Wednesday, 30 September 2026
8:30 REGISTRATION
Auditorium "Carlo Sgorlon”
via M.P. Margreth, 3
3100 Udine
9 WELCOME ADDRESSES
9.15 OPENING REMARKS
Sonia PERESSINI
DGT Head of the Italian Translation unit in Brussels
Translating for the European Commission: services, tools and opportunities
[in person]
Vito BORRELLI
DGT Field Officer in Rome
The role of Representations in Member States to promote multilingualism
[in person]
SESSION 1: PUBLIC WRITING AND CLEAR LANGUAGE
10-10:45
Aurélie DELATTRE
U. Sorbonne Nouvelle
La formation de professionnels de l’écriture pour autrui: l’exemple de la licence professionnelle de la Sorbonne Nouvelle
[Microsoft Teams]
10:45:11:30
Michèle MONTE
U. Toulon
Un métier indispensable mais peu soutenu. Bilan de la licence professionnelle «écrivain public / auteur conseil» à Toulon
[Microsoft Teams]
11:45-12:30
Mark PRESCOTT
DGT Head of Editing Unit
Making clarity count. Editing and clear language services in the European Commission
[Microsoft Teams]
BREAK
SESSION 2 - EASY LANGUAGE(S)
14:30-15:15
Floriana SCIUMBATA
U. Trieste
Easy Language: Principles and Current Status in Italy
[in person]
15.15-16
Carlo EUGENI
U. Leeds
Easy Language for Media Accessibility – How to Subtitle Documentaries for People with Intellectual Disabilities
[Microsoft Teams]
BREAK
16.15-17
Sergio HERNÁNDEZ GARRIDO
U. Hildesheim
AI-based machine translation into Easy Language – Opportunities and hazards from a translation studies perspective
[in person]
17-17.45
Chris MAAß
U. Hildesheim
Easy Language in Germany: Status and Development
[Microsoft Teams]