# Event Details

- **Event Name**: VERSeFest Workshop with Paul Vermeersch: The Poet as "Small Language Model" in the Age of LLMs.
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 10:30 am
- **Event Description**: This workshop will explore how our unique voices are nurtured and developed in a time of mass automated homogeneity, and why that uniqueness is vital to the survival of culture.
Bring what you write with.

Pre-registration required, spaces limited to fifteen participants.

Contact rob at rob_mclennan@hotmail.com if you need a low-income ticket for this workshop.

https://www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/vermeerschworkshop2026

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*Le poète comme « petit modèle linguistique » à l’ère des grands modèles de langage.*

Cet atelier explorera comment nos voix uniques sont nourries et développées à une époque d’homogénéité massivement automatisée, et pourquoi cette singularité est vitale pour la survie de la culture.
Apportez vos outils d’écriture.

Cet atelier se déroulera en anglais.

Inscription préalable requise, places limitées à quinze participants.

Contactez rob à rob_mclennan@hotmail.com si vous avez besoin d’un billet pour les personnes à faible revenu pour cet atelier.

https://www.verseottawa.ca/fr/event/vermeerschworkshop2026
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/versefest-workshop-with-paul-vermeersch-the-poet-as-small-language-model-in-the-age-of-llms/200029735564800
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/vermeerschworkshop2026?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=ottawa-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Ottawa
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Ottawa Public Library - Elmvale Acres
- **lat**: 45.400000170033
- **long**: -75.625067300053
- **full address**: Ottawa Public Library - Elmvale Acres, Elmvale, 1910 St Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, ON K1G 1A4, Canada

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: VERSe Ottawa (https://allevents.in/org/verse-ottawa/1115894)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 10:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ottawa Public Library - Elmvale Acres, Elmvale, 1910 St Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, ON K1G 1A4, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** VERSe Ottawa
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about VERSeFest Workshop with Paul Vermeersch: The Poet as "Small Language Model" in the Age of LLMs. ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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