PDD 2023

From 30 September 2023 09:00 CEST until 30 September 2023 17:00 CEST
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 2023 SENSE Professional Development Day

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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.