Registration via https://event.ugent.be/registration/EUWEBPSIsymposium from 10-04-2025 16:00 until 26-05-2025 00:00
The EU-WEBPSI consortium partners will meet in Gent on June 5, 2025 for an end-of-project symposium to present and discuss the insights and results of the project.
The event is free of charge and open to organisations, researchers, trainers, service providers and stakeholders in the field of asylum and reception and other areas of public service interpreting (e.g. health, education, integration). Registration is mandatory.
Date: June 5 2025, 1 PM
Venue: Abdisstraat 1, B-9000 Ghent
| 5 JUNE 2025 - PROGRAMME | ||
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Welcome coffee and registration | |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | EU WebPSI project: What, why and how? | |
| Introduction by the project coordinators @ Ghent University | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Part 1: One framework, many languages. European standards for public service and video-mediated interpreting | |
| Discussion by ENPSIT and the University of Surrey | ||
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Part 2: Training interpreters in languages of lesser diffusion – What to teach and where to begin? | |
| Introduction by the University of Vienna followed by showcase examples from training partners in Belgium, France and Greece | ||
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Coffee break | |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Part 3: Making it happen: Practical approaches and insights from the field | |
| Panel discussion with trainees, representatives of the reception agencies and public service providers | ||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Part 4: Stakeholder discussion: Needs, challenges, and opportunities | |
| Discussion with the audience (discussion will be in Dutch; interpretation into English will be provided) | ||
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Closing words and reception | |
For more info about the EU-WEBPSI project: https://www.webpsi.eu/