
INMARK (Spain)
Balázs Benedek
Skawa Innovation Ltd.

Balázs Benedek

CTO
Skawa Innovation Ltd. (Hungary)
Martin Benjamin
Kamusi Project International

Martin Benjamin

Executive Director
Kamusi Project International (Switzerland)
Peter Boermans
Olery BV

Peter Boermans

CPO & Founder
Olery BV (Netherlands)
Manuel Bollue
Manuel Bollue

Manuel Bollue

Interim Mgr.
Bayard Partnership (Belgium)
António Branco
António Branco

António Branco

Associate Professor
University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Torbjoerg	 Breivik
The Language Council of Norway

Torbjoerg Breivik

Senior Adviser
The Language Council of Norway (Norway)
William Bressand
EMF

William Bressand

Communications Coordinator
EMF (Belgium)
Frederik Cailliau
SINEQUA

Frederik Cailliau

CSO & Head of NLP
SINEQUA (France)
Leire Cancio Orueta
Leire Cancio Orueta

Leire Cancio Orueta

CEO
Elhuyar Foundation (Spain)
Laura Casanellas
Welocalize

Laura Casanellas

Machine Translation & CAT tools Program Manager
Welocalize (Ireland)
Alexandru Ceausu
euroscript Luxembourg S.àr.l.

Alexandru Ceausu

Senior Linguistic Solutions Architect
euroscript Luxembourg S.àr.l. (Luxembourg)
Roberto Cencioni
European Commission - Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology

Roberto Cencioni

Head of unit
European Commission - Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology (Belgium)
Emilia Chehtova
Emilia Chehtova

Emilia Chehtova

Assistant professor
VUZF university (Bulgaria)
Mariette COLINET
Mariette COLINET

Mariette COLINET

official (retired)
European Commission (Belgium)
Catherine Corselli
Catherine Corselli

Catherine Corselli

Account Manager
Xplanation Language Services (Belgium)
Gokhan Cuvalcioglu
Traborma

Gokhan Cuvalcioglu

Founder
Traborma (Turkiye)
Nikolaos Dalivigkas
Nikolaos Dalivigkas

Nikolaos Dalivigkas

Associate Sofwtare Engineer
INTRASOFT International S.A. (Luxembourg)
Elena Davydova
Brainmate

Elena Davydova

Executive Director
Brainmate (Germany)
Guy De Pauw
University of Antwerp

Guy De Pauw

Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Dries Debackere
De Taalsector

Dries Debackere

Owner / Publisher
De Taalsector (Belgium)
Christophe Declercq
Imperial College London

Christophe Declercq

Lecturer
Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
Arantza Del Pozo
Vicomtech-IK4

Arantza Del Pozo

Head of the Human Speech and Language Technology department
Vicomtech-IK4 (Spain)
Polydoros Demetriades
European Commission

Polydoros Demetriades

Principal Administrator
European Commission (Belgium)
Heidi Depraetere
CrossLang

Heidi Depraetere

Director
CrossLang (Belgium)
ELENA DROZDOVA
ELENA DROZDOVA

ELENA DROZDOVA

Marketing Manager EMEA
VI-CLONE IBERICA S.L. (Spain)
Ozgur Durmaz
Technoscope

Ozgur Durmaz

General manager
Technoscope (Turkiye)
Silvia Ebert
Silvia Ebert

Silvia Ebert

Translations Manager
Intrasoft International S.A. (Luxembourg)
Gregor Erbach
European Parliament

Gregor Erbach

Research Analyst
European Parliament (Belgium)
Resne Ersin
Traborma

Resne Ersin

Translator
Traborma (Turkiye)
Luca Ferri
PerVoice

Luca Ferri

Associate
PerVoice (Italy)
Jeroen Fransen
Joyrite

Jeroen Fransen

Founder
Joyrite (Netherlands)
Daniel Grasmick
Daniel Grasmick

Daniel Grasmick

Managing Director
Lucy Software (Germany)
Davyth Hicks
Davyth Hicks

Davyth Hicks

CEO
Eurolang (Belgium)
Martin Hillinger
Verpura GmbH

Martin Hillinger

Partner
Verpura GmbH (Austria)
Dorota Iskra
Dorota Iskra

Dorota Iskra

VP Business Development Europe
Appen Butler Hill (Netherlands)
Christer Johansson
Christer Johansson

Christer Johansson

professor
University of Bergen (Norway)
Kaarel Kaljurand
Kaarel Kaljurand

Kaarel Kaljurand

postdoctoral researcher
University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Aris Karanikas
VoiceWeb S.A.

Aris Karanikas

Chief Commercial Officer
VoiceWeb S.A. (Greece)
Adeline Kloosterman
Europe Unlimited

Adeline Kloosterman

Project Manager
Europe Unlimited (Belgium)
Oleksandr Kolomiyets
Oleksandr Kolomiyets

Oleksandr Kolomiyets

Post-doctoral researcher
HCI-LIIR, KU Leuven (Belgium)
Costis Kompis
Vodera Ltd.

Costis Kompis

Managing Partner
Vodera Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Katarzyna Kostulak
Katarzyna Kostulak

Katarzyna Kostulak

Product Manager
Young Digital Planet (Poland)
Magdalena Kowalska
European Commission

Magdalena Kowalska

Policy Officer, Crisis Management
European Commission (Belgium)
Nikita Krivonozhenkov
ABBYY Europe GmbH

Nikita Krivonozhenkov

Partner
ABBYY Europe GmbH (Germany)
Nicola Kubiceck
Nicola Kubiceck

Nicola Kubiceck

HoS
EEAS - European External Action Service (Belgium)
Michal Laclavik
Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Michal Laclavik

Senior Researcher
Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovak Republic)
Florie Lambrey
UMR Savoirs, Textes, Langage (CNRS/Université de Lille)

Florie Lambrey

UMR Savoirs, Textes, Langage (CNRS/Université de Lille) (France)
Els Lips
Els Lips

Els Lips

General Manager
ITP nv (Belgium)
Pawel Lisiak
Pawel Lisiak

Pawel Lisiak

Financial officer
European Commission (Belgium)
Harley Lovegrove
The Bayard Partnership

Harley Lovegrove

Chairman and Managing Partner
The Bayard Partnership (Belgium)
Marie T. Lubs
Marie T. Lubs

Marie T. Lubs

Member - free lance
Egmont IRRI (Belgium)
Bernardo Magnini
Bernardo Magnini

Bernardo Magnini

Researcher
FBK (Italy)
Jacques Malache
Jacques Malache

Jacques Malache

Senior Director
International PRESS Agency (Belgium)
Aurelie Manzi
Europe Unlimited

Aurelie Manzi

Event Manager
Europe Unlimited (Belgium)
Gilles Montier
SYSTRAN

Gilles Montier

Sales Director
SYSTRAN (France)
Robin Nachtrab-Ribback
Robin Nachtrab-Ribback

Robin Nachtrab-Ribback

CIO
VerbaVoice GmbH (Germany)
Janine Nieboer
Europe Unlimited

Janine Nieboer

Europe Unlimited (Belgium)
Bert Niessink
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Bert Niessink

European branch of the Translation Division
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (United States)
Véronique Ozkaya
Véronique Ozkaya

Véronique Ozkaya

Chief sales and marketing officer
Xplanation Language Services (Belgium)
Maria Palmerini
Cedat 85

Maria Palmerini

Language Technology Early Researcher
Cedat 85 (Italy)
Mário Parrot
Mário Parrot

Mário Parrot

Assistant
European Commission Union R&D (Belgium)
Geert Peeters
Geert Peeters

Geert Peeters

IT specialist
KU Leuven - Leuven Language Institute (Belgium)
Elena Petelos
Elena Petelos

Elena Petelos

Medical Writer and Linguistic Specialist
Bakken Research Center, Medtronic Inc (Netherlands)
Stelios Piperidis
Stelios Piperidis

Stelios Piperidis

Head of Department
Athena RC/ILSP (Greece)
Alexandros Poulis
Lionbridge Technologies Inc.

Alexandros Poulis

Project Manager
Lionbridge Technologies Inc. (Finland)
Mattie Rahati
Mattie Rahati

Mattie Rahati

CEO
VoteMyLink (United Kingdom)
Daniel Rejtö
Plunet GmbH

Daniel Rejtö

Head of Marketing
Plunet GmbH (Germany)
Jean-Michel RICHEZ
Jean-Michel RICHEZ

Jean-Michel RICHEZ

Business Consultant
GDF SUEZ Environment (Belgium)
Myrna Rodríguez Hausséguy
Europe Unlimited

Myrna Rodríguez Hausséguy

Senior Project Manager
Europe Unlimited (Belgium)
Carlos Rodríguez-Penagos
Carlos Rodríguez-Penagos

Carlos Rodríguez-Penagos

Senior Researcher
Barcelona Media (Spain)
Carlos Romero Dexeus
Segittur

Carlos Romero Dexeus

Director of Tourism Research, Development & Innovation
Segittur (Spain)
Jan Roukens
Jan Roukens

Jan Roukens

Stichting Nederlands (Belgium)
Youssef Sabbah
Europe Unlimited

Youssef Sabbah

Information Manager
Europe Unlimited (Belgium)
Indra Samite
Tilde

Indra Samite

Director of Business Development
Tilde (Latvia)
Ineke Schuurman
Ineke Schuurman

Ineke Schuurman

senior researcher
CCL KU Leuven (Belgium)
Milena Slavcheva
Milena Slavcheva

Milena Slavcheva

senior researcher
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria)
Robert-Jan Sopers
Olery BV

Robert-Jan Sopers

UX Designer
Olery BV (Netherlands)
Lucia Specia
University of Sheffield

Lucia Specia

Lecturer in Computer Science
University of Sheffield (United Kingdom)
Kristin Spiessens
Kristin Spiessens

Kristin Spiessens

owner
Crispy Communication bvba (Belgium)
Peter Spyns
Peter Spyns

Peter Spyns

HLT project manager
Taalunie (Netherlands)
Constantine Spyropoulos
Constantine Spyropoulos

Constantine Spyropoulos

Software & Knowledge Engineering Lab, IIT - NCSR "Demokritos" (Greece)
Enric Staromiejski Torregrosa
Enric Staromiejski Torregrosa

Enric Staromiejski Torregrosa

Solutions Specific Knowledge Consultant
everis (Belgium)
Kristof Steurbaut
Kristof Steurbaut

Kristof Steurbaut

Information Systems Support Officer - Blue Book
European Commission - DG Education and Culture (Belgium)
Nikki Sullings
Autism-Europe / FIRST project consortium

Nikki Sullings

Communications & Campaigns Officer
Autism-Europe / FIRST project consortium (Belgium)
Sophie Tan - Ehrhardt
EMF

Sophie Tan - Ehrhardt

Communication Assistant
EMF (Belgium)
Rita Temmerman
Rita Temmerman

Rita Temmerman

professor
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
Alessandro Tescari
PerVoice

Alessandro Tescari

Managing Director
PerVoice (Italy)
Mareike Thomas
Europe Unlimited

Mareike Thomas

Assistant Project Manager
Europe Unlimited (Belgium)
Marsha Trampe
LTC

Marsha Trampe

Business Development Executive
LTC (United Kingdom)
Jakub Tutaj
Langapp Sp. z o. o.

Jakub Tutaj

Project Manager
Langapp Sp. z o. o. (Poland)
Vincent Ulmer
Infinese

Vincent Ulmer

Founder
Infinese (Netherlands)
Peggy van der Kreeft
Peggy van der Kreeft

Peggy van der Kreeft

Innovation Manager
Deutsche Welle/Innovation (Germany)
Koen Van Leuvenhaege
The Bayard Partnership

Koen Van Leuvenhaege

Consultant
The Bayard Partnership (Belgium)
Vincent Vandeghinste
Vincent Vandeghinste

Vincent Vandeghinste

Post-doc reseracher
University of Leuven (Belgium)
Andrejs Vasiljevs
Tilde

Andrejs Vasiljevs

co-founder & chairman
Tilde (Latvia)
Inkaliisa Vihonen
Inkaliisa Vihonen

Inkaliisa Vihonen

Policy Officer
European Commission - DG Translation (Belgium)
Yvo Volman
European Commission - Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology

Yvo Volman

Deputy Head of unit
European Commission - Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology (Belgium)
E.G. Vossen
E.G. Vossen

E.G. Vossen

.
RIV BVBA (Belgium)
Xinrong Wu
Europe Unlimited

Xinrong Wu

staff
Europe Unlimited (Belgium)
Jean Yao
Jean Yao

Jean Yao

Language / Culture coach
Jean Yao Consulting (Belgium)
Kaywan Yunai
Kaywan Yunai

Kaywan Yunai

CEO
MIRSK Digital ApS (Denmark)
Jolanta Zabarskaite
Jolanta Zabarskaite

Jolanta Zabarskaite

Director
Institute of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
Zoi Zindrou
Zoi Zindrou

Zoi Zindrou

Web, mobile
twozeta (Belgium)