The following companies and organizations have announced their sponsorship of MT Summit VIII:

Principal Sponsors

• Xunta of Galicia
• European Commission

Major Sponsors

• CLS Corporate Language Services linguistic services in economics, information technology for the Swiss financial sector
• LANT specialist in integrating knowledge management with language technologies.
• Mendez One of Europe's premier translation/locationalisation firms
• SAP one of the world's leading providers of e-business software solutions
• Softissimo prominent French multilingual software developer
• Systran well-known developer of PC-based translation software
• Telefonica the Spanish telecom provider
• Zacco Europe's largest patent and trademark attorney company

Distinguished Sponsors

• Ampersand Barcelona-based translation solution provider
• ESTeam
• Microsoft The NLP Group at Microsoft
• Sail Labs European NLP R&D center
• Trados-Reinisch Leading developers of translation support software

Acknowledgements

The Organising Commiteee of the MT Summit VIII is also grateful to the Instituto Cervantes for assistance in arranging this conference and to the University of Santiago for technical support.

The MT Summit is an opportunity that comes to Europe only once in six years. It provides an international focus for machine translation and computer-based translation tools, creating awareness of this rapidly developing technology, encouraging public involvement, and building the support base for future activity in the field. This year the MT Summit VIII will be hosted by the European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT), on behalf of the International Association for Machine Translation (IAMT).

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    Your company or institution, or you as an individual, can show your commitment to machine translation and its key role in world communication by becoming a Sponsor of MT Summit VIII. Sponsorships may be earmarked toward grants for student attendance, travel for invited speakers, conference promotion, or facilities in such areas as audiovisual services (videotaping, recording, projection of on-screen demos), publications (graphic design and printing of the proceedings, program, and related materials), the document portfolio, social events (refreshment breaks, lunches, reception, banquet, entertainment)-to mention just some of the many components that help to make a conference successful. All sponsorships will be prominently recognized in the conference program and at the site.

[Note: Contributions to IAMT are tax-deductible in the United States under IRS Code õ501(c)(3).]

For information about MT Summit VIII Sponsorships, write to John Hutchins, President, IAMT WJHutchins@compuserve.com