2008 – Lisbon

2008 – Lisbon

European Federation of National Institutions for Language, 6th Annual Conference

"Language Use in Business and Commerce in Europe" Lisbon, 12-14 November 2008, Venue: Instituto Camões

Preface
Publication

12 November (Wednesday)

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

13 November (Thursday)

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)

14 November (Friday)

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)
  • Guy Berg: <guy.berg@europarl.europa.eu>
  • Sophie Bressé: <sophie.bresse@cee-recherche.fr>
  • František Čermák: <frantisek.cermak@ff.cuni.cz>
  • Janez Dular: <janez_dular2@t-2.net>
  • José Paulo Esperança: <Jose.Esperanca@iscte.pt>
  • Stephen Hagen: <Stephen.Hagen@uwe.ac.uk>
  • Guðrún Kvaran: <gkvaran@hi.is>
  • Corina Cilianu-Lascu: <lascu_corina@yahoo.fr>
  • Pirkko Nuolijärvi: <pnuolija@kotus.fi>
  • Walery Pisarek: < uwpisare@cyf-kr.edu.pl>
  • Charlotte Rønhof: <chr@di.dk>
  • Marius Sala: <marsalamar@yahoo.com>
  • Martin Stegu: <Martin.Stegu@wu.ac.at>
  • Gerhard Stickel: <stickel@ids-mannheim.de>
  • Lisbeth Verstraete-Hansen: <lvh.ikk@cbs.dk>

Simonetta Luz Afonso: Notas de Boas Vindas / Welcome Notes

Gerhard Stickel: Abertura / Opening

Stephen Hagen: Mapping successful language use in international business: How, when and where do European companies achieve success?

José Paulo Esperança: An Eclectic Approach to Language Valuation: The Global Influence of the Portuguese Language

Sophie Bressé: L’usage des langues étrangères dans les entreprises françaises

Charlotte Rønhof: Linguistic conditions in Danish industries

Lisbeth Verstraete-Hansen: En route vers le tout-anglais? Pratiques et représentations des langues étrangères dans les entreprises danoises

Martin Stegu: Language needs in business: myths and realities. Considérations générales et autrichiennes

Pirkko Nuolijärvi: Language in business and commerce in Finland

Guy Berg: Active multilingualism in Luxembourg. The use of languages in a stable polyglossic economy

Walery Pisarek: Language use in business and commerce in Poland

Gudrun Kvaran: The Icelandic language in business and commerce in Iceland

Corina Cilianu-Lascu / Marius Sala: Les langues de la communication professionnelle dans les entreprises de Roumanie: enjeux, réalités, perspectives

František Čermák: Leading questions and answers on the situation in individual countries: Situation in Czechia

Janez Dular: Gebrauch der Sprachen im europaweiten Geschäfts- und Handelsverkehr – Slowenien

The Lisbon Resolution of EFNIL on language use in business and commerce in Europe