The first international Language & Medicine Conference takes place 14–15 January 2027 at the University of Zurich, on multimodal assessment of speech, language, and reading for medical diagnostics. Abstract deadline 25 October 2026; registration open until 30 November 2026.
A hybrid one-day symposium at the University of Porto (30 November 2026) on large language models in SSH research, in collaboration with CLARIN and PORTULAN CLARIN. Abstracts (300–500 words) open until 15 November; attendance registration until 25 November 2026.
On 16 October, the SSH Open Marketplace Training Series covers language data, with Cristina Grisot (CLARIN-CH) presenting part of the online session (13:00–14:30).
The LaDaD project closes with a community workshop in Bern on 26 November 2026.
The SENPro Consortium hosts its third project update on 21 May 2026, 13:30–15:30 CET online, sharing the latest developments on the Swiss EOSC Node and opening the floor for community discussion. Registration is open.
The CLARIN-CH RDM Working Group, in collaboration with the L-RDM Node (SRDSN) and the LaDaD project, is organising a free two-part online workshop on Data Management Plans (DMPs) for language data. The workshop covers both the strategic importance of DMPs and practical guidance for writing them, with a focus on SNSF-funded projects. Sessions take place on 4 May and 29 June 2026, 1:00–2:30 PM (CET).
On November 12 from 15:30 – 18:00 at UZH center, the Digital Society Initiative together with LiRI will hold a public panel discussion on “What does and what should AI know?”.
Register and attend the Swiss FRILS planning workshop organized by USI, LiRI, and CLARIN-CH. Learn more about the work done in the swissuniversities context, reflect in groups on the future of Swiss research infrastructure, and find out about issues regarding governance and funding.
On October 9, 2025 the newly launched national collaborative effort SENPro invites the research community to take part in their online event. The pivotal creation of an EOSC Federation of Nodes seeks to enable Open Science to thrive and reduce fragmentation on a national level. SENPro’s mission is to strengthen Switzerland’s contribution to the European Open Science movement and to support the broader vision of EOSC: Establishing a framework for its research data and services according to the FAIR principles.
The CLARIN annual conference will take place from September 30 to October 2 in Vienna, Austria. The wider public is welcome to join the event virtually as many sessions are held in a hybrid format. CLARIN-CH is happy to be a part of the thriving European language research.