37.366, Confs: Translation & Interpreting, AI, and the Language Industry: Research and Professional Practice (Italy)

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Subject: 37.366, Confs: Translation & Interpreting, AI, and the Language Industry: Research and Professional Practice (Italy)

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Date: 26-Jan-2026
From: Fabrizio Gallai [fabrizio.gallai at iulm.it]
Subject: Translation & Interpreting, AI, and the Language Industry: Research and Professional Practice


Translation & Interpreting, AI, and the Language Industry: Research
and Professional Practice
Short Title: CIUTI 2026 Conference

Date: 19-May-2026 - 20-May-2026
Location: Milan, Italy
Contact: CIUTI 2026
Contact Email: ciuti2026 at iulm.it

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Translation
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     French (fra)

Submission Deadline: 28-Feb-2026

Technological innovation is profoundly reshaping translation and
interpreting (T&I). Over the past two decades digital tools—such as
translation memories, terminology databases, CAT/CAI systems, Neural
Machine Translation, alignment software, and remote interpreting
platforms—have transformed professional workflows, enhancing quality,
speed, and efficiency. More recent advances in Artificial
Intelligence—including Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR),
speech-to-speech (S2S) machine interpreting, and Large Language Models
(LLMs)—have dramatically accelerated this evolution, redefining
professional profiles, such as pre- and post-editors, transcreators,
Remote Simultaneous Interpreting specialists, re-speakers, and quality
assessment consultants. At the same time, expectations for an
increasingly machine-driven paradigm have been accompanied by
apprehensions regarding the progressive marginalisation of human
translators and interpreters.
These developments are transforming the relationship between
Translation and Interpreting (T&I) professionals and the language
industry. While automation offers the potential for greater efficiency
and cost-effectiveness, it also raises concerns about the erosion of
human agency and the sustainability of professional roles, in a
context where the quality of AI-driven solutions—and in particular
their pragmatic and cultural proficiency—may not be adequately
assessed against established professional norms. Research on T&I
examines the impact of this paradigm shift on the practices of
translators and interpreters, focusing on task execution and workflow
organisation. It also contributes to developing and testing new
technological solutions and updating training and curriculum design.
Against this backdrop, CIUTI announces its 2026 conference, hosted by
IULM University in Milan on 19–20 May 2026. Building on debates from
the 2025 Madrid conference, the Milan edition will expand discussions
across research, pedagogy, professional practice and language industry
perspectives, fostering constructive debate among practitioners,
researchers, and institutional and corporate stakeholders.
Conference Themes:
The conference features two main thematic strands:
1.      Research and training: theoretical, empirical, pedagogical
perspectives on T&I;
2.      Professional practice: T&I professions, evolving workflows,
ethics, training, quality assessment.
We invite submissions that engage with these themes, and welcome
contributions on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
 - Evolutions in Translation and Interpreting Studies in the age of AI
 - Interdisciplinary insights on T&I and AI (linguistics,
communication studies, computer science, cognitive science, sociology,
and related fields)
 - AI systems and the challenges of multimodality
 - Training and curriculum design for AI literacy in
translator/interpreter training
 - New AI-supported methods, tools, and evaluation frameworks in T&I
studies
 - Simulation-based learning and Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
 - Hybrid professional training: pre-editing, post-editing,
localisation, transcreation
 - The role of T&I research in meeting the needs of practitioners and
the language industry: bridging academia and the profession
 - Emerging roles and professional profiles for T&I graduates within
human–machine collaboration
 - Comparative studies of human vs. AI output
 - The role of translators and interpreters within hybrid
human–machine workflows
Apart from this research focus, the conference will also feature
panels and discussion groups on T&I programme profiles, trends in T&I
employment, lifelong learning, external perceptions of T&I programmes
and professions, and quality assessment of new technologies. These are
not part of this open call, but will be organised by the CIUTI Board.
Abstract Submission:
We invite proposals, in English or French, for individual research
papers, panels and posters (to be presented in a dedicated session).
All submissions will undergo anonymous peer review to ensure quality.
Individual presentations will be allocated 20 minutes, followed by 10
minutes for discussion. Panels consisting of four or five participants
will have 90 minutes in total for presentations and discussion.
Guidelines for poster preparation will be provided after acceptance.
Abstracts (maximum 300 words, plus up to 5 references) for individual
papers, posters and panel proposals must be submitted in Word format,
anonymised, single-spaced, and formatted in Times New Roman, 11 pt.
Panel proposals should also indicate the number of participants and
the titles of their presentations.
Submissions should be sent to: ciuti2026 at iulm.it.
Important Dates:
 - 28 February 2026: Deadline for submission
 - 15 March 2026: Notification of acceptance
 - 20 April 2026: Early bird registration deadline
 - 19–20 May 2026: CIUTI 2026 Conference, IULM University, Milan
All papers presented at the conference are slated for publication,
pending blind peer review, in either a specialised journal or a
curated edited volume.



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