This is the latest list of speakers and panelists for ITI Conference 2015. Please come back and/or follow us on Twitter as keynote speakers, special guests and the full programme will be announced in the weeks leading to the opening of full registration.
Pre-conference masterclasses
- Stefan Gentz (Germany), Owner of German consultancy Tracom
- Andrew Morris (France), Translator
- Marek Pawelec (Poland), Translator and trainer
- Ros Schwartz (UK), Literary translator and owner of Ros Schwartz Translations Limited
Special guests
- Ann Cleeves, crime fiction author
- The Hon James Ramsbotham DL, CEO, North East Chamber of Commerce
- Lesley Batchelor OBE, Director General, Institute of Export & International Trade
Keynote speakers
- Jonny Mitchell, Heateacher, Thornhill Community Academy (Friday)
- Saturday keynote is a surprise!
Main conference speakers
- Siegfried Armbruster (Germany), Owner of GxP Language Services
- Percy Balemans (The Netherlands), Freelance translator & transcreator
- Sabine Braun (UK), Director of the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Surrey
- Lone Beheshty (UK), Freelance translator and certified TEnT trainer
- Gabriela Bocanete (UK), Conference Interpreter & Interpreting Tutor; Business & Wellbeing Coach, Yoga Teacher
- Ann Brooks (UK), ITI Professional Development Officer
- William Cassemiro (Brazil), Technical translator
- Gwen Clayton (UK), ITI Professional Conduct Committee
- Sara Colombo (UK), Freelance translator and blogger
- Marian Dougan, Freelance translator and blogger
- Chris Durban (France), Freelance translator
- Maha El-Metwally, Translator and Conference Interpreter
- Andy Evans (LUXEMBOURG), ITI Professional Conduct Committee
- John Evans (Luxembourg), Staff translator with the Directorate-General for Translation
- Nelia Fahloun (France), Freelance translator
- Alexander Gansmeier (Germany), Conference interpreter
- Stefan Gentz (Germany), Owner of German consultancy Tracom
- Sarah Griffin-Mason (UK), Translator, Editor and Part-time lecturer at Portsmouth University
- Kirsty Heimerl-Moggan (UK), International Conference, Business and Legal Interpreter
- Alison Hughes (UK), Freelance translator
- Cécile Joffrin (France), Medical Translator
- Sue Leschen (UK), ITI Professional Conduct Committee
- Alessandra Martelli (Italy), Freelance Translator and Copywriter
- Andrew Morris (France), Translator, Blogger, Owner of Morristraduction
- Marek Pawelec (Poland), Translator and Trainer
- Nick Rosenthal (UK), Translator, Owner of Salford Translations Ltd
- Kim Sanderson (UK), Freelance Translator
- Karen Seago (UK), Programme Director MA in Translating Popular Culture, City University
- Peter V. S. Smith (Switzerland), WIPO
- Judith Townsley (UK), Freelance translator
Panelists
- Cate Avery (UK), Freelance translator
- Laura Ball (UK), Freelance translator
- Svetlana Carsten (UK), Honorary Fellow in Translation Studies at the University of Leeds
- Ann Davis (UK), BSL/English interpreter
- Danielle D’hayer (UK), London Metropolitan University
- Jayne Graham (UK), Founder of Colleagues on Tap
- Catriona Howard (UK), Lecturer in Interpreting at the University of Manchester, Conference interpreter.
- John Keep (UK), Founder of the Newcastle Jelly cowering group
- Catherine King (UK), Interpreter and Interpreter Trainer
- Terence Lewis (UK), Translator, Lexicographer and Developer of machine translation tools
- Rita McDade (UK), Interpreting trainer
- Emma Paulay (France), Freelance translator
- Begoña Rodriguez (UK), MA Translation Studies Course Leader at the University of Portsmouth
- Myriam Salama-Carr (UK), Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester
Ros Schwartz (UK), Literary translator and owner of Ros Schwartz Translations Limited - Fiona Stewart (UK), Specialist in Community Learning & Development
- Martin Underhill (UK), temper temper Web Design
In the Tech Hub (so far)
- Delphine Guérou (Germany), Translator & Project Manager, GxP Language Services
- Ana Luiza Iaria (UK), CATs for Macs
- Terence Lewis (UK), Translator, Lexicographer and Developer of machine translation tools
- Anna Lycett (UK), Freelance translator, in-house SEO specialist
- SDL
- MateCat
- Kilgray
- STAR UK
Online Marketing Clinics
- Anne Diamantidis (Germany), Medical translator, Internet marketing & SEO trainer
- Anna Lycett (UK), Freelance translator, in-house SEO specialist