This is an invitation to the kick-off event of the WWTF-funded DIGILINGDIV project. The event will feature a brief overview of the importance of investigating the relationship between digitization and linguistic diversity, insights into the planned research activities, and a panel discussion on the topic.
17:00 Opening and welcome addresses by
Michael Strassnig (Deputy managing director of WWTF) and
Allan Hanbury (Vice Dean, Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien)
17:15 Introduction to the DIGILINGDIV project by
Andreas Baumann
17:30 Panel discussion
Martin Fritz (Secretary General of the Austrian Commission for UNESCO)
Alíz Horváth (Assistant professor of East Asian History and Digital Humanities,
Central European University, and Head of the DARIAH Multilingual DH Working
Group)
Barbara Soukup (Assistant professor of the Sociolinguistics of German in Austria,
Department of German Studies, University of Vienna)
Hannes Werthner (Professor of Informatics, TU Wien, and co-initiator of the Digital
Humanism initiative)
Moderated by Julia Neidhardt and Hannes Fellner
18:30 Snacks and drinks
20:00 Doors close