To kick off the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-32, Linguapax will present the 2021 Linguapax Review special issue on Language Technologies and Language Diversity The event will take place online on 9 March 2022, at 6 pm CET, via Zoom.

During the presentation, authors of the 2021 Linguapax Review will participate in a live debate. We are proud to be joined by: Andras Kornai https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAAB31oBkjnx7uquXtV7tM7-w2lGSsKxbdw, advisor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and author of "Digital Language Death" Daniel Pimienta https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAABDoo8BjE6560HaeAmfgcrAOHIqHATliMg, mathematician, head of the Observatory of Linguistic and Cultural Diversity on the Internet Tunde Adegbola https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAABR2W0B-E35vkfUZzAJdeTL_awNeQq0oDM, scientist, musician, engineer, linguist and culture activist, founder of African Languages Technology Initiative (Alt-i) Roland Kuhn, https://nrc.canada.ca/en/corporate/contact-us/nrc-directory-science-professionals/roland-kuhnPRO at National Research Council Canada and leader of the Indigenous Languages Technology project Eddie Avila https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAABGd_8BCQSXFxlgDkk4uf8jWhru9V_AbUA, director of Rising Voices, an initiative to support peer networks of indigenous language digital activists in Latin America Subhashish P. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAANsOmkB2pSPSzrrS0zGo0pKhFCGXY8I80s Panigrahi, National Geographic Explorer and documentary filmmaker, founder of OpenSpeaks, a project for documenting indigenous and endangered languages The debate will be moderated by Maite Melero https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAK3E2UBEPSieDYF2HzmjZpjuAL1A-7E5tQ, coordinator of the special issue, and will address questions such as :

Why should we - all of us - care about linguistic diversity? Are new technologies a threat or an opportunity for endangered languages? What are the keys for effective language digital activism?

We will open this interesting debate to the audience. Participation is free but registration is required: at: https://lnkd.in/eZMf-QcV https://lnkd.in/eZMf-QcV