ASSOCIATION OF TRANSLATION COMPANIES
ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009
“Strategic Partnerships for Growth and Future Success”
Wednesday 23rd September 2009
School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London
PROGRAMME
09.30 – 10.00 Registration and coffee
10.00 – 10.05 Introduction for the day Liz Robertson, Chairman of the
Association of Translation Companies
Setting the context
10.05 – 10.25 The Language Industry in the UK and beyond
Dr Adriane Rinsche, Managing Director, Language
Technology Centre
10.25 – 10.30 Questions from the floor
Good people and learning partnerships
10.30 – 10.50 Making a success of academic partnerships
Professor Christina Schäffner, Professor of Translation,
Aston University and Doug Lawrence, Amicus Transtec Consultant
10.50 – 11.15 The secret of recruiting and retaining good translation
company staff Julia Barnett, HRConsultant, Performance HR
11.15 – 11.40 Forming a partnership with an outside training consultant
to support the development and retention of your
translation company’s staff Sophie Moore, Director,
Comtec Translations and Doug Lawrence, Amicus
Transtec
11.40 – 12.00 Mid-morning coffee break, exhibition and networking
Working with third parties
12.00 – 12.20 A marriage made in heaven – making the relationship between the freelancer and translation work
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p; Heidi Kerschl – freelance translator
12.20 – 12.40 Can translation companies work cooperatively? “Yes we
can!” Cate Avery, Director The Peer Group
12.40 – 1.05 “Howdy partner!” says Larry Gould, Chief Executive,
thebigword
1.05 – 1.25 Trade only – the case for teaming up with a specialist
exclusive industry supplier Jesper Sandberg, Managing Director,
Sandberg Translation Partners
1.25 – 1.35 Discussion panel
1.35 – 2.35 Lunch, exhibition and networking
PARALLEL WORKSHOPS 2.35 – 3.15
- Crowdsourcing translators and accrediting them – challenging the
traditional methods of approving outside suppliers – Jonathan Potter, Interpreting Product Manager, thebigword
- Enabling partnerships and collaboration with technology. This workshop demonstrates how LTC Worx, the cutting edge business management solution for multilingual processes can facilitate strategic partnerships
- Tender is the night – giving yourself the best opportunity to win tenders – Rebecca Warwick, Jason Forsythe, Consultants, J & AB Limited
- Managing risks in projects– Levent Yildizgoren, MD, TTC Language Services
- SDL LSP Partner Programme – Argyro Kyriakidou, SLD, Marketing Programs Manager
- The latest analysis of troublesome issues and weaknesses in the daily operation of translation companies – what are TCs looking to improve when installing a Translation Management system? – Tomasz Mroz, Sales Director, XTRF Translation Management Systems
- Workflow Automation, or how to generate profits 24/7 without increasing payroll – Benoit Desjardins, Beetext Inc
3.15 – 3.30 Afternoon tea, exhibition and networking
All you need are friends
3.30 – 3.50 Working with a public relations consultancy to drive sales
Anna Bastek, Marketing Director Wolfestone
Translation, Roy Allkin, Director, Wolfestone
Translation
3.50 – 4.10 Can membership of a Chamber of Commerce help your
translation business? Josie Rogers, London Chamber
of Commerce
4.10 – 4.30 It can be lonely at the top –mentoring to support the
beleaguered TC owner or managerAnne Rigg, Director,
Derived Knowledge
4.30 – 4.40 Panel discussion
The Technology Brains’ Trust
4.40 – 5.10 Panel technology experts set out how they are partnering
the industry and their vision for future developments – an
interactive session Representatives from SDL, Agile Web
Solutions, Star, Plunet, Wordfast, Lidolang, Beetext
5.10 – 5.15 Summing up the day – Liz Roberton, Chairman,
Association of Translation Companies
Platinum sponsor
Gold sponsors
Silver sponsor
Linguaculture 
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