TAUS Massively Multilingual AI Conference Rome

AI allows us to create virtual companions that can speak our language, any language, as well as humans. This is a technology breakthrough that shakes up the world. It can make businesses and governments a hundred times more efficient and it creates thousands of opportunities for innovation. If only we start thinking and operating truly and massively multilingual.

18 - 20 June 2024

Rome, Italy

Bringing the language technology world and AI together

Despite its revolutionary spirit, the AI industry keeps operating under the paradigm of English rules the world. More than 90% of the data that is used to train the Large Language Models is English language data. Translation by nature has always been one-directional, mostly from English into other languages. AI technology now allows us to become simultaneously and massively multilingual, skipping translation all together and generating content directly in all languages. To deliver on that promise, we need to bring the language and AI industries together. The global language industry is sitting on a wealth of data and knowledge that is crucial to solving core AI problems and delivering solutions in a wider economic context of world- and future readiness.

Bringing the language world and AI together

Despite its revolutionary spirit, the AI industry keeps operating under the paradigm of English rules the world. More than 90% of the data that is used to train the Large Language Models is English language data. Translation by nature has always been one directional, mostly from English into other languages. AI technology now allows us to become simultaneously and massively multilingual. To deliver on that promise, we need to bring the language and AI industries together. The global language industry is sitting on a wealth of data and knowledge that is crucial to solving core AI problems and delivering solutions in a wider economic context of world and future readiness.

Who is coming

TAUS brings together individuals from the top echelon of the AI and global content and language industries, including executives who make transformative decisions and manage globalization teams. The conference offers excellent opportunities to build new connections and influence decisions concerning the AI and localization industry ecosystem. The TAUS Massively Multilingual AI Conference is expecting an exclusive audience of around 150 to 200 people, representing the following constituencies:

Buyers and owners of global content (40%)

Executives from AI labs and start-up platforms (15%)

Global content and language service providers (15%)

Technology and solution providers (15%)

Translators and linguists (5%)

Government bodies and NGOs (5%)

Consultants, academia, analysts, press (5%)

What can you expect

Attendees of this conference can expect ample discourse on the arrival of the long-expected AI revolution. Leaders from AI Labs will debate their visions of the future and the technology revolution behind it. Globalization directors and technology executives from the enterprise world will share their views on opportunities and challenges. The heads of the language service and technology companies will bring their perspectives.

Familiar TAUS format

The event will have the intimate setting that TAUS is known for with a cabaret-style format and a single conference track. The program will alternate between thought-leading keynotes, shorter presentations and discussions, innovators pitches and ample time for Q&A and discussions.
At the end of the two days conference attendees will have made acquaintances with everyone in attendance during the interactive sessions, the welcome reception and the networking dinner.

Call for proposals

Consumers and creators of language models are invited to submit proposals for short presentations and panel discussions in the following categories: use cases, best practices, research and collaborative actions.

Multilingual customer support

Multilingual content creation and management

Quality evaluation and estimation

Multilingual SEO support

Localization assistants and machine translation

Summarization and web search

Cross-lingual information retrieval

Interactive language learning

Virtual assistants and chatbots