Interpreting without Intelligence: What Happens When Machines Learn to TranslateFu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan · Keynote · 27 June
Toward a Technological Turn in Interpreting Studies: Embracing AI Interpreters as a Legitimate Object of Inquiry30th Lucentino Conference, Alicante, Spain · Keynote · 29 January
2025
AI and Simultaneous Interpreting: Challenges and Solutions. Latency (EVS), Grounding, ExpressivityARTE TV, Strasbourg, France · Invited speech · 29 November
Computer-Assisted Interpreting 2025: An OverviewBeijing Foreign Studies University, China · Keynote, International Symposium on AI Empowerment in Interpreting Education and Practice · 19 October
Grounding Real-Time Speech Translation Through Visual CuesAssociation for Machine Translation in the Americas · Conference paper · 25 September
Do AI Translators and Interpreters Dream of Electric Sheep? On Similarities and Differences Between Human and Artificial AgentsHong Kong Polytechnic University · Keynote, International Conference on Quantitative Translation and Interpreting Studies in the Age of AI (QTIS) · 6 June
Speech Technologies for Professional Interpreters: State of the Art and Future PerspectivesBar-Ilan University, Israel · Invited speech · 25 March
Speech Technologies for Professional Interpreters: State of the Art and Future PerspectivesUniversidad de Granada, Spain · Invited speech · 21 March
Academia and LSPs Discuss the Future of Interpreting TrainingGlobalization and Localization Association · Moderator · 27 February
Computer-Assisted Interpreting: An Overview of Tools and ResearchKing Salman International University, Egypt · Invited speech · 24 February
The Technological Turn in InterpretingUniversity Sorbonne Nouvelle, France · Keynote · 14 February
AI-powered Interpretation: Is the Sky Really the Limit?European Commission, Belgium · Panelist, Interpreting Europe Conference 2025
2024
From Automation to Augmentation: How Research in Speech Translation Can Foster Supportive Tools for InterpretersWuhan Institute of Technology, China · Keynote · 9 November
Integrating Generative AI in Speech Translation: Quality Review ProcessGALA Conference, Valencia, Spain · Invited speaker · 23 April
Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Language Justice and TechnologyAmerican Bar Association, Language Access Conference, US · Invited speaker · 2 March
Understanding Machine InterpretationGALA · Webinar · 15 February
2023
Simultaneous Interpreting and Artificial IntelligenceTranslation Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Panelist · 4 November
Bridging Language Barriers: How AI Redefines Multilingual CommunicationTaiwan T&I Symposium · Keynote · 27 October
Speech Recognition for InterpretersUniversity of Alcalá, Spain · Invited speaker · 23 October
AI, Interpretation, and the Dynamics of ChangeAIIC, Belgium · Invited speaker, AIIC 70th anniversary celebrations
The Rise of AI: Reimagining Research Frontiers in Translation and Interpreting StudiesUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain · Keynote, PhD colloquium
Translation Training in the Tech Age: A Call for Reassessment and AdaptationUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain · Invited speaker
The Interpreting Profession in the Age of AI: Navigating the Tension Between Augmentation and AutomationEuropean Parliament, Belgium · Invited speaker
Machine Interpreting: Principles, Challenges, and Future DirectionsKent University, US · Invited speaker
Natural Language Processing Augmenting Translation and InterpretingSurrey University, UK · Invited speaker
Teaching the Basics of AI to Students of the Humanities with EasyAIEuropean Commission, Interinstitutional Task Force on Speech Recognition · Invited speaker
Automatic Speech Recognition for Interpreters: State of the Art and Future ProspectiveUniversity of Massachusetts, US · Invited speaker
Evaluating Automatic Spoken Language Translation as a Tool for Multilingual InclusionUnlimited3! Innovation for Access · Paper
2021
Ear-Voice-Span and System Latency in AI-based CAI ToolstechLing2021, Vigo, Spain · Paper
ABM-SCI: The Artificial Boothmate for the Interpreting Classroom and ResearchtechLing2021, Vigo, Spain · Paper
ABM-SCI: The Artificial Boothmate for the Interpreting Classroom and ResearchTraslata 2021, Innsbruck, Austria · Paper
Communicative Inclusion Through Automatic Speech to Text TranslationIATIS, Barcelona, Spain · Paper, with Bianca Prandi
ASR as a Supporting Tool for Interpreters: What Empirical Research Tells UsIATIS, Barcelona, Spain · Paper, with Bart Defrancq
Towards the Evaluation of Simultaneous Speech Translation from a Communicative PerspectiveIWSLT 2021 · Paper, with Bianca Prandi
Inteligência artificial e interpretação assistida: estado atual e desenvolvimentos futurosBrazilian professional association · Webinar
Making Sense of AI in the Interpreter WorkstationLecture series, European Masters in Technology for Translation and Interpreting · Invited speaker
Human-Machine Interaction in the Interpreting WorkflowUniversity of Surrey, UK · Invited speaker
Augmented Interpretation: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence for the ProfessionGlobalization and Localization Association (GALA) · Webinar
2020
Studying Speech-to-Text Translation from a Communicative PerspectiveEuropean Translation Forum, UNINT, Rome, Italy · Paper, with Bianca Prandi
Date the Artificial Booth Mate: What Does Your Ideal Match with ASR Look Like?European Translation Forum, UNINT, Rome, Italy · Paper, with Bart Defrancq
Artificial Intelligence in Interpreting: From Support for Human Agents to Full AutomationArtificial Intelligence & Intercultural Intelligence, ISIT, Paris, France · Paper
Automatic Speech Recognition in the Booth: Assessment of System Performance, Interpreters’ Performances and Interactions in the Context of NumbersArtificial Intelligence & Intercultural Intelligence, ISIT, Paris, France · Paper, with Bart Defrancq
Artificial Intelligence and Interpreting: Supporting Tool and Full AutomationCenTraS, UCL, Translation and Technology Guest Lecture Series, UK · Invited speaker
The Future Impact of AI in InterpretingTranslation Week, Mexico · Invited speaker
Teaching Simultaneous Interpreting RemotelyAPTIS “Lockdown Interpreting” series · Invited speaker
TransELTE 2020, 22nd Annual Conference of Translators and InterpretersELTE University, Budapest, Hungary · Invited speaker
Remote Simultaneous Interpreting — Meeting of ExpertsUniversity of Surrey, UK · Invited speaker
2019
Presenting InterpretBankUniversity of Ghent, Belgium · Workshop
Interpreting and the Technological Turn in Interpreting: The Challenges That Lie AheadBDÜ World Congress, Bonn, Germany · Paper
Speech Recognition in Translation and InterpretingTranslating Europe Forum, European Union, Brussels, Belgium · Invited speaker
Interpreting Training, Past and Present100 Years of Conference Interpreting, Geneva, Switzerland · Panelist
Remote Interpreting, CAI Tools and Artificial Intelligence: The Technological Turn in InterpretingInstitute of Applied Linguistics, Warsaw, Poland · Invited speaker
Translation and Interpreting in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Basic Concepts and Future PerspectivesScuola Superiore per Mediatori Linguistici Vittoria, Turin, Italy · Invited speaker
2018
The Upcoming Digital Turn in Interpreting: From CAI Tools to Artificial IntelligenceIstituto di Alti Studi SSML Carlo Bo, Rome, Italy · Invited speaker
Interpreting and the Technological TurnDiscuss Interpreting, ISIT, Paris, France · Paper
Italian in Translation in the Era of Artificial IntelligenceInstitut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen, Heidelberg, Germany · Invited speaker
Computer-assisted Interpreting: Stand der Technik und der ForschungUniversity of Heidelberg, Ringvorlesung, Germany · Invited speaker
Le tecnologie in traduzione ed interpretazione: la situazione attuale e le ripercussioni sul futuro della professioneUniversity of Turin, Italy · Invited speaker
Earlier
Speech Recognition in the Interpreter Workstation2017 · Translating and the Computer 39, London, UK
Speech Recognition and Computer-Assisted Interpreting2017 · TechLING’17 — Languages, Linguistics and Technology, Forlì, Italy
InterpretBank: Redefining Computer-Assisted Interpreting Tools2016 · Translating and the Computer 38, London, UK
Computer-Assisted Preparation in Conference Interpreting2016 · Translation and Interpreting: Convergence, Contact, Interaction, Trieste, Italy
Design and Development of a Freeware Text Analysis Tool for Translation Tasks2015 · IV International Conference on Corpus Use and Learning to Translate (CULT), Alicante, Spain
GEROM: Integrating the Web and Corpus Linguistics to Extend the Usability of Terminology Resources2014 · 4th International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, Geneva, Switzerland
Variability in Translation and the Influence of Translation Technologies2014 · 6th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Wissens- und Terminologiemanagement für Simultandolmetscher2009 · Internationale Fachkonferenz des BDÜ, Berlin, Germany
Neue Entwicklungen im Bereich Terminologiemanagement für Konferenzdolmetscher2008 · SDI, Munich, Germany
Creazione automatica di corpora specialistici dal web2005 · La formazione in terminologia, Bertinoro/Forlì, Italy
Visiting lecturer
2018
Scuola Superiore Interpreti e Traduttori, Vittoria, Turin, Italy
2016
DIT — Interpretazione e Traduzione, Forlì, Italy
2015
Universidad La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
2013
Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
2013
University SSLiMIT, Forlì/Bologna, Italy
2013
University IULM, Milan, Italy
2012
Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma, Italy
2011
Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma, Italy