Programme of the conference
Eventual programme changes may apply.
October 17 Tuesday
(click for details)
15:00 - 18:30
(Please note that the maximum number of participants is 16 people.)
Jobs Fair
15:00 - 19:00
October 18 Wednesday
Registration
8:30
Welcome
09:15 - 09:40 / Auditorium
Keynote Speech
09:40 - 10:20 / Auditorium
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
CEO Panel: How Does VM add Value to the Company
10:50 - 11:50
From Linguist to Vendor Manager: Navigating the Mindset Shift
12:00 - 12:40 / Auditorium
Lunch
12:40 - 14:00
How to Achieve a Sustainable Vendor Management System that Supports Your Growth
14:00 - 14:40 / Half Auditorium
Do You Need to Vent? Be My Guest! Strong Emotions in the Workplace
Aleksandra Drotlef-Pastuszka ≫ & Dominika Olszewska ≫
14:00 - 14:40 / Room 104
The Future of Translation Quality Management: Meeting Client Demands for Scalable, User-centric and Data-driven Quality Strategies
14:50 - 15:30 / Auditorium
The Tail Wagging the Dog? An Insight into What Makes Freelance Language Professionals Tick
14:50 - 15:30 / Half Auditorium
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Lessons Learned from Language Expansion at Skyscanner
Miguel Hernandez Garcia ≫ & Georgi Tsaklev ≫
16:00 - 16:40 / Auditorium
Driving Efficiency and Fairness: Balancing Rates and Processes in the Translator-Vendor Manager Relationship
16:00 - 16:40 / Half Auditorium
Getting out of the VM's Comfort Zone: Recruiting and Coordinating a Team of Interpreters for a Long-Term Assignment Abroad
16:00 - 16:40 / Room 104
Client-side Panel
16:50 - 17:30 / Auditorium
How Vendor Management and Business Development Go Hand in Hand
16:50 - 17:30 / Half Auditorium
Gala Dinner on the Danube River
Spoon The Boat
October 19 Thursday
Lessons Learned While Building a Team of Linguistic Professionals Online and Striving to Maintain Team Spirit
09:30 - 10:10 / Room 104
Cultivating Expert Translators: Fostering Translator Excellence and Motivation in Brand Localization
10:20 - 11:00 / Auditorium
From SLVs to Community-Based Localization: A Comprehensive Guide
10:20 - 11:00 / Half Auditorium
Ukrainian Localisation: New Challenges in Recruiting Linguists
10:20 - 11:00 / Room 104
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Panel: Does Size Matter? VM in Small, Medium and Big Companies
11:40 - 12:20 / Auditorium
What Do the Buyers Have to Say? Data and Perspectives on How to Set up a Supply Chain Everyone Is Happy with
12:30 - 13:10 / Auditorium
How to Boost Translation Quality Efficiently and Sustainably
12:30 - 13:10 / Half Auditorium
Lunch
13:10 - 14:20
Panel
14:20 - 15:00 / Auditorium
All I Needed to Know Professionally I Learnt as a Vendor Manager
15:10 - 15:50 / Auditorium
Closing
16:00 - 16:30 / Auditorium
VENUE:
CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
Address: 15 Nádor utca V. Budapest
Nádor utca 15 is the main entrance to the University and is home to the CEU Auditorium, the CEU Library, research centres, classrooms, and exhibition hall.