TNP3 Start-up Conference
23-24 January 2003, Freie Universität Berlin

Friday, 23 Jan 2003

14:00

Opening Session

Words of welcome by Professor Klaus W. Hempfer 
First Vice President of the Freie Universität Berlin (DE)

Opening Keynotes
Dr. Hermann Müller-Solger, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Ettore Deodato, European Commission, DG Education and Culture
Antje Gerstein, Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA)

Wolfgang Mackiewicz, TNP3 co-ordinator, Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
Why do we need yet another TNP in the Area of Languages?
 

15:45

Coffee Break

16:15

Parallel Workshops
Workshop I: Languages for language-related industries and professions
Moderators:Manuel Célio Conceição, Universidade do Algarve (PT)
Noël Muylle, European Commission, SCIC

Workshop II: Languages for enhanced opportunities
on the European labour market
Moderator: Jolanta Urbanikowa, Uniwersytet Warszawski (PL)

Workshop III: Languages as an interface between the different sectors of education
Moderator : Neva Slijbar, Univerze v Ljubljani (SI)

18:15

End of First Conference Day

19:00

Conference Dinner

Saturday, 24 Jan 2003

9:30

Parallel Working Group Meetings
Working Group I: Languages for language-related industries
Moderators: Manuel Célio Conceição, Universidade do Algarve (PT)
Noël Muylle, European Commission, SCIC

Working Group II: Languages for enhanced opportunities
on the European labour market
Moderator: Jolanta Urbanikowa, Uniwersytet Warszawski (PL)

Working Group III: Languages as an interface between the different sectors of education
Moderator : Neva Slijbar, Univerze v Ljubljani (SI)

12:00

Coffee Break

12:30

Plenary Session
Reports from the working group meetings

Daniel Toudic, joint TNP3 co-ordinator Université de Rennes 2 (FR)
Conference outcomes and next steps for action

13:30

Buffet Lunch