This is the first call for participation on the 18th MT Marathon

that will take place in Helsinki on August 25-29, 2025.

The eighteenth edition of the MT Marathon will be organized by the Language Technology Research group at the University of Helsinki, Finland, with sponsorship of EAMT.

Each Machine Translation Marathon is a week-long gathering of machine

translation researchers, developers, students and users featuring:

- MT Lectures and Labs covering the basics and tutorials.

- Keynote Talks from experienced researchers and practitioners.

- Presentations of research and open source tools related to MT.

- Hacking Projects to advance tools or research in one week or start new collaborations.

Details can be found on the event page: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/language-technology/mt-marathon-2025/

** Registration **

The registration is free of charge for EAMT members. To register, use the following link:

https://forms.gle/uvrZuWpeSbcmJozK7. The registration form will remain open until the start of the event; however, please register as soon as possible if you plan to attend to help us with the planning.

** Programme **

The event will include a poster session, labs, and lessons from experts in the field, including:

- Ayodele Awokoya, McPherson University, University of Ibadan, Masakhane,

- Wilker Aziz, University of Amsterdam,

- Marta Costa-Jussa, Meta AI,

- Barry Haddow, University of Edinburgh,

- Amit Moryossef, University of Zürich,

- Sara Papi, FBK Trento,

- Jörg Tiedemann, University of Helsinki,

- Marco Turchi, Zoom,

The programme is still under construction. For up to date information about invited speakers and the topics that will be covered by talks and labs, have a look at the event page here: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/language-technology/mt-marathon-2025/

The event will also include a poster session where participants will be invited to present their own work in machine translation.

** Call for project proposals **

As always, project topics will get finalized on the first day of the Marathon, but it was found useful in the past to announce and refine project proposals earlier. If you have an idea what you'd like to implement in a small team of fellow participants, or if you just want to peek at what is going to be proposed, have a look or edit the live document linked here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A4Iy_iOVvYHKAwnSV2ZGIPru7t-jeMauCQd6i9GW... .