The FTI’s 75th Anniversary Programme

Contacts : Nicole Stoll, Mélanie Maradan

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Slideshow of the event

THURSDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2016

	2:00-3:45pm Uni Mail, Room 6020	Inauguration of the webinar room – Registration is closed. The seminar will be broadcasted live in room 6032 of the Uni Mail building (free admission). Launching of the 2nd edition of the Virtual Doctoral School (EDV) with Sharon O’Brien: Interdisciplinarity in translation research: can the sum be greater than the parts?
	4:00-6:00pm Uni Mail, ground floor, Auditorium R380 (broadcast) Room 6050 (by invitation)	“Beginnings – the past and future of conference interpreting” by Zhengren Li (United Nations Organization), Ian Newton (International Labor Organization), Juan Carlos Jiménez Marín (European Parliament), Javier Hernández Saseta (European Commission), Brigitte Bissière (International Labor Organization), Kilian G. Seeber (Faculty of Translation and Interpreting) Activity with simultaneous interpreting provided by students in the FTI's languages Inauguration of the Antoine Velleman room Homage to Mr. Velleman, founder of the EIG (currently FTI)
	6:15-7:45pm Uni Mail, ground floor Room R380	Celebrating 75 years of the FTI “The evolution of multilingualism and language professions: what are the stakes?” Lecture by Brian Fox, the European Commission’s former Director of Interpreting “The ancients, Sir, are the ancients; but we are the moderns” (Molière, trans. C. Wall). An overview of the world of languages for everyone who would like to know more.
	8:00pm Uni Mail, hall	Reception

FRIDAY 30th SEPTEMBER 2016

In honour of International Translation Day

	10:15-11:30am Uni Mail, Auditorium R290	“Structural priming within and between languages and its implications”, by Martin Pickering, professor at the University of Edinburgh
	12:15-1:30pm Uni Mail, Auditorium R290	“Decision-making from a functional point of view: A top-down approach to the translation process”, by Christiane Nord, professor extraordinary of the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, and Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Geneva
	2:30-4:30pm Uni Mail, hall	Stands set up by professional associations Posters and presentations
	5:00pm Uni Mail, Room S150	Round table with employers and translation graduates with Anne Aboh-Dauvergne, Deputy Chief, Languages Service, UNOG Diane Chadarevian, Head, Arabic Translation Section, Language Division, WIPO Guy Constantin, translator, textocreativ Hélène Deguil, Chief, Language and Technology Support Section, WTO Christine Kamer Diehl, ISO Quality Manager and Certified Translator Florian Simmen, Head of Language Services, UEFA

SATURDAY 1st OCTOBER 2016

Démos par département, 75ème anniversaire FTI

1:00-5:30pm
Uni Mail, hall
and various rooms

Open Day: activities and demonstrations (in French only)
Fun activities for the general public organised in collaboration with students
Alumni reunion
Refreshments

This programme has received support from: