[Summer School] The Paradigm Shift: From Rules to Models in Natural Language Processing, Alicante, Spain

Final Reminder: Summer School on LLMs and NLP
Alicante, Spain · 15–17 June 2026

*Limited places still available*

We are pleased to invite students, researchers, and practitioners to participate in a three-day Summer School on Large Language Models and Natural Language Processing, taking place from 15 to 17 June in Alicante, Spain.The programme brings together leading researchers and experts to discuss the foundations, applications, and future directions of LLMs and NLP (https://summer-school.gplsi.es/programme/).

The summer school will feature keynote talks by Roberto Navigli on lexical semantics in the LLM era and Preslav Nakov on open, safe, factual, and language-specific large language models, as well as a panel on the paradigm shift and the future of NLP featuring well-known NLP experts.

Across three days, participants will explore a wide range of timely topics, including foundations of LLMs, LLMs for low-resource languages, datasets and bias, explainable AI in NLP, machine translation, eye-tracking and gaze data, digital humanities, legal NLP, quantum NLP, sentiment analysis, and model optimisation.

Beyond the scientific programme, participants will also have the opportunity to enjoy Alicante’s Mediterranean weather, welcoming atmosphere, and excellent local food.

The summer school offers an excellent opportunity to learn from international experts, exchange ideas, and discuss current challenges in NLP and language technologies.

There are limited places still available. See https://summer-school.gplsi.es/ for further details and registration.We warmly encourage interested participants to join us for this exciting event.