PROGRAM 2025

Sunday 23 November

Time
Information
18.00-20.00
Welcome reception and early registration at Scandic Hub Helsinki.

Monday 24 November

Time
Hub 1
Hub 2
9:00-9.30
Welcome remarks
Organizing team
Finland and the official languages, short introduction by Corinna Tammenmaa
9.30-10.30
KEYNOTE
Sisu in the time of change
Yuliya Salorenko
10:30-11.00
Coffee break – Kahvitauko
11:00-11.30
Considering publishing information translated by AI without post-editing?
What you need to know about managing risk.
Maarit Koponen and Mary Nurminen
11:30-12.00
SKY AI survey panel
From the UK to the Nordics: Survey results on AI and MT use in the public sector
Panelists
Lucas Nunes Vieira
Maarit Koponen
12:00-13:30
Lunch
13.30-14:10
Bridging Policy, Technology, and Humanity in Public Service Interpreting: The Next Frontier
Leo Doria
Think tank end clients
Moderated by Marta Schuman
14.10-14:45
From Hype to Impact: AI Interpretation in the Real World
Andrea Baccenetti
14:45-15:00
Joint QA
15:00-15:30
Coffee break – Kahvitauko
15.30-16.15
Putting Customers in the Driver’s Seat
Katja Virtanen and Titta Rintamäki
Think Tank – interpretation
Moderated by Leo Doria
16.15-16.45
Automate It All? DHL’s GenAI Translation Pilot, Our Leap of Faith—and Why We’re Still Smiling
Christian Wecke
16.45-17.00
Closing day 1
19.30
Dinner and dancing

Tuesday 25 November

Time
Hub 1
Hub 2
9:15-9:30
Recap and introduction to day 2 incl picker upper (those who know, they know)
9:30-10.15
KEYNOTE
Joel Willans, Very Finnish Problems
10.15-10.45
Coffee break – Kahvitauko
10.45-11.15
Human + AI: Building Context That Scales Rabie Salem
Think Tank – terminology
Moderated by Gustaf Sjögren
11.15-11.45
From Buyer to Builder: Reinventing the LSP Model from the Inside Out
Johan Lourens
12:00-13.30
Joint QA
12:00-13.30
Lunch
13:30-14:15
Panel on accessibility
Think Tank – interpretation
Moderated by Leo Doria
14.15.-15.00
An Italian, A Latvian and A Finn Walk into a Bank: The SISU guide to friendship-business partnerships
Kristaps Kvelde and Danilo Monaco
15:00-15:30
Coffee break – Kahvitauko
15.30-16.15
Think tank summaries
16.15-16.30
Closing remarks and prize drawings
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