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LREC 2026, the 15th edition of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference,will be held in Palau de Congressos de Palma, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), on 11-16 May 2026.
The three-day main conference will take place on 13-15 May 2026, and it will be accompanied by three days of workshops and tutorials to be held in the days immediately before (11-12 May 2026) and after (16 May 2026).
The hybrid conference will bring together researchers and practitioners in natural language processing, computational linguistics, speech and multimodality, with special attention to evaluation and the development of resources that support work in these areas. Following the tradition of LREC, the 15th edition will feature grand challenges and provide ample opportunity for participants to exchange information and ideas through both oral presentations and extensive poster sessions, complemented by an exciting social program.
The 2nd International Conference on Language Technologies for All (LT4All 2025), held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 24 to 26 February 2025, will focus on advancing humanism through language technologies. Organized by ELRA, SIGUL, and UNESCO, the event aims to empower communities by exploring the intersections of language, technology, and culture. The conference will highlight inclusivity, support under-resourced languages, and contribute to the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032), while celebrating the Silver Jubilee of International Mother Language Day.
SIGSDS is organizing the workshop IWSDS2025 in Bilbao (Spain) on May 27-30, 2025.
Three keynote speakers
- KristiinaJokinen (Artificial Intelligence Research Center, Tokyo, Japan)
- Björn W. Schuller (Imperial College London, UK / Technical University of Munich, Germany)
- Roberto Pieraccini, Vice President, Chief Scientist, Head of AI at Uniphore, USA
New LRs in the ELRA Catalogue
The LDS vision by Philippe Gelin
In a recent interview published in the LDS Newsletter, Philippe Gelin, Head of Sector Multilingualism at DG/CONNECT (European Commission) provides perspectives on the current and future trends in the European language data market and the pivotal role that European Language Data space plays in its realisation.
For more on LDS, please visit the website.