Date
22 October 2026
22 October 2026 · Panum Building· Copenhagen
Copenhagen
NLP Symposium
A pre-EMNLP event for research, ideas, and practical conversation in natural language processing.
Register for the symposium ↗A focused day for language research
The second edition of the Copenhagen NLP Symposium takes place on 22 October 2026 as a pre-EMNLP event. It brings together researchers, students, and industry practitioners working on natural language processing, with international keynotes, a poster session, and dedicated time to discuss work across the field.
Programme at a glance
The list of keynote speakers will be announced soon.
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome
09:15 – 09:30 Opening remarks
09:30 – 10:10 Keynote speaker: TBA
10:10 – 10:40 Break
10:45 – 11:25 Keynote speaker: TBA
11:30 – 12:30 Poster session
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:10 Keynote speaker: TBA
14:20 – 15:00 Keynote speaker: TBA
15:10 – 15:50 Keynote speaker: TBA
15:50 – 16:00 Closing remarks
16:00 – 17:00 Reception
Present your work
We invite researchers to present posters on any topic related to Natural Language Processing. Posters may showcase recently published work (e.g., at conferences or in journals) or ongoing research. The registration form contains a dedicated section to express an interest in presenting a poster. Please include the poster title, an abstract, and—if applicable—details about the publication venue.
Topics include but are not limited to
- Safety and Alignment in LLMs
- AI/LLM Agents
- Human–AI Interaction and Cooperation
- Retrieval-Augmented Language Models
- Mathematical, Symbolic, and Logical Reasoning
- Computational Social Science and NLP for Social Good
- Interpretability, Model Editing, Transparency, and Explainability
- Dialogue, Pragmatics, and Reasoning
- Ethics, Bias, and Fairness
- Machine Translation and Multilinguality
- Speech Processing and Spoken Language Understanding
- Resources, Evaluation, Semantics, Syntax, and NLP Applications
Submission and registration deadlines for 2026 will be announced soon.
Plan your visit
Venue
Niels K. Jerne – Mærsk auditorium
Panum Building
Blegdamsvej 3B
2200 Copenhagen
Open in Google Maps ↗
Registration
How to get there
The closest station is Nørreport station (metro and S Train). For tickets and travel cards, you can either buy them at any station or use the Rejsekort app for convenient access to public transport.
Useful links
Read an extensive list of
restaurants and bars
Visit the Copenhagen Neighborhood Guide
Check what to see and do in Copenhagen
People behind the symposium
Anna RogersIT University Copenhagen
Desmond ElliottUniversity of Copenhagen
Johannes BjervaAalborg University Copenhagen
Russa BiswasAalborg University Copenhagen
Ernests LavrinovicsAalborg University CopenhagenWith thanks to our sponsors
Stay in touch
Please send all enquiries to cphnlpsymposium@gmail.com or contact any of the organisers via their email addresses.
Previous edition · CPH NLP 2025 ↗