[Event] META-FORUM 2013

The META-FORUM event may be interest for people working in the area of 
linked open data and text analytics, multilingual linked open data and 
other areas of natural language processing. The EC is also present to 
give insights into upcoming funding programs (Horizon2020 and CEF).

The program is now published, see
http://www.meta-net.eu/events/meta-forum-2013/programme
and below. Registration is at
http://www.meta-net.eu/events/meta-forum-2013/registration
Note also that there is a "call for active participation": a good chance 
to have a poster or a demo about your work
http://www.meta-net.eu/events/meta-forum-2013/exhibition
The deadline for replying to that call is *August 16*.

Best,

Felix

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*Call for participation:*


*Connecting Europe for New Horizons*
*September 19/20, 2013*

*http://www.meta-forum.eu*

*** *_Register now!_* 
<http://www.meta-net.eu/events/meta-forum-2013/registration> ***
*Venue: German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology --- Berlin, 
Germany*


/META-FORUM 2013 --- Connecting Europe for New Horizons/ is an 
international conference on powerful language technologies for the 
multilingual information society, the data value chain and the 
information market place. The two special themes of this year's edition 
of the conference are /Big Data Text Analytics/ and /Multilingual Web 
Services for Multilingual Europe/. Previous editions of the conference 
series are META-FORUM 2012 (Brussels), META-FORUM 2011 
(Budapest) and META-FORUM 2010 (Brussels).

Call for active participation in META Exhibition and LT Industry Session 
now open! <http://www.meta-net.eu/events/meta-forum-2013/exhibition>

*Highlights:*

  * Horizon 2020 and Connecting Europe Facility (CEF): Current State of Play
  * Sessions on Technologies for the Multilingual Web; MT for
    Professionals; Services for Multilingual Europe; The Most Urgent
    Needs of Europe's Languages; Connecting Towards New Horizons;
    Quality Translation and Innovation
  * New Stakeholders: GALA (Globalization and Localization Association),
    NPLD (Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity), Council of Europe
    Committee of Experts on the Charter of Regional and Minority
    Languages (tbc)
  * Towards a European Language Technology Platform
  * An Update of the META-NET White Paper Series
  * Invited keynote lectures by Daniel Marcu and Wolfgang Wahlster
  * Panel discussions
  * Award Ceremony: META Prize and META Seal of Recognition
  * META Exhibition (industry and research exhibition -- software demos
    and posters)


META-FORUM 2013 will be held jointly by META-NET and the German Federal 
Ministry of Economics and Technology, co-organised 
with MultilingualWeb-LT, QTLaunchPad and LT Berlin.

Look forward to seeing you in Berlin!

Best regards,
Georg Rehm

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*Dr. Georg Rehm*
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