Human Language Technology (HLT) Showcase

The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence are proud to present the Human Language Technology (HLT) Showcase. The Showcase will bring language technology professionals and industry leaders together to display, demonstrate, and discuss language tools, technologies, software applications, and programs that benefit the Department of Defense community. These technologies have a direct impact and application to the various Department of Defense disciplines. Representatives from various Intelligence Agencies within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will also attend the event.

The Showcase will take place from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The Human Language Technology Showcase will feature products and programs relating to machine translation tools, foreign language speech tools, language-in-image technologies, information discovery tools, linguist aids and translation services, and language learning educational tools. Attendees will have the opportunity to network, share ideas, ask questions to industry experts and engage in hands on demonstrations. In addition, informative presentations from experts in government and industry will be offered concurrently with the exhibits.