Programme

9:00 - 9:10  Introduction and words of welcome

Ms Ineta Strautina, Director for Translation, CoR/EESC

9:10 - 9:40 Presentation 1 :  Research on translation quality: building bridges between academia and professional practice 

Prof. Fernando Prieto Ramos, Dean, Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, University of Geneva

9:40 - 9:50    Q & A presentation 1

9:50 - 10:20    Presentation 2 :  Translation Quality Management at the General Secretariat of the Council: recent developments

Mr John Beaven, Acting Quality Policy Coordinator, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union

10:20 - 10:30     Q & A presentation 2

10:30 - 10:50     Coffee break

10:50 - 11:20     Presentation 3 :  Five Reasons for Quality Managers to be Obsessed about Data

Mr Jaap van der Meer, Director of TAUS, The Language Data Network

11:20 - 11:30     Q & A presentation 3

11:30 - 12:00     Presentation 4 :  Best for Whom? A threefold insight into translation quality

Mr Domenico Cosmai, Head of the "Legislative Planning and Plenary Sessions" Sector, EESC and Research Associate, ULB

12:00 - 12:10     Q & A presentation 4
 
12:10 - 13:00     Panel discussion and Open floor

Moderator: Mr Paul Anthony Buhagiar, Head of MT Unit, CoR/EESC

13:00     Closing words

Ms Anna Redstedt, Deputy Director for Translation, CoR/EESC