Seventh United Nations MoU Universities Conference

Name: Seventh United Nations MoU Universities Conference
Start: 2021-05-17T08:00:00+03:00
End: 2021-05-19T18:00:00+03:00
Location: No location set

17 May 2021, 08:00 → 19 May 2021, 18:00 Asia/Beirut

Virtual

Support

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noun@un.org

Monday 17 May
- Opening remarks
  
  Statement by Rola Dashti, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCWA
  
  Statement by Movses Abelian, Under-Secretary-General, Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, and Coordinator for Multilingualism of the United Nations
- MoU network activities: Update
  
  Presentation by Carole Maisonneuve, United Nations Headquarters, New York
- Interactive breakout sessions on the future of interpretation
  
  Interpretation: the future of an ever-evolving profession
  
  The breakout sessions on interpretation will be moderated by a UN representative, with one speaker from each university
  
  The breakout sessions will cover the following topics: remote training, new student skills, and university curriculums in relation to CELP
- Interactive breakout sessions on the future of translation
  
  Translation: the future of an ever-evolving profession
  
  The breakout sessions on translation will be moderated by a UN representative, with one speaker from each university
  
  The breakout sessions will cover the following topics: remote training, new student skills, and university curriculums in relation to CELP
Tuesday 18 May
- Language professions: the voice of a universal mandate
  
  Presentation by Nidale Noun, ESCWA, Beirut, followed by a short discussion.
- United Nations competitive examinations for language positions (CELP) and the Global Language Roster
  
  Presentations by Anne Lafeber, United Nations Headquarters, New York, and Claire Gasnault-Vuiart, United Nations Office at Nairobi, followed by a discussion
- Interpreting in today’s world: new skills, different tools and daunting challenges
  
  Presentations by:
  - Lana Ayyad, United Nations Headquarters
  - Nathalie Chiem, United Nations Office at Geneva
  - Jose Manuel Sanz Follana, United Nations Office at Vienna
  - Ana Maria Correia, United Nations Office at Nairobi
  
  followed by a discussion.
Wednesday 19 May
- Leveraging language technologies and machine translation: the new profile of professional translators
  
  Presentation by Cecilia Elizalde and Natalia Bondonno, United Nations Headquarters, New York, followed by a short discussion
- Outcomes and way forward
  
  Presentation of the outcomes of the breakout sessions and presentation, discussion and adoption of the proposed conclusions of the MoU Conference by Carole Maisonneuve, United Nations Headquarters, New York and Mary Yazbeck, St. Joseph University, Beirut
- Closing remarks