Livestream Live streaming available: 6 February 2025 | 7 February 2025 Link to the webstreaming The Interpreting Europe Conference is the flagship event of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Interpretation. Join us in Brussels or online on 6-7 February 2025 to connect with fellow professionals, industry experts, academics and students in the field of interpretation, Artificial Intelligence and beyond to engage in discussions on the future of the interpreting profession. Live streaming will be available: 6 February 2025 | 7 February 2025 General publications31 January 2025Programme - Interpreting Europe Conference 2025 Sign up for updates interpreting Thursday 6 February 2025, 14:30 - Friday 7 February 2025, 12:30 (CET)Brussels, BelgiumLive streaming available SpeakersSpeakerSally Bailey-RavetHead Interpreter and Head of Interpreting, Travel, Events and Multimedia (ITEM), Council of Europe, StrasbourgSpeakerAlice Delorme BenitesProfessor of Human-Machine Communication and Head of the Institute for Multilingual Communication, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesModeratorIvana Engel QuirozKnowledge management officer, Audio-visual solutions and sound quality Unit, Directorate General for Interpretation, European CommissionSpeakerClaudio Fantinuoli Research Associate in Interpreting Studies and Natural Language Processing, University of Mainz and Chief Technology Officer, KUDO Inc.SpeakerCarlos García VicoInterpreter Coordinator, Directorate-General for Interpretation, European CommissionSpeakerAlison GravesDirector for Interpretation, DG LINC, European ParliamentModeratorAndrea GrossoPedagogical Assistance Coordinator, Talent Development Unit, Directorate-General for Interpretation, European CommissionSpeakerGry Hasselbalch Co-founder, DataEthics.euSpeakerJuan Carlos Jiménez MarínDirector-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences (DG LINC), European ParliamentModeratorMerje LahtHead of Estonian Interpretation Unit at DG Interpretation, European CommissionModeratorAntoinette LegrandDeputy Head of the French interpreting unit, Directorate-General for Interpretation, European CommissionSpeakerMarie MuttilainenDirector for Interpretation, Court of Justice of the European UnionModeratorAlicja M. OkoniewskaHead of Succession Planning and Training of Future Interpreters, Talent Development Unit, DG Interpretation, European CommissionSpeakerDavor OrličCOO, International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI)SpeakerAlexandra PanagakouDirector of Interpreters, Directorate-General for Interpretation, European CommissionSpeakerJudith PlatterSenior Lecturer, Centre for Translation Studies, University of ViennaSpeakerFranz PöchhackerProfessor of Interpreting Studies, Centre for Translation Studies, University of ViennaSpeakerGenoveva Ruiz CalaveraDirector-GeneralSpeakerJürgen SchmidhuberCo-Chair, Center of Excellence for Generative AI, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Scientific Director, Swiss AI Lab, IDSIASpeakerColin SciclunaDeputy Director-GeneralSpeakerKilian G. SeeberVice Dean and Program Director of the Master of Advanced Studies in Interpreter Training, University of GenevaSpeakerPiotr SerafinCommissionerSpeakerJudith SimonFull Professor for Ethics in Information Technologies, Universität HamburgSpeakerAndreas WittHead of the Department of Digital Linguistics, Leibniz Institute for the German Language Practical information WhenThursday 6 February 2025, 14:30 - Friday 7 February 2025, 12:30 (CET)WhereCharlemagne Building Rue de la Loi 170, 1040 Brussels, Belgium LivestreamStarts on Thursday 6 February 2025, 13:30 (CET)Link to the webstreamingLanguagesEnglish Related events07-08Nov2024Training and workshopsMake a career with languages!Helsinki, Finland30-01Nov-Dec2023Conferences and summitsAttracting talent for an upskilled professionOnline only17-18Nov2022Conferences and summits#NextGenerationEUInterpretersSee all
SpeakerSally Bailey-RavetHead Interpreter and Head of Interpreting, Travel, Events and Multimedia (ITEM), Council of Europe, Strasbourg
SpeakerAlice Delorme BenitesProfessor of Human-Machine Communication and Head of the Institute for Multilingual Communication, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
ModeratorIvana Engel QuirozKnowledge management officer, Audio-visual solutions and sound quality Unit, Directorate General for Interpretation, European Commission
SpeakerClaudio Fantinuoli Research Associate in Interpreting Studies and Natural Language Processing, University of Mainz and Chief Technology Officer, KUDO Inc.
SpeakerCarlos García VicoInterpreter Coordinator, Directorate-General for Interpretation, European Commission
ModeratorAndrea GrossoPedagogical Assistance Coordinator, Talent Development Unit, Directorate-General for Interpretation, European Commission
SpeakerJuan Carlos Jiménez MarínDirector-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences (DG LINC), European Parliament
ModeratorAntoinette LegrandDeputy Head of the French interpreting unit, Directorate-General for Interpretation, European Commission
ModeratorAlicja M. OkoniewskaHead of Succession Planning and Training of Future Interpreters, Talent Development Unit, DG Interpretation, European Commission
SpeakerAlexandra PanagakouDirector of Interpreters, Directorate-General for Interpretation, European Commission
SpeakerFranz PöchhackerProfessor of Interpreting Studies, Centre for Translation Studies, University of Vienna
SpeakerJürgen SchmidhuberCo-Chair, Center of Excellence for Generative AI, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Scientific Director, Swiss AI Lab, IDSIA
SpeakerKilian G. SeeberVice Dean and Program Director of the Master of Advanced Studies in Interpreter Training, University of Geneva
SpeakerAndreas WittHead of the Department of Digital Linguistics, Leibniz Institute for the German Language