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Seventh United Nations MoU Universities Conference

→ Asia/Beirut
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  • 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
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