WHEN: 3 November 2026, 09:00–14:00
WHERE: Old Building of Philosophy, Room 9, AUTh Campus
FORMAT: On-site & online Livestreaming
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY:
- Laboratory of Translation and Natural Language Processing (EMEL), School of French, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Joint Postgraduate Studies programme “Conference Interpreting and Translation”
- European Master’s in Translation Network (EMTNet)
PROGRAMME:
1ST SESSION
9:00-9:30, Opening session
09:30–10:00
Athanasios Maraslis, Director of Resources in DGT, “Micro-credentials: a flexible response to evolving skills demands”
10:00–10:30
Anna Kokkinidou, DGT Policy Officer, “EMT Competence Framework 2026: Leading the EMT network and translation education into the future”
10:30–11:00
Pilar Sánchez Gijón, EMT Board member, Autonomous University of Barcelona, “Before the First Word: Where Translators Are Needed Now”
11:00–11:30
Susana Valdez, EMT Board member, Leiden University, “From Competence to Social and Economic Responsibility: the Translator’s Expanding Role in Language Governance”
11:30–12:00, Coffee break
2ND SESSION
12:00–12:30
Łucja Biel, University of Warsaw, “From Translation Competence to AI Literacy and Digital Resilience: Preparing Language Professionals for an AI-Transformed Workplace”
12:30–13:00
Georgios Floros, University of Cyprus, “Ethics as a competence in translation education: What does this entail?”
13:00–13:30
Eleni Tziafa, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Compare, Evaluate, Decide: Teaching Translation Judgement in the Age of AI”
13:30–14:00
Aikaterini Doxoglou & Vasileia Karlioti, Master Students, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “Experimenting with AI in Terminology Management: Insights from an EMT Student Project”
14:00, Closing session
For more information: https://translatingeurope.frl.auth.gr/index.php/international-workshop#iw26-programme