October 11

9.15 – 10.00

Registration

Rectors’ Hall

10.00 – 12.30

Opening Ceremony: Plenary

Coat-of-Arms Hall

Welcome Addresses

  • Sergey Tarasov, Rector, Herzen University
  • Irina Ganus, Acting Head of Committee for Science and Higher Education, St. Petersburg Government
  • Sergey Gritsay, Head of Department of Linguistic Support, MFA of Russia
  • Vladimir Zapevalov, Representative of the MFA of Russia in St. Petersburg
  • Movses Abelian, Under-Secretary General DGACM, UN
  • Vladimir Kuznetsov, Director, UN Information Centre in Moscow
  • Aleksandr Prokhorenko, Deputy Director, State Hermitage Museum

Break 3 min

Key-note Speakers

Moderator: Angelique Antonova (SCIT, Herzen University, St. Petersburg)

12.30 – 13.00

Group photo

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

White Hall

15.30 – 16.00

Break

White Hall

16.00 – 17.30

Session 2. Parallel Panel Discussions

17.30 – 18.15

Cocktail Reception

White Hall

October 12

10.00 – 11.30

Session 3. Parallel Panel Discussions

Roadmaps for Translator and Interpreter Training

Panel 3.1.

Training Interpreters for International Organizations and Business Community

Mariinskiy Hall

Moderator: Zhanna Shuklina (SCIT, Herzen University, St. Petersburg)

11.30 – 12.00

Break

White Hall

12.00 – 13.30

Session 4. Parallel Panel Discussions

Panel 4.1.

The Social Competencies of the Interpreter / Translator

Mariinskiy Hall

Moderator: Irina Alexeeva  (SCIT, Herzen University, St. Petersburg)

Panel 4.2.

Artificial Intelligence in the Training Interpreters and Translators

Coat-of-Arms Hall

Moderator: Sergey Afonin (SCIT, Herzen University, St. Petersburg)

13.30 – 14.30

Lunch

White Hall

14.30 – 15.00

University T&I Programmes Exhibition

The participants are invited to visit the exhibition of T&I training programs and translators’ recent publications.

Rectors’ Hall

16.30 – 17.00

Break

White Hall

17.00 – 18.00

Session 6. Plenary

The Future of the Profession: Bridging the Gap between the Academia and the World of Work

The session draws conclusions of the discussions and offers practical recommendations.

Coat-of-Arms Hall

Moderator: Irina Alexeeva (SCIT, Herzen University, St. Petersburg)