Events from SIG meetings

Amsterdam SIG – May 2025 meet-up

From 09 May 2025 18:00 CEST until 09 May 2025 20:00 CEST

At Stadsbar, Restaurant Babel, Oosterdokseiland Library Categories: SIG meetings

[In-person event] Meet fellow SENSE members from Amsterdam (and elsewhere) in a café setting. Pay for your own drinks. If you’re hungry, order food from the kitchen.

Amsterdam SIG – April 2025 meet-up

From 11 April 2025 18:00 CEST until 11 April 2025 20:00 CEST

At Stadsbar, Restaurant Babel, Oosterdokseiland Library Categories: SIG meetings

[In-person event] Meet fellow SENSE members from Amsterdam (and elsewhere) in a café setting. Pay for your own drinks. If you’re hungry, order food from the kitchen.

Arnhem SIG – April 2025 noon get-together

From 10 April 2025 12:00 CEST until 10 April 2025 14:00 CEST

At Arnhems Boeken Café Libertas, Klarendalseweg 477-1, 6822 GW, Arnhem Categories: SIG meetings

Join the Arnhem SIG on Thursday 10 April for an informal noon get-together at Libertas book café.

Amsterdam SIG – March 2025 meet-up

From 18 March 2025 18:00 CET until 18 March 2025 20:00 CET

At Stadsbar, Restaurant Babel, Oosterdokseiland Library Categories: SIG meetings

[In-person event] Meet fellow SENSE members from Amsterdam (and elsewhere) in a café setting. Pay for your own drinks. If you’re hungry, order food from the kitchen.

UniSIG: Developing the AI Quality of Engagement Matrix to encourage positive AI use

From 07 March 2025 14:00 CET until 07 March 2025 15:00 CET

At Zoom online meeting Categories: SIG meetings

Dr Peter Levrai (University of Turku, Finland) on the model he co-developed for teachers of academic/scientific English to train students to use Generative Artificial Intelligence critically and ethically.

Amsterdam SIG – February 2025 meet-up

From 18 February 2025 18:00 CET until 18 February 2025 20:00 CET

At Stadsbar, Restaurant Babel, Oosterdokseiland Library Categories: SIG meetings

[In-person event] Meet fellow SENSE members from Amsterdam (and elsewhere) in a café setting. Pay for your own drinks. If you’re hungry, order food from the kitchen.

Tech SIG: Using Excel for your admin: tips and tricks

From 11 February 2025 13:00 CET until 11 February 2025 14:00 CET

At Zoom online meeting Categories: SIG meetings

[online event] Do you struggle with your admin? Timekeeping, billing and bookkeeping? Do you ever wonder how other people do their admin? Could their processes make admin easier for you? Let’s share what works for us and gain ideas and tips from others to make our admin fun rather than a chore.

UniSIG: A stakeholder tool for ethically proofreading student writing

From 31 January 2025 14:00 CET until 31 January 2025 15:00 CET

At Zoom online meeting Categories: SIG meetings

[online meeting] A stakeholder tool for ethically proofreading student writing

Amsterdam SIG – January 2025 meet-up

From 21 January 2025 18:00 CET until 21 January 2025 20:00 CET

At Stadsbar, Restaurant Babel, Oosterdokseiland Library Categories: SIG meetings

Meet fellow SENSE members from Amsterdam (and elsewhere) in a cafe setting. Pay for your own drinks.

UniSIG: A critical role for author voice in scientific writing

From 13 December 2024 10:30 CET until 13 December 2024 11:30 CET

At Zoom online meeting Categories: SIG meetings

[online meeting] SENSE colleague Kate McIntyre gives her well-received presentation from METM24.

Amsterdam SIG – November 2024 meet-up

From 29 November 2024 18:00 CET until 29 November 2024 20:00 CET

At Stadsbar, Restaurant Babel, Oosterdokseiland Library Categories: SIG meetings

Meet fellow SENSE members from Amsterdam (and elsewhere) in a cafe setting. Pay for your own drinks.

Zuid-Holland SIG Meeting

From 11 November 2024 19:30 CET until 11 November 2024 21:30 CET

At Hans van Bemmelen's house, Den Haag Categories: SIG meetings

The meeting will take place at Hans van Bemmelen’s home (the exact address will be provided to attendees a few days before the event).

Amsterdam SIG – October 2024 meet-up

From 18 October 2024 18:00 CEST until 18 October 2024 20:00 CEST

At Stadsbar, Restaurant Babel, Oosterdokseiland Library Categories: SIG meetings

[in-person meeting] Meet fellow SENSE members from Amsterdam (and elsewhere) in a cafe setting. Pay for your own drinks.

UniSIG: Making footnotes and bibliographies plain – decoding, readability, Zotero/AI, consistency

From 11 October 2024 14:00 CEST until 11 October 2024 15:00 CEST

At Zoom online meeting Categories: SIG meetings

[Online meeting] Stephen Machon on rules of the road specific to citing authorities for editors/reviewers of academic texts, including legal, the humanities and science.

Annual Utrecht SIG social & book swap

From 18 September 2024 18:00 CEST until 18 September 2024 21:00 CEST

At Theehuis Rhijnauwen Categories: SIG meetings

[In-person meeting] Mark your calendars! On Wednesday 18 September 2024 at 18:00 the Utrecht SIG will meet outdoors at the Fort bij Rijnauwen for a walk, talk and car boot book swap. This is becoming an annual tradition! Some of us missed the recent AGM book swap and still have way too many books we're not likely to read again. Now is the time to sift through your shelves. Please remember to take back any books you bring that haven’t found a new reader.

Amsterdam Borrel

From 13 September 2024 18:00 CEST until 13 September 2024 20:00 CEST

At Stadsbar, Restaurant Babel, Oosterdokseiland Library Categories: SIG meetings, Social events

[in-person meeting] Meet fellow SENSE members from Amsterdam (and elsewhere) in a cafe setting. Pay for your own drinks.

Starters SIG – Personal branding: Lessons learnt through trial and (t)error

From 04 July 2024 19:30 CEST until 04 July 2024 21:30 CEST

At Zoom online meeting Categories: SIG meetings

[online meeting] Personal branding: Lessons learnt through trial and (t)error.

UniSIG meeting – Generative AI cannot be an author but... can it be a reviewer? Beyond publishing policies on AI

From 26 April 2024 10:00 CEST until 26 April 2024 11:00 CEST

At Zoom online meeting Categories: SIG meetings

[online meeting] Dr Vasiliki Mollaki (Hellenic National Commission for Bioethics & Technoethics, Athens). ‘Generative AI cannot be an author but... can it be a reviewer? Beyond publishing policies on AI.’

Starters SIG – Money management with Martina

From 16 April 2024 19:00 CEST until 16 April 2024 20:30 CEST

At Zoom online meeting Categories: SIG meetings

[online meeting] Freelancing means uncertainty – we've all heard that. It means not knowing how much money you’ll make each month; a pendulum between feeling like the richest person in the world and wondering whether you can afford dinner. But are there ways not to feel like that? Martina Abagnale from Picobello Translations specializes in finance and all things money. On 16 April she'll join Starters SIG to share her wisdom and help us learn how best to manage the money that comes into our bank account.

Southern SIG Meeting – Marketing the added value of language professionals versus AI

From 07 March 2024 19:00 CET until 07 March 2024 20:00 CET

At Zoom online meeting Categories: SIG meetings

[Online meeting] Convincing clients of the added value of language professionals in AI times.