December 21, 2023 Seventh Automatic Translation Symposium: Generative AI and AI Translation: Applications in Education

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), in cooperation with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and the Global Communication Development Promotion Council, is researching and developing multilingual translation technology and its implementation in society. This effort aims to eliminate all language barriers worldwide and realize global and free exchange.
The seventh Automatic Translation Symposium will be held at the Shinagawa Intercity Hall under the theme of Generative AI and AI Translation―Application in Education. The symposium will feature presentations by researchers on the latest technological trends and by educators on the use of automatic translation technology in educational settings. In addition, companies and organizations will exhibit their latest automated translation products and services.

1. Time and date

12:45 pm to 5:00 pm on Thursday, February 22, 2024 (Lectures from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm and exhibitions from 12:45 pm to 5:00 pm)

2. Venue

Shinagawa Intercity Hall (approximately five minutes on foot from the Konan Exit of JR Shinagawa Station)
Shinagawa Intercity Hall Building, 2-15-4 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo

3. Program (tentative, speaker names listed without honorifics)

Theme: Generative AI and AI Translation―Applications in Education
(1) Opening remarks
SUDO Osamu, Chair of the Global Communications Development Promotion Council (Professor at the Faculty of Global Informatics, Chuo University and Project Professor at Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo)
(2) Greetings from the organizers
MIC
(3) Lectures
Keynote: LLM and AI Translation: The Future of Machine Translation Using Large-scale Language Models
NAGATA Masaaki, Senior Distinguished Researcher, Linguistic Intelligence Research Group, Innovative Communication Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Laboratories Lecture 1: AI Translation and University Education: Perspectives on Exploration, Research, and Dissemination
KONDO Yukie, Associate Professor, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Ritsumeikan University
Lecture 2: AI Translation and Elementary School Education: Linking Foreign Language Education and Japanese Language Education
NARITA Junya, Supervising Teacher, Tobio Elementary School, Atsugi City Lecture 3: Translation/Interpretation by AI will be Deeply Widespread SUMIDA Eiichiro, Fellow, NICT
(4) Closing remarks
TOKUDA Hideyuki, President, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

*An exhibition of the latest simultaneous interpretation and automatic translation systems will also be held.

4. Organizers

MIC, NICT, and Global Communications Development and Promotion Council

5. Application for participation

(1) Participation fee
Free
(2) Capacity
400 people (tentative) (pre-registration required on a first-come, first-served basis
(3) Application deadline
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
(4) How to apply for participation
Please register through the Seventh Automatic Translation Symposium website.
https://jido-hon-yaku.nict.go.jp/

*The published material is in Japanese only.