2017 – Mannheim
The 15th Annual conference of EFNIL
on 5 and 6 October 2017, in Mannheim
General theme:
National language institutions and national languages
hosted by the Institut für Deutsche Sprache / Institute for the German Language
Programme
18:00-19:30 Welcome reception at the Institute for the German Language (Institut für Deutsche Sprache), Mannheim, R5, 6-13
9:00-9:45 Opening session
Ludwig M. Eichinger, Director of Institute of German Language: Welcome Address
Adresses by:
Gabriela Bennemann, German Foreign Ministry
Ulrike Freundlieb, City of Mannheim
Javier Hernandez-Saseta, European Commission
Gerhard Stickel, President of EFNIL: Introduction
9:45-10:30 2nd session
Peter Auer: Linguistic neostandards in Europe
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 3rd session
Aleksandra Wesolowska: European Commission support for the emergence of multilingual networked services in Europe
Willem Waslander: How to establish trust in digital public services in the European community?
Franciska de Jong: The scope of CLARIN: from language as linguistic data to language as social and cultural data
Henk van den Heuvel: ELRA’s central role in managing language resources in Europe
Moderation: Tamás Váradi
12:30-13:30, Lunch
13:30-15:00 4rd session
Júlia Vrábľová /Slavomir Ondrejović: Specifics of institutional management of the language in Slovakia
Željko Jozić: Institute for Croatian Language and Linguistics and its role in developing the modern Croatian language
Gábor Prószéky: Supporting the Hungarian Language in and outside Hungary
Piotr Żmigrodzki: Polish experience with a national institute for language
Moderation: Sabine Kirchmeier
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 5th session
Jung Heewon: Current Language Policy of Korea and Its Challenges
Ina Druviete / Jannis Valdmanis: The role of national language policy institutions in implementation of Law on Official State Language in Latvia
Jolanta Zabarskaitė: How does your institution track language? How does your institution track language? The case of the Institute of the Lithuanian Language
Cecilia Robustelli: Language policy in Italy. The role of the Accademia della Crusca
Svetla Koeva: Language Situation in Bulgaria
Moderation: Birute Klaas
19:00 – 21:30 Conference Dinner (at the Mannheim Maritim Hotel)
9:00-10:30 6th session
Hans Bennis: Different countries, one language – an integrated language policy: the case of the Dutch language
Nathalie Marchal: Les dispositifs de coopération linguistique dans l’espace francophone
Loïc Depecker: La Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France – un enjeu culturel majeur
Astrid Adler / Rahel Beyer: Sprachen und Sprachpolitik in Deutschland
Moderation: Johan Van Hoorde
10:30-11:00, Coffee break
11:00-12:30 7th session
Guðrún Kvaran / Ari Páll Kristinsson: National language policy and planning in Iceland: Aims and institutional activities
Åse Wetås: Standardization of written Norwegian
Jennie Spetz: The Swedish language in the spot light
Tõnu Tender: Language planning in Estonia and the Institute of the Estonian Language
Moderation: Pirkko Nuolijarvi
12:30-13:30 8th session
Panel or open discussion: Comparing national language policies: “Leave your language alone” vs. “A language must be cared for”
Moderation: Tamás Váradi
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30- 16:30 General Assembly (for members of EFNIL only)