Diamesic 9 Conference - Program

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Venue: Adelphi Hotel Liverpool, Sefton room

Monday 27th July 2026, 09.00-13.00
Chair: Rian Schwarz-van Poppel

Activity

Keynote
Andrew Hill – Financial Times
The Case for Shorthand in the Age of AI

Shorthand
Jari Niittuinperä, Finnish Shorthand Association
The Significance of Shorthand in the Early Finnish Society

Shorthand
Boris Neubauer, Aachen University of Applied Science
The Note-Taking System of Consecutive Interpreters – a Multilingual Shorthand System?

Discussion

Coffee break

Skills
Christian Dabeh T. Clerigo, PhilSteno
Reporting without Barriers: Philippine Court Reporting in a Global Context

Skills
Laura van den Boogaard & Erik P.J. Vrinds, House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Crafting Craftsmanship: Selecting and Training Parliamentary Reporters in the Netherlands

Skills
Biao Xu – Chinese Information Processing Society of China
Exploration and Practice of Stenography Education and Talent Cultivation in China

Skills
Rachel Artis, Sopherim & Associates LLC
Bridging Continents: Bringing Stenographic Standards to Emerging Markets

Discussion

Audiovisual Accessibility
Giacomo Pirelli, onA.I.R. Intersteno Italia
Analysis and Comparison between Automatic Subtitles and the Ones Made by Subtitlers in Italian Language on the Mobile Phones and Computers: Updating with AI Technologies, Quality and Contest

Audiovisual Accessibility
Paula Hernandez Burguete, Cardenal Herrera University
Designing Accessible Speech-to-Text Content: Insights from User-Centered Research with Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Discussion

Closing

Tuesday 28th July 2026, 09.00-13.00
Chair: Carlo Eugeni

Activity

ASR Performance
Ana Luísa Reis, Portuguese Parliament
Interpreting Chaos: Observations on STAAR’s Performance in Complex Speech Scenarios

ASR Performance
Yeonhwan Choi, Korea Steno
The Effect of Computer-Aided Stenography in Korea

ASR Performance
Tatsuya Kawahara, Kyoto University
How do We Transcribe Dialect Speech in Parliamentary Recordings?

ASR Performance
Max van Winden, House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Improving Dutch ASR Transcripts through Rule-Based Post-Processing

Discussion

Coffee break

Agency
Yang Chen – Beijing College of Politics and Law
Training and Work of Judicial Stenographers in China s

Agency
Eero Voutilainen, Parliament of Finland
What Is the Role of Humans when Using AI in Professional Reporting?

Agency
Katrien Van Mulders, Flemish Parliament
AI-Supported Parliamentary Reporting: There’s More to AI than Meets the Eye

Agency
Fabio Angeloni and Paolo Antonio Michela Zucco, Senate of the Republic of Italy
Hybrid Transcription Systems and Parliamentary Reporting: an Evaluation Study

Discussion

Closing

Diamesic 9 Conference – Program

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