2023 SENSE Professional Development Day

SENSE is pleased to announce our first in-person Professional Development Day since 2019!

The programme runs from 9:30 to 17:00 (doors open at 9:00), including tea/coffee breaks and lunch, with plenty of time for networking, catching up with colleagues and making new connections.

Date: 30 September 2023

Time: 9:00–17:00

Location: Park Plaza Hotel, Utrecht (a short walk from Utrecht Central Station)

Cost: Members who register by 31 August pay just €75 for this full-day event; Starting 1 September, members pay €95.

Non-members are also welcome. If you are not a member of SENSE, tickets for the Professional Development Day cost €150. Non-members who belong to one of our sister organizations can receive a 25% discount using their discount code.

To register: Click here.

Programme:

9:00–9:30 Sign in, coffee/tea
9:30–9:45 Welcome
9:45–11:00 Write to reonnect – Matthew Curlewis Editing slam – Danielle N. Carter & Nandini Bedi
11:00–11:30 Coffee/tea break with pop-up sessions on respeaking (Kerry Gilchrist), audio description (Carola Janssen) and subtitling (Pamela Williams)
11:30–12:45 Poetry and song translation – Anne Oosthuizen Grammar & punctuation refresher – Claire Niven
12:45–13:45 Lunch
13:45–14:30 How to write great copy – Stephen Johnston Transcreation – Branco van der Werf
14:30–15:00 Game localization – Melchior Philips Music interpretation in sign language – Hanneke de Raaff & Mirjam Stolk
15:00–15:30 Coffee/tea break with pop-up sessions on respeaking (Kerry Gilchrist), audio description (Carola Janssen) and subtitling (Pamela Williams)
15:30–16:00 Yoga while you work – Anne Hodgkinson Creating an ergonomic workspace – Jenny Zonneveld
16:00–16:15 Closing
16:15 – ? Drinks in the bar and mingling