Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Campus Jette
5 December 2008
Day 1, Friday 05 December 2008
08.45 |
Registration and coffee |
09.30 |
SESSION ONE Session Chair: Piet van de Craen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE)
Official opening – words of welcome Professor Paul De Knop Rector of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Wolfgang Mackiewicz CEL/ELC President
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09.45 |
Keynote speech Mr Leonard Orban Member of the European Commission responsible for multilingualism |
10.30 |
SESSION TWO Session Chair: Michael Kelly (University of Southampton, UK)
Reports on policy initiatives launched by the European Commission
The Group of Intellectuals for Intercultural Dialogue Jacques De Decker (Secrétaire permanent de l'Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique, BE)
The Business Forum Waqas Hussain (Global Head of People & Organizational Development Syngenta, CH)
The High-Level Group on Multilingualism Rita Franceschini (Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen, IT)
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11.15 |
Coffee |
11.35 |
SESSION THREE Session Chair: Karen M. Lauridsen (Handelshøjskolen, Aarhus Universitet, DK)
Round Table Two: New educational responses to a new multilingual challenge Ligia Deca, European Students’ Union (ESU), BE Stefan Delplace, European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE), BE Régis Ritz, European University Association (EUA), BE Michael Kelly, Conseil européen pour les langues / European Language Council (CEL/ELC), BE Kathy Wicksteed, National Subject Lead, UK
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12.15 |
General discussion |
13.00 |
lunch |
14.30 |
SESSION FOUR Session Chair: Daniel Toudic (Université Rennes 2, FR) Presentation of projects
MOLAN Ian Tudor (Université Libre de Bruxelles, BE)
LANQUA Manuel Célio Conceição (Universidade do Algarve, PT)
MULTICOM Stefan Oltean (Universitatea Babes-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca, RO)
DYLAN Georges Lüdi (Universität Basel, CH)
LINEE Iwar Werlen (Universität Bern, CH)
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15.35 |
General discussion
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16.00 |
coffee
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16.20 |
SESSION FIVE Session Chair: Wolfgang Mackiewicz (Freie Universität Berlin, DE)
Round Table One: A new multilingual challenge for Europe – fresh ideas and innovative actions Jean-Michel Baer, DG for Research, European Commission Brian Fox, DG for Interpretation, European Commission Gurli Hauschildt, DG for Translation, European Commission Harald Hartung, DG for Education and Culture, European Commission
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17.10 |
General discussion
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17.45 |
Multilingualism next Anne-Claude Berthoud (Université de Lausanne, CH)
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18.00 |
Drinks
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