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Among the highlights labeled «French Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2022»,

the Ministry of Culture, through the General Delegation to the French language and languages of France, is organizing the online Forum on Innovation, technologies and plurilingualism, on February 7-9, 2022, and would like to invite you to attend this 3-day event.

Today, digital transformation offers new possibilities for plurilingualism, a challenge for social cohesion and citizenship in Europe.

Opened by Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, the French Minister of Culture, this forum will bring together many actors, French and European, in the domains of Translation, Language Technologies, Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence, for the benefit of multilingualism in our societies.

Innovation, promotion, technologies and multilingualism

Four themes will structure the programme (https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Media/Medias-creation-rapide/PROGRAMME-EN_Forum-PFUE_Innovation-technologies-and-plurilingualism_14012022.pdf):

•     Multilingualism and translation in a Europe of culture and knowledge facing the digital challenge;
•     Language learning and teaching in Europe, their promotion and attractiveness through digital innovation;
•     Natural Language Processing, “discoverability” of scientific content, collection, evaluation and sharing of digital linguistic resources, with stakeholders from the worlds of science, research and business;
•     Language technologies, at the service of the European citizen, to promote EU values and a common sense of belonging.

The Forum is organized in partnership with the Hauts-de-France Region and the ARTE TV channel.

To attend this event and receive the related links, you are invited to register on the platform of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union as follows:

Meeting: Forum « Innovation, Technologies and Plurilingualism »

1-  Click on the link:     https://delegues.accreditation-eu2022.fr/secured/login
2-  Click on : Create a new account
3-  Fill in the form
4-  You receive a message, click on the link to Activate your account
5-  On the Authentication page, fill in FORINOVPLURI.PARTICIDGLFLF (Delegation field) / ParticipaDGLFLF2022! (access code) /  your email / your password (created at the first connection)