Welcome to WARA Media & Language Community Days 2024
WARA Media & Language Arena invites you to join us for a few days of knowledge-sharing, interactive workshops and community-building activities.
The sign-up page is currently closed, but if you’d like to participate, please contact ivana.von.proschwitz@umu.se for more information.
Agenda
Monday, November 25
10:00 Welcome and Introduction – Arena Updates by Johanna Björklund
11:00 Evaluation of Generative AI – Konrad Tollmar & Gustav Eje Henter
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Research Discoveries & Opportunities
Multimodal Foundation Models
Graph-Based and Structured Learning – Frank Drewes
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Workshops
Creative and Interactive AI – Alexandra Kafka Larsson
Embodied Learning – Anastasia Varava
19:00 Conference Dinner
Tuesday, November 26
09:00 Continuation of Workshops
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Avatar Demo with Modda (Rahil Jafari & Johanna Björklund) & parallel PhD Poster Session
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Norrköping Lab Workshop – Sandor Albrecht
15:00 Closing of Conference
INFORMATION ABOUT TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION
-WARA M&L will cover the conference cost.
-However, attendees are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses.
For INDUSTRY:
– Industry attendees are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses.
– We have reserved 42 single rooms and you will pay for your room at arrival (Conference price 2000 kr).
For WARA CORE, ACADEMICS, and INVITED SPEAKERS:
Accommodation (Hotel):
-We have reserved 42 single rooms for accommodation.
Travel:
WASP Fellows: Please book your own travel arrangements and request reimbursement following the same process as your current funding requisition.
CORE Members: If you have an account with your organization, kindly use that for travel booking. Alternatively, if you are affiliated with a WASP university, refer to the “WASP Fellows” instructions above.
Non-WASP Attendees: To arrange travel, please contact our travel agency directly at se.travel@amexgbt.com (cc Johanna at johanna@cs.umu.se), and request them to make the booking for you.
Transport to Villa Fridhem:
The easiest way to get to Villa Frihem is to take the train to Norrköping Train Station and then take a taxi to Villa Fridhem. It takes approx 16 min and please share rides if possible.
Please let us know if you have any questions or need further assistance regarding your travel and accommodation arrangements.