Conference Programme, Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 >>


9:30 – 11:00
Opening Plenary
Moderation: Christel Schneider, ICC - The European Language Network
Odile Quintin
Generaldirektorin,
Generaldirektion Bildung und Kultur,
Europäische Kommission		 Peter Mathews CMG
Black Country Metals Ltd, UK		 Prof. Nigel Holden
University of Central Lancashire, UK
Intercultural Business Communication: The Central Roles of Knowledge-sharing, Organisational Learning and Networking
11:00 – 11:45
Coffee Break

11:45 – 13:15
Praxisbeispiele aus
Unternehmen I
Blended Learning
Arbeitsgruppe*
    Moderation: Dr. Ian McMaster,
    Business Spotlight    		 Moderation: Heike Philp, LANCELOT School GmbH The Art of Small Talk
    Lenka Bílá,
    Škoda, Tschechische Republik
    Interkulturelles Management – Interkulturelle Kompetenzen / Best Practice Škoda-Volkswagen-Joint Venture

    James Chamberlain,
    Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, N.N., Zurich Group
    Developing People for International Projects

    Mike Janssen,
    UMAC-Midwest, Belgium
    Language Policy at UMAC-Midwest (SME in Belgium)

    		 Armin Hopp,
    Sonja Hild,
    digital publishing
    New Trends in Online Language Training – Blended Learning 2.0

    Carl Dowse,
    Cornelsen Verlag
    English for Companies: Individualized Blended Learning Solutions

    Michael Rössler,
    Crammy GmbH
    Gezieltes Wortschatztraining im Kontext von Blended Learning

    		 Nicola Thompson &
    Pauline Bramall-Stephany
    LinC Training
    13:15 – 14:30
    Lunch

    14:30 – 16:00
    Praxisbeispiele aus
    Unternehmen II
    Fremdsprachen & Interkulturelle Kompetenzen
    Working Group*
      Moderation: Timothy Phillips, SKYLIGHT GmbH Moderation: Stefan Gee,
      Gee Language Services      		 Developing People Internationally: Taster Workshop
      Oksana Stanislavska
      Innovatives Sprachentraining:
      Sprach-Lernevents bei der BASF SE

      Gabriele Helmer,
      1&1 Internet AG
      Maßgeschneiderter Unterricht mit größeren Gruppen? - Entwicklung eines Trainingskonzepts für ein mittelständisches Unternehmen. Ein Praxisbericht

      Thomas Meier,
      Hencke und Meier GbR
      Fremdsprachen im Handwerk – Empfehlungen aus der Praxis      		 Prof. Dr. Gerald Hüther,
      Universität Göttingen und Mannheim,
      Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Com-Unic
      Die Bedeutung von Fremdsprachenerwerb und transkultureller Begegnung für die Herausbildung psychoemotionaler Metakompetenzen

      Evan Frendo
      Language Training and Intercultural Training – Two Sides of the Same Coin or Different Currencies?

      Ian Badger
      English for Business Life

      		 Jeremy Comfort,
      York Associates, UK
      16:00 – 16:30
      Coffee Break

      16:30 – 18:00
      Demo Session Web 2.0
      Fremdsprachen und Personalmanagement
      Moderation: Timothy Phillips, SKYLIGHT GmbH Moderation: Gabriele Eilert-Ebke,
      Henkel KGaA
      In this session, tools such as podcasts, wikis, moodle, do-it-yourself corpora and Second Life specifically related to language training will be demonstrated interactively.

      Prof. Kurt Kohn,
      Universität Tübingen

      André Moeller,
      Deutsche Welle

      Michael A. Tighe,
      U.S. English Services

      Dr. Ian McMaster,
      Business Spotlight

      Shelley Steinhorst,
      Dive In Languages

      Session languages will be German and English

      		 Birgit Solf-Kellersohn,
      Foreign Language Training Consultant
      “Job Description - CEFR - Course Design"
      How to Benefit from Key Data Information in the Training Cycle

      Ralf Jedermann,
      Auralog
      Integration von Sprachentraining in der Personalentwicklung

      Christiane Maria Loosen,
      E.ON AG,
      Laura Scott,
      Linguarama
      Die hohe Kunst der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Personalbereich und Sprachanbieter
      18:00
      Reception in the Exhibition Area


      *Working Group(s)
      The focus will be on sharing experiences and problem solving. Participant places are again limited in order to ensure the effective
      running of the session.


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