Seventh United Nations MoU Universities Conference

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

Virtual

Agenda MoU_Agenda.pdf

Breakout session links MoU_Breakout_session_links.pdf

Organization of work MoU_Organization_of_work.pdf

Monday, 17 May

15:05 → 15:15 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

15:15 → 15:35 MoU network activities: Update

Presentation by Carole Maisonneuve, United Nations Headquarters, New York

15:35 → 17:00 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

15:35 → 17:00 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

15:00 → 15:20 Language professions: the voice of a universal mandate

Presentation by Nidale Noun, ESCWA, Beirut, followed by a short discussion.

15:20 → 16:00 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

16:00 → 17:00 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

15:00 → 16:00 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

16:00 → 16:50 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

16:50 → 17:00 Closing remarks