AI Use Cases SIG Meeting, April 2025
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Agenda
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Topic: Regulations and Ethics of Responsible AI
Join us for the kick-off meeting of GALA's newest special interest group. This will be a practical meeting, where industry experts share key case studies explore strategies to navigate the evolving ethics and regulations of using AI.
🔹 Anna Golubeva – Lessons from the past 12 months: The evolving regulations and ethics of Enterprise AI. How can we capitalize on our learnings while mitigating risks?
🔹 Manuel Herranz – A technology perspective: Insights from EU-commissioned work and how enterprises can stay ahead of compliance and innovation.
🔹 Mrinalini Kochupillai – The latest trends in AI regulation and ethical implementation, with a focus on the EU AI Act and its impact on businesses.
Olga Beregovaya will be the lead moderator for this meeting.
📌 Why Attend?
- Hear how industry LSP and enterprise stakeholders are navigating AI regulations and ethical considerations.
- Learn how businesses can adapt to the EU AI Act.
- Gain cutting-edge insights from experts actively shaping the future of AI governance.
About the AI Use Cases SIG
GALA’s AI Use Cases SIG showcases demonstrable, real-world applications of AI in the language sector. It endeavors to move beyond the hype to the practical implementation of AI-powered technologies in both linguistic and business contexts. A mix of stakeholders, including LSCs, end-clients, and language technology companies, share challenges and solutions and support one another in adopting transformative technologies.
The group is moderated by Antoine Rey (Argos Multilingual), Belén Agulló GarcÃa (Terra Translations), Laura RamÃrez Polo (Rutgers University), Marcus Danei (SAP SE), MarÃa do Campo Bayón (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Olga Beregovaya (Smartling), Patricia Paladini Adell (IKEA Retail - Ingka Group), Thomas Mosley (ITC Global), and Ziyi "Ian" Zhang (Zoetis Inc.).
GALA Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are global communities that connect members on topics of shared interest led by volunteer moderators.
Host organization: Globalization and Localization Association
Event Speakers
Anna Golubeva
IKEA Retail (Ingka Group)
I have more than 15 years of experience in translation connected to communication, knowledge management, digitalization and marketing. My background is in education, linguistics and intercultural communication at Moscow Pedagogical University. I enjoy working with languages for the life-at-home brand, as there are so many opportunities and challenges. Having previous experience in retail, marketing and production management, I'm currently focusing on multilanguage initiatives at Inter IKEA Systems B.V., a worldwide IKEA franchisor to connect language topics with the business agenda and enable the reach of the brand for more people in the world.
Manuel Herranz
Pangeanic
MIT in Entrepreneurship, Manuel worked for major automobile manufacturers and power co-generation in the UK in the 90’s with postings in Argentina, Mexico and his native Spain. His background in machine translation comes from his mission to automate language processes for B.I Corp., the Japanese corporation for which he was European Director from 1998-2005. He has traveled to Japan and China extensively. Since 2009, he has focused on the development of Natural Language Processing technologies to provide process automation and true value to clients. A frequent speaker at industry events, Manuel’s areas of interest cover deep neural networks, adaptive technologies applied to translation, and Natural Language Processing. His interest in data acquisition led him to make of Pangeanic a founding member of TAUS and data-sharing initiatives. Manuel is also committed to supporting NGO actions like the Malima Project for primary education in Central Africa, as well as Translators Without Borders, medical research into rare diseases and sports events. Manuel is a double graduate from Manchester University.
Mrinalini Kochupillai
Mrinalini (Nalini) Kochupillai is currently a lecturer at the Institute for Computational Medicine, Vetmeduni, Vienna. From 2020-2024, Nalini was an associate (guest) professor at the International Future Lab: Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation (AI4EO), Technical University of Munich (TUM). She has been a senior research fellow with the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, and with the Chair for Business Ethics, TUM. She has also been a program director and lecturer at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), and an adjunct faculty member at the EU Business School, and the Franklin Pierce Law Center (FPLC).
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