The following projects / products / organizations will participate in this year’s Technology Showcase.
If your organization would also like to participate, please see the information here.

Adapt Centre, Dublin City University

Autodesk, Inc.

eBay

Electronics and Telecommunications Institute (ETRI)

IBM Watson

Iconic Translation Machines, Ltd.

Lilt

Microsoft

Ntrepid

Microsoft

Sakhr

SDL Translate

Spoken Translation

Star Group

Systran

TCS Innovation Labs

U.S. Government

United States Government Center for Applied MT (CAMT)

University of Maryland/CASL/IBM

Universitat d’Alacant, Prompsit Language Engineering, and Dublin City University

University of Macau, NewTranx Information Technology Co. Limited

University of Tokyo

Yandex

Sponsorship Prospectus for
MT Summit XV – 2015

Sponsorship of AMTA 2012 is a tax-deductible donation. AMTA is a 501-(c)-3 non-profit educational association.

All sponsorship levels receive:
– Logo with hyperlink on website: http://www.amtaweb.org/
– Logo and name in conference program
– Acknowledgement at Conference Opening
– One piece of collateral included in Conference Bag

Contact Alon Lavie, Sponsorship Chair alavie@cs.cmu.edu for more information.

Accommodations & Venue

The conference will be held at the Hotel Regency Miami. See it on Google Maps here.

Make your RESERVATIONS HERE to get the special rate for MT Summit XV.

About Miami

Miami, Florida is home to so many fun attractions, activities and entertainment and Miami Hyatt Regency hotel is set in the center of it all! Step into the tropics on Parrot Jungle Island, delve into the deep at Miami Seaquarium or play golf on any of the three 18-hole courses just minutes from Hyatt Regency Miami. Charter a yacht, sway to Latin rhythms at innumerable night spots and enjoy easy access to a multitude of upscale restaurants, stores, beaches, water sports, sporting events and attractions. Just a 15 minute drive from South Beach, Key Biscayne, Coral Gables and Coconut Grove, Hyatt Regency Miami is also just seven miles from Miami International Airport and less than two miles from the Port of Miami.

General Chair:

Alon Lavie (Safaba Translation Solutions and Carnegie Mellon University)

Conference Steering Committee:

Alon Lavie (Safaba & CMU), George Foster (Google), Hassan Sawaf (eBay), Mike Dillinger (LinkedIn)

Research Track Co-Chairs:

Yaser Al-Onaizan (IBM Research) and Will Lewis (Microsoft Research)

Commercial Track Co-Chairs:

Mike Dillinger (LinkedIn) and Steve Richardson (LDS Church)

Government Track Chair:

Jennifer Doyon (MITRE)

Workshops and Tutorials Chair:

Jay Marciano (LionBridge)

Technology Showcase Chair:

Jennifer DeCamp (MITRE)

Web Master:

Mike Dillinger (LinkedIn)

Business and Local Arrangements:

Priscilla Rasmussen (ARCS)

Contact: Jen DeCamp (techshowcase@amtaweb.org)

If you are interested in exhibiting/demonstrating your commercial, academic, or government software at the MT Summit Technology Showcase, please send the following information to Jen DeCamp. We are particularly interested in software that is discussed in presentations at the conference.
The Technology Showcase is held one afternoon during the conference. There is no fee for exhibiting. Exhibiters are welcome to invite outside guests to see the demonstrations. Information on exhibits is included on the conference CD.

Call for Proposals:

The Technology Showcase will be on Sunday, November 1. Final “camera-ready” versions of exhibit information will be due Monday September 7.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

• Use of MT as a translator tool
• Use of MT as an analyst tool
• Use of MT in chats, blogs and social networks
• Non-traditional uses of MT
• MT post-editing
• MT evaluation
• MT research and development
• MT case studies
• Linguistic resources for MT
• MT tool integration
• Terminology management and other tools for assisting human translation.

What to Submit:

Submissions should include:

• Name of company
• Name of products being demoed
• Description of products being demoed (maximum 50-200 words)
• Name of customer contact
• Email of customer contact
• Special requests (if any) to AMTA for support

Logistics:

Exhibiters will be provided with a table, draping, chairs, a sign, electrical outlets, and wifi. Exhibitors are welcome to bring posters and signs. However, signs may not be attached to the hotel walls. Please note special requests on the submission form or contact Jen DeCamp (techshowcase@amtaweb.org) or Priscilla Rasmussen (business@amtaweb.org).

Exhibitors can choose to rent large-screen monitors from the MT Summit registration page for $200. The monitors will be delivered to and picked up from the exhibit table.

Exhibitors can mail signs and brochures to the hotel in advance of the conference in care of Priscilla Rasmussen.

Contact: Jay Marciano (workshops@amtaweb.org)

MT Summit XV Call for proposals for Workshops on all topics related to MT

MT Summit workshops are intended to provide the opportunity for MT-related communities of interest to spend time together advancing the state of thinking or the state of practice in their area of endeavor. We are particularly interested in submissions related to commercialization of MT and/or its use by professional translators. However, any themes connected to MT research, development, deployment, use, and evaluation are welcome. Topics for past workshops have included post-editing, treatment of Arabic-script languages, monolingual aspects of MT, collaborative translation, lexical resources, and MT research and the translation industry.

Workshop proposals should be submitted by 29 June 2015 to workshops@amtaweb.org.

They should include:

• Workshop title
• Dates for important milestones (call for papers, recruitment of speakers, etc.)
• Description of the workshop content, technical requirements
• Expected number of participants,
• Whether this is an ongoing or new workshop, and
• A signed copy of the MT_Summit_XV_Workshop_Proposal_Form

Important dates:

• Proposal deadline: Monday, 29 June 2015 June 16th, 2014
• Notification of workshop acceptance: Ongoing
• Camera-ready deadline for workshops with proceedings: Monday, 7 September 2015
• Workshop days: Friday, 30 October 2015 or Tuesday, 3 November 2015