SCIC-Universities Conference 2015

Around 170 participants from more than 80 different universities took part in the 19th DG Interpretation-Universities Conference which was held on 26-27 March 2015 in Brussels.
Attendees came from member states and candidate countries, but also from China, Russia, Africa, Canada and the USA. Representatives from international organisations and other European institutions were also present.
The theme of this year's conference was "(re)Making Connections", and the new format of the event, being more dynamic and interactive, helped develop it further as a networking platform.
There were two discussion panels on each of the days: one on interpreter training support activities and the other on access to the profession - each of them followed by lively audience debates.
Kristalina Georgieva , Vice-President and European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, gave the opening address on the first day of the conference and awarded the diplomas to winners of the Leopoldo Costa Prize .
This year, the first prize went to Joshua Goldsmith, a student interpreter at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, who delivered a thought-provoking and touching speech on the theme of the conference.
The second prize went to Georgina Banfield from the University of Bath, UK, and the third prize to Ms Mihaela Tălpaș from Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
To watch the presentations and speeches, as well as the recordings and the photo slideshow, have a look at the conference website . More...