PDD 2023
2023 SENSE Professional Development Day
SENSE is pleased to announce our first in-person Professional Development Day since 2019!
The programme runs from 9:30 to 17:00 (doors open at 9:00), including tea/coffee breaks and lunch, with plenty of time for networking, catching up with colleagues and making new connections.
Note: Participants can receive 6.5 PE points for attending this event. More info regarding PE points can be found here.
Date: 30 September 2023
Time: 9:00–17:00
Location: Park Plaza Hotel, Utrecht (a short walk from Utrecht Central Station)
Cost: Members who register by 31 August pay just €75 for this full-day event; starting 1 September, members pay €95. To register, click 'Register' at the top of the page (make sure you’re logged in first!).
Non-members are also welcome. If you are not a member of SENSE, tickets for the Professional Development Day cost €150. Non-members who belong to one of our sister organizations can receive a 25% discount using their discount code.
Programme:
| 9:00–9:30 | Sign in, coffee/tea | |
| 9:30–9:45 | Welcome | |
| 9:45–11:00 | Write to Reconnect – Matthew Curlewis | Editing slam – Danielle N. Carter & Nandini Bedi |
| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee/tea break with pop-up sessions on respeaking (Kerry Gilchrist), audio description (Carola Janssen) and subtitling (Pamela Williams) | |
| 11:30–12:45 | Poetry and song translation – Anne Oosthuizen | Grammar & punctuation refresher – Claire Niven |
| 12:45–13:45 | Lunch | |
| 13:45–14:30 | How to write great copy – Stephen Johnston | Transcreation – Branco van der Werf |
| 14:30–15:00 | Game localization – Melchior Philips | Music interpretation in sign language – Hanneke de Raaff |
| 15:00–15:30 | Coffee/tea break with pop-up sessions on respeaking (Kerry Gilchrist), audio description (Carola Janssen) and subtitling (Pamela Williams) | |
| 15:30–16:00 | Yoga while you work – Anne Hodgkinson | Creating an ergonomic workspace – Jenny Zonneveld |
| 16:00–16:15 | Closing | |
| 16:15 – ? | Drinks in the bar and mingling | |
Please click the ‘Register’ button at the top of the page to sign up for this event.
