2019
FIT Europe Annual Meeting and Pre-Meeting Event, 4-5 October 2019, Vienna, Austria
- First Convening Letter (EN-FR)
- Second Convening Letter (EN-FR)
- Annual Meeting Registration and Proxy Form
- Annual Meeting – General Information
- Hotel booking form
Translation and Interpreting in Crisis Settings, 21 June 2019, Athens, Greece
- Final Programme
- Press Release (English)
- Press Release (Greek)
Video recordings of the individual talks:
- Opening remarks
- Keynote speaker: Boris Cheshirkov (UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesperson in Athens)
First Panel: Translation and Interpreting in Health Settings
- Opening remarks
- Elena Petelos: Key communication considerations in crisis settings
- Eirini Gerogli : The role of the Health Mediator. Examples from IOM’s health programmes
- Sotiris Papakonstantinou: Language barriers in primary healthcare
- Concluding Q&A session
Second Panel: Training and educating interpreters in crisis settings
- Opening remarks
- Anthi Wiedenmeyer: The Tramig Project
- Maria Petrocheilou: Training community interpreters: challenges and focus points
- Pat Cadwell: Crisis Translation and Interpreting: Reasons and methods for
training - Fani Keramida: Special presentation: Ministry for Migration Policy actions with
regard to intercultural mediation - Concluding Q&A session
Third Panel: Translation and interpreting in reception centre settings
- Opening remarks
- Nikolaos Rangos: Crisis response to irregular migration and refugee flows
- Abdel Nur Allous: Interpreting for refugees: Realities and challenges for a community interpreter
- Dimitrios Pagidas: Interpreter-mediated communication in the Greek hotspots: EASO’s Experience
- Athina Balopoulou: Special presentation: The European Migration Network
- Concluding Q&A session
Fourth Panel: Translation and interpreting in judicial settings
- Opening remarks
- Vassilis Papastergiou: Interpreting in criminal proceedings in Greece: guarantees and rights
- Maurizio Veglio: Murmuring on Heaven’s Door: Tribute to the Voice of the Outcasts
- Concluding Q&A session
- Wrap-up
2018
How can Intellectual Property Legislation Benefit Translators, 23 November 2018, The Hague, Netherlands
2017
The Role of Translators and Interpreters in a Changing World, 10 November 2017, Barcelona, Spain