2008 – Lisbon

Arrival of the participants in Lisbon (accommodation at the hotels Fénix and Fénix Garden)
[17.30-18.30 Meeting of the Executive Committee]
19.00 Informal reception for the participants at the Instituto Camões (Av. da Liberdade, 270). Presentation and Wine-tasting by Quinta da Lagoalva

9.00-9.30 Registration

Morning Session
9.30-10.30 Opening Session

• Welcome address by the President of Instituto Camões, Mrs. Simonetta Luz Afonso
• Special addresses by representatives of the EU
• Opening address by the President of EFNIL, Prof. Gerhard Stickel
• Special address by the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luís Amado

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-11.45 Introductory lecture by Prof. Stephen Hagen (Director of Research, RBI, Univ. of West England): Mapping successful language use in international business: How, when and where do European companies achieve success?
11.45-12.15 Lecture by Prof. José Paulo Esperança (Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa): Uma abordagem ecléctica do valor da Língua: O uso global do Português
12.15-12.30 Discussion
12.30-13.30 Lunch (buffet)

Afternoon Session

Working Sessions: National Conditions and International Aspects

13.30-15.30 First Working Session (Moderation: Sabine Kirchmeier-Andersen, Director of the Dansk Sprognævn)

• Prof. François Grin (Université de Genève): Multilingualism in business and commerce: current questions in language economics
• Sophie Bressé (Centre d’études de l’emploi) / Xavier North (Délégué général à la langue française et aux langues de France): La situation en France
• Charlotte Rønhof (Research director, Confederation of Danish Industries): Linguistic Conditions in Danish Industries
• Lisbeth Verstraete Hansen, Ph.D. (Copenhagen Business School): Les langues étrangères dans les entrerprises danoises: représentations et attitudes

15.30-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-18.00 Second Working Session (Moderation: Dr. John Simpson, Oxford English Dictionary)

• Prof. Martin Stegu (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien): Language needs in business: myths and realities. Considérations autrichiennes et générales
• Prof. Pirkko Nuolijärvi (Research Institute for the Languages of Finland): Language use in business and commerce in Finland
• Dr. Guy Berg (Institut Grand-Ducal, Luxembourg): Active multilingualism in Luxembourg. The use of languages in a stable polyglossic economy
• Prof. Walery Pisarek (Polish Language Council): The situation in Poland

20.00 Conference Dinner, offered by Instituto Camões at the Tivoli Caffé (Avenida da Liberdade 182-188 – Lisboa)

Morning Session

09.00-10.30 Third Working Session (Moderation: Prof. Ina Druviete, Latvian State Language Commission)

• Dr. Guðrún Kvaran (Icelandic Language Commission): The situation in Iceland
• Prof. Corina Cilianu Lascu / Prof. Marius Sala: Les langues de la communication professionnelle dans les entreprises de Roumanie: enjeux, réalités, perspectives
• Prof. Frantisek Cermak (Institute of the Czech National Corpus): Some Czech observations

10.30-11.00 Discussion and conclusion of the thematic part

11.00-13.00 Coffee Break

11.30-13.00 Reports on EFNIL projects (ELM and EFNILEX) and introduction to the new web site of EFNIL (Moderation: Johan Van Hoorde, Nederlandse Taalunie)

13.00-14.00 Lunch (buffet)

Afternoon Session

14-15.30 General Assembly of EFNIL

(Interpretation of all sessions: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish  English and French)