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PROGRAMME

Conference languages:
ES (Spanish)- DE (German) - EL (Greek) - EN (English) - FR (French) - IT (Italian); International Sign Language

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

18:00	Registration of participants
19:00	Celebration of the European Day of Languages Welcome: Mrs Olympia Stylianou, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Education and Culture of Cyprus Biography / Speech Testimonials: Mr Philippe Cayla, Chairman of Euronews Development. Member of the Supervisory Board of Euronews SA Biography / Speech Ms Julia Kristeva, writer, philosopher, literary critic, psychoanalyst, sociologist Biography / Video Mr Ioannis Ikonomou, polyglot translator, Directorate General Translation, European Commission Biography
20:15	Dinner followed by a cultural performance

Thursday, 27 September 2012

09:00	Registration of participants
09:30 – 10:45	Opening Session Moderator Mr Jan Truszczyński, Director General for Education and Culture at the European Commission Biography / Speech Musical opening “Ode To Joy” (Beethoven, Ninth Symphony) by Ms Nathalie Nicaud, Soprano Biography Keynote speeches Mr Miguel Angel Martinez, Vice President of the European Parliament responsible for Multilingualism Biography Dr George Demosthenous, Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus Biography / Speech
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 13:30	Ceremony: The European Language Label of the Labels awards to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Barcelona Declaration Keynote speech Mrs Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Biography / Speech Presentation Mr Philippe Cayla, Chairman of Euronews Development. Member of the Supervisory Board of Euronews SA Mrs Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, presenting the jury, handing over the 5 awards and announcing the commemorative plates for the nominees Short intervention of coordinators of projects awarded
13:30 – 15:00	Lunch: Standing Lunch
15:00 – 16:30	Session 1: Multilingualism in the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy and Erasmus for all programme Chairperson Mr Pierre Mairesse, Director Lifelong Learning, DG Education and Culture, European Commission Biography Lead interventions Prof. Wolfgang Mackiewicz, European Language Council President and President of the Business Platform for Multilingualism Biography / Speech Dr Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director of the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe Biography / Speech Prof. Piet Van de Craen, Researcher on Multilingualism, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) Biography / Speech
16:00 – 16:30	Debate
16:30 – 16:45	Coffee break
16:45 – 18:15	Session 2: Language services and industries in a globalised world Chairperson Mr Rytis Martikonis, Director General for Translation at the European Commission Biography / Speech Lead interventions Mr Jianmin Li, Minister-Counsellor, Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the European Union Biography / Speech Mrs Olga Cosmidou, Director General for Interpretation and Conferences, European Parliament Biography Mr Uwe Mohr, Director of the Language Department at the Goethe Institut and President of the Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism Biography
17:45 – 18:15	Debate
20:00	Cocktail Dinner with musical entertainment

Friday, 28 September 2012

09:30 – 11:30	Session 3: Evidence based policy: European Survey on Language Competences and Eurydice’s Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe Chairperson Prof. Stephen Hagen, acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales Newport Biography Lead interventions Dr Nick Saville, Director, Research and Validation, University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations Biography / Speech Dr Neil Jones, Assistant Director Research & Validation, Cambridge ESOL; Director of the ESLC project Biography / Speech Dr Brian Holmes, Head of Department Lifelong Learning Programme, Executive Agency EACEA Biography / Speech
11:00 – 11:30	Debate
11:30 – 13:30	Session 4: Polling the citizens opinion: the Eurobarometer survey Chairperson Prof. Regis Ritz, Honorary President of Bordeaux University Biography / Speech Lead interventions Mr Anthony Allen, Research Director TNS opinion Biography / Speech Mr Tim King, Editor in Chief of European Voice Biography Mrs Gardenia Trezzini, Editor in Chief of EuroNews Biography
13:00 – 13:30	Debate
13:30 – 15:00	Lunch: Standing Lunch
15:00 – 17:00	Closing Session: Debate on ‘why do languages still matter today?’ Moderator Mr Marco Benedetti, Director General for Interpretation at the European Commission Biography Lead interventions Prof. Stefania Giannini, Rector, University for Foreigners of Perugia Biography Mr Jose Luis Lopez de Silanes, C.E.O. CLH, S.A and Chairman of the Social Board of the University of La Rioja Biography / Speech Mr Georgios Moleskis, author and poet Biography Mr John Benjamin Toshack, Coach, television analyst and former football player Biography Mrs Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Musical closing “Ode To Joy” (Beethoven, Ninth Symphony) by Ms Nathalie Nicaud, Soprano
17:00 – 18:30	DRINK