IV UN – MoU Universities Conference
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St. Petersburg, Russia April 16-17, 2015
2015-04-16 09:30:00
 
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Conference programme

Day 116 April 2015

9:30 — 11:00

Opening Plenary

Welcoming Addresses

  • Valery Solomin, Rector of Herzen State Pedagogical University
  • Aleksandr Govorunov, Vice-Governor of St.Petersburg
  • Veniamin Yakovlev, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, Chair of SCIT Board of Guardians (read by Rector Valery Solomin)
  • Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (read by Teimuraz Ramishvili, Director of the Language Support Department, Russian MFA)
  • Tegegnework Gettu, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management, presenting the guiding questions and objectives of the Conference

Presentation of Reports on Activities

    • United Nations report on activities carried out under the outreach programme, including follow-up to the outcomes of the previous Conference and announcement of the drafting committee for the outcome document. [sc:speaker type=”Speaker” name=”Nikolai Pakhomov (UNHQ)”]
    • Summary of universities’ activities under the MoUs since the previous Conference, presented by university representative of the Executive Committee. [sc:speaker type=”Speaker” name=”Elena Kidd (University of Bath, UK)” ]

Hall of Columns

11:00 — 11:30

Coffee break

Exhibition / Q&A

Participants are encouraged to visit the exhibition space, where universities have displayed information about their T&I programmes. Representatives of the UN language services will also be available at the UN stand to answer questions about the work and recruitment of language professionals at the United Nations. (Sonia Gharabawi  (UNHQ), Martine Azubuike (UNHQ)).

Blue Hall, Hall of Columns

11:30 — 13:00

Session 1 – Plenary: Continuous Quality Assurance in the Training of Language Professionals for UN-like Work

Moderators: Enrique Fernández-Vernet (UN Office at Geneva) and Nathalie Gormezano (Institut de management et de communication interculturels, France)

  • Quality Assurance System in Training Translators and Interpreters for International Organizations developed in the St. Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation [sc:speaker  name=”Angelique Antonova (SCIT–Herzen University, Russia)” ]
  • Maintaining and Assessing Program Quality [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Renee Jourdenais (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA)” ]
  • Quality Assurance in the Training of New Recruits by United Nations Language Services [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Rebeca Collier (UNON) on behalf of Sally Reading (UNOV)” ]

Hall of Columns

13:00 — 14:00

Lunch: Working luncheon on French language, chaired by Martine Azubuike

14:30 — 16:00

Session 2:  Parallel Panel Discussions on Road Maps for Training Interpreters and Translators

Panel 2.1. Translating Translation Skills into UN Jobs

Moderators: Ahed Sboul (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) and Farid Aitsiselmi (London Metropolitan University, UK)

  • Upgrading Editing Skills [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Fayza el Qasem (ESIT–Université Sorbonne Nouvelle–Paris 3, France)” ]
  • Market-Oriented Competence-Based Approach to Translation Training [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”El-Hussein Ali (American University in Cairo, Egypt)” ]
  • Can Translation Be Taught Intensively: Three Perspectiv [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Sergey Afonin (SCIT–Herzen University, Russia)” ]
  • Tailoring Translator Training to Institutional Needs  [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Fernando Prieto Ramos ((University of Geneva, Switzerland)” ]
  • Effective Ways of Translator Training Today: The Secret of Success”[sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Irina Alexeeva (SCIT–Herzen University, Russia)” ]

Panel 2.2.  Training Interpreters for UN-like Work

Moderators: Zhengren Li (UN Office at Geneva) and Najwa Hamaoui (University of Mons, Belgium)

  • Meeting Preparation [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Tatiana Bodrova (ESIT)” ]
  • DG Interpretation: What Experience Teaches Us [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Claude Durand (DG Interpretation, European Commission, Brussels)” ]
  • UN Freelance Tests and Staff Competitive Examinations: How We Set and Evaluate them and How to Prepare Candidates [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Rebecca Edgington (UNOG)” ]


Coat of Arms Hall, Mariinsky Hall

16:00 — 16:30

Coffee break

Exhibition / Q&A

Participants are encouraged to visit the exhibition space, where universities have displayed information about their T&I programmes. Representatives of the UN language services will also be available at the UN stand to answer questions about the work and recruitment of language professionals at the United Nations. (Nikolai Pakhomov (UNHQ), Ahed Sboul (ESCWA)).

Rector’s Hall, Hall of Columns

16:30 — 17:30

Session 3: Parallel Panel Discussions on Internships, Traineeships and Booth Practice at the United Nations – Lessons Learned

Panel 3.1. Internships and Traineeships in Translation, Editing and Terminology

Moderators: Martine Azubuike (UN Office at Geneva) and Gennady Gladkov (MGIMO University, Russia)

  • Translation Traineeships: the Experience of the English Translation Team at UNOV [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Enrique Fernandez- Vernet (UN Office at Geneva), on behalf of Sally Reading (UN Office at Vienna)” ]
  • Presentation on what DGACM has been doing to improve internships for translation students[sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Enrique Fernandez-Vernet (UNOG)” ]
  • Findings of the 2013-2014 internship survey [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Anne Lafeber (UNHQ)” ]
  • Presentation by a former intern on internship experience[sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Grigory Khaustov (SCIT–Herzen University, Russia)” ]

Panel 3.2. Visits, Training Sessions, Verbatim Reporting and Booth Practice for Interpretation Students

Moderators: Rebecca Edgington (UN Office at Geneva) and Alexandr Ponimatko (Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus)

  • The Online Experience: Networking and Working in a Net [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Sonia Gharabawi (UNHQ)” ]
  • Students Today, Interpreters Tomorrow: UN Efforts to Help Train Future Interpreters [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Zhengren Li (UNOG)” ]
  • Training Activities with the UN: the Salamanca Experience with Undergraduate Students (What it means to Be Young!) [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Elena Palacio Alonso (University of Salamanca)” ]
  • Good Practice, Better Practice, Best Practice—Bridging the Skills Gap [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Alison Graves (DG Interpretation and Conferences, European Parliament, Brussels)” ]
  • Presentation by a former intern on internship experience [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Elizaveta Myshenkova (SCIT–Herzen University, Russia)” ]

Mariinsky Hall, Coat of Arms Hall

Day 2April 17 2015

9:30 — 11:00

Session 4: Parallel Panel Discussions

Panel 4.1. Continuous Learning by Language Professionals: the Role of the Universities and the Role of the United Nations

Moderators: Sonia Gharabawi (UN Headquarters, New York) and Alexa Alfer (University of Westminster, UK)

  • Continuous Learning Opportunities for Language Staff at the United Nations [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Martine Azubuike (UNHQ)” ]
  • Findings of the Training Needs Survey [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Ahed Sboul (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia)” ]
  • Universities and the UN: a Two-way Collaboration [sc:speaker type=”speaker” name=”Gina Abou Fadel Saad (Université Saint-Joseph, Beyrouth)” ]
  • The UN Outreach Program for the Future – Reaching Beyond the Language Profession [sc:speaker name=”Prof. Lidi Wang (Beijing Foreign Studies University)” ]

 

Panel 4.2. Russian as an Official Language of the United Nations

Moderators: Rebecca Edgington (UN Office at Geneva) and Sergey Goncharov (Herzen University, Russia)

  • Systemic Priorities in Maintaining Mother-Tongue Skills for Translators and Interpreters of International Organizations [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Irina Alexeeva (SCIT–Herzen University, Russia)” ]
  • Multilingualism at the United Nations [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Nikolai Pakhamov (UNHQ)” ]
  • The Current Policy of the Russian Foreign Ministry Towards Training of Qualified Translators and Interpreters for the United Nations and Other International Organizations[sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Teimuraz Ramishvili (MFA of Russia)” ]
  • The Russian Language of UN Translators/Interpreters: Natives of the Language, Bilinguals, Proficient Foreigners [sc:speaker name=”Nikolai Garbovsky (Lomonosov Moscow State
    University, Russia)” ]

Mariinsky Hall

11:00 — 11:30

Coffee break

Exhibition / Q&A

Participants are encouraged to visit the exhibition space (Rector’s Hall), where representatives of the UN language services will be available at the UN stand to answer questions about the work and recruitment of language professionals at the United Nations. (Ahed Sboul (ESCWA), Rebecca Edgington (UNOG)).

Rector’s Hall

11:30 — 13:00

Session 5 — Plenary: The Future of the MoU Network: Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Employment Through the MoUs

Moderators: Martine Azubuike (UN Headquarters, New York), Guillermo Badenes (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina)

  • Presentation by DGACM of the Findings of the MoU Universities Needs Survey and Implications for Taking the Network Forward [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Anne Lafeber (UNHQ)” ]
  • How to Bridge the Gap Between Academia and Employment in the Context of the MoUs [sc:speaker type=”Moderator” name=”Tatiana Bodrova (ESIT–Université Sorbonne
    Nouvelle–Paris 3, France)” ]


13:00 — 14:00

Lunch

14:00 — 14:30

General Photo


Session 6 – Plenary: The Future of the MoU Network: Outcome of the Discussions

Moderators: Enrique Fernandez-Vernet (UN Office at Geneva) and Hong Ping (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China)

  • Broad discussion of ways to take the MoU network forward and specific recommendations for the outcome document. [sc:speaker type=”Moderators” name=”8 moderators (1 from each panel or plenary)” ]

15:45 — 16:15

Coffee break

Exhibition / Q&A

Participants are encouraged to visit the exhibition space (Rector’s Hall), where representatives of the UN language services will also be available at the UN stand to answer questions about the work and recruitment of language professionals at the United Nations. (Nikolai Pakhomov (UNHQ), Sonia Gharabawi (UNHQ)).

16:15 — 17:15

Session 7 – Plenary: The Outcome Document

Moderators: Zhengren Li (UN Office at Geneva) and Nikolay Garbovskiy (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)

      • Presentation of the proposed outcome document.
      • Discussion (and modification if necessary) and approval of the document

Coat of Arms Hall

17:15 — 17:45

Closing Ceremony and Announcement of Fifth MoU Conference

  • Valery Solomin, Rector of Herzen State Pedagogical University
  • Closing words by Tegegnework Gettu and announcement of the Fifth MoU Conference

Coat of Arms Hall

17:45 — 18:30

Cocktails

Rector’s Hall

 
 
 

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