AMTA 2020 – VIRTUAL October6-9
REGISTER HERE The14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in theAmericas. Registration Details The single registration fee includes attendance at all tutorialsand workshops, special student mentoring sessions, exhibitions by vendors andconference sponsors, and all presentations in the three conference tracks:Commercial, Research, and Government. Additionally, after each tutorial,workshop, and presentation, a recording will be available for viewing on demandduring the conference week and for a period of weeks after the conference.Attendees will thus be able to enjoy all sessions and presentations even ifthey could not attend them at the time they were given. The registration fee also includes a two-year membership in AMTA(a US$100 value for non-students and US$50 for students), which allows membersto register for the upcoming MTSummit XVIII conference in 2021 as well as for conferenceshosted by our sister organizations, EAMT and AAMT, at a discounted member rate. Through the generous sponsorship of Microsoft, thefirst one hundred students who register for AMTA 2020 will pay a discounted fee of only US$10. Early registration prices are available through Monday,September 28, 2020. Late registration starts Tuesday, September 29, 2020 and will continuethrough the last day of the conference. Program Details Our engaging keynote talks will feature the following world-recognizedexperts in the development and application of machine translation fromresearch, industry, and government: | Colin Cherry (Google Research) | Mona Diab (George Washington University) | | Chris Wendt (Microsoft Research) | Danielle Silverman (National Virtual Translation Center) | | Eric Paquin (Translators without Borders) | Andy Way (ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University) | Twostudent mentoring sessions will feature experts from research,industry, and government who will give brief opening presentations and thenlead Q&A discussions on employment opportunities related to machinetranslation and on preparing for those opportunities. One mentoring sessionwill be held in the late afternoon and the other will be held in parallel with anotherconference track in the morning to provide flexibility for students who mayhave scheduling conflicts but still wish to attend a live session. The current conferenceprogram schedule is available here. Theprogram will start each day at 8am PDT (UTC-7) and end at 3pm PDT. On the mainconference days, about 10 minutes before 8am, there will be a short welcomewith a program overview. On Wednesday, one of the student mentoring sessionswill take place at 3:15pm (PDT). | | | | | | | | | | | AMTA | | | AMTA 2020 provides a unique opportunity for academic andcommercial researchers to share their results with colleagues as well as to understandreal-world user requirements. Business and government participants will benefitfrom updates on leading-edge R&D in Machine Translation and have a chanceto present and discuss their use cases. Students who attend will gain a broadperspective and understanding of the fascinating field of machine translation. We look forward to “seeing” you at AMTA 2020 – VIRTUAL! Steve Richardson AMTA President
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