Draft Programme
Colour Coding Reference
Terminology
Interpreting
Indigenous Languages
Literary
AI
Future of the profession
Audio Visual Translation (AVT)
Specialised Translation
Live streaming is available for presentations in the Main Hall
Day 1
Thursday, 4 September 2025
| MAIN HALL | HALL A | HALL B | HALL C |
| Registration | |||
| Opening Ceremony | |||
| Keynote Speaker: Mr. Daren Tang, WIPO Director General | |||
| Secondary Keynote Speaker: Lucio Bagnulo, Amnesty International | |||
| INTERPRETED | |||
| Ms Andy Benzo -The Importance of Ethical AI in Translation | Prof. Pierrette Bouillon - UNI-ACCESS : impact de la langue facile à lire sur l’accessibilité des sites web universitaires | Mr Michael Bailey - Breaking the Loop: the need for Experts | Ms Victoria Bartness - Revitalizing Indigenous Languages |
| Dr Sabrina Girletti - Rates, pricing methods and income satisfaction | Prof. Jorge Díaz Reyes - La subtitulación para sordos | Ms Sara Robertson - Transforming the profession | WIPO speaker from the Traditional Knowledge/Indigenous Languages Division |
| Mr Lloyd Bingham - More than meets the AI | Dr Chelo Vargas Sierra - TerminologIA para la salud femenina. Procesos e innovaciones para una comunicación médica libre de estigmas | Ms Liese Katschinka - A Standard for Legal Interpreters | Ms Wendy Barrow - Mapping South African voices |
| Ms Claudia Benetello - Ignoring the machine, creating added value | Ms Ke Xiao - Viabilidad de la Traducción con IA en Emergencias en Desastres Naturales: la DANA como ejemplo | Prof Victoria Lei - Neural Insights: Unveiling Shadowing's Impact | PANEL ON INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES |
| Ms Antonia Baumann - Curiosity and the translator | Mme Oriane Chevalier - Un Extrême-Orient façonné par la machine théâtrale | Prof Kilian Seeber - Using Automated Speech Recognition | PANEL ON INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES |
| Mr Jun Qin - Research on the modulation of translation phases | Mr Martin Barrere (AIIC) -Propiedad intelectual e interpretación | PANEL ON AVT | Ms Li Xiong - Eco-AI Multilevel Indirect Translation Chain Based on Yin-Yang and Eight-Diagram Eco-Translatology Model |
| Dr Chaoyuan Li - The role of expert feedback in AI age- Lessons from terminology collaboration at WIPO Pearl | Dr Tiago Nogueira - Interpretación de conferencias. Sign language TBC | PANEL ON AVT | Dr Ndivhuwo Sundani - Preservation and Survival of Indigenous Languages of South Africa |
| FIT Awards Ceremony and Cocktail Reception | |||
Day 2
Friday, 5 September 2025
| MAIN HALL | HALL A | HALL B | HALL C |
| Welcome Day 2 | |||
| Keynote Speaker: Anton Hur - Literary Translation | |||
| Secondary Keynote Speaker: Dorothea Baur - AI | |||
| INTERPRETED | |||
| WIPO - AI speech to text, from WIPO’s Advanced Technology Applications Centre | Dr Pascale Elbaz - Peut-on post-éditer la pensée esthétique chinoise ? | Ms Maria Isabel Gómez Porchini & Ms Maria Guadalupe Gómez Porchini - Double whammy! AI and changing legislation | Prof Liya Mo and Prof Lidian Zhang - A Study on Chinese-English Translation of Plant Names TBC |
| Ms Norma Kessler -Challenges for a T/I professional association in the age of AI | Dr Tianhe Niu - Evaluación del desempeño de IA en la traducción entre chino y español | Prof Mehmet Şahin - Competing with machines | Ms Valeria Cervetti -Translating audiovisual creative content |
| Mr Guillaume Deneufbourg - Journalists as translators: do political statements get lost in the press? | Dr Bente Christensen - La traduction littéraire – production mécanique ou création artistique? | PANEL ON TRANSLATION | Ms Mancy Shaw - Transcending the barriers: technology solutions for sign language TBC |
| Prof Caroline Lehr - Innovation, consulting, strategy and leadership | Ms AngieTapia Díaz - Liderazgo en Tiempos de Cambio: Cómo Gestionar Equipos en un Contexto de Transformación Digital | Prof Bart Defranq - Trends and Challenges in Translation and Interpreting Education CIUTI | Dr Hu Gang - Aesthetic Innovation and Alternative Historical Narrative TBC |
| Dr Aurélien Riondel - Use and perception of Machine Translation in 2025 | Mr Victor Sajoza Juric - Traducción jurídica y pública TBC | Prof Yang Li - Stance-taking Lexical Bundles in Interpreted Diplomatic Discourse | Dr Feng Cui - Translation and Politics in a Transitional Period TBC |
| Mr Bashar Soulyman - Globalization and Artificial Intelligence TBC | Dr Aleksandra Jackiewicz - El traductor de poesía ante la crisis migratoria. | Dr Uldis Ozolins - Interpreting: what can and cannot be taught by Zoom | |
| WIPO - a speaker from the Copyright Law Division | Dr Ioana Cornea - Análisis de la terminología jurídica en la traducción al maya de la Constitución de México TBC | Mr Hao Sheng - Long Tails versus Niches: How can the Interpreting Industry and Interpreters Survive the GenAI Age? TBC | Ms Xiaoyi Li - Ripples of Sentiment: Reception Sentiment of Live-Streaming Event Interpreting TBC |
| TRANSLATION, INTERPRETING AND TERMINOLOGY AT WIPO -PANEL | Prof Jean-Claude Miroir - Grands modèles de langage et traduction neuronale TBC | Ms Luyao Wan - Translating as Co-authoring: Model of Collaboration in Translator Decision-making | Prof Linan Tian - Legal Translation Competence in Intellectual Property TBC |
| TRANSLATION, INTERPRETING AND TERMINOLOGY AT WIPO -PANEL | Prof Defeng Li - Eyes on Notes: Exploring Transferable Skills TBC | ||
Day 3
Saturday, 6 September 2025
| MAIN HALL | HALL A | HALL B | HALL C |
| Welcome Day 3 | |||
| Keynote Speaker: TBC | |||
| Secondary Keynote Speaker: TBC | |||
| INTERPRETED | |||
| PANEL ON AI | Prof Carmen Valero Garces - Mujeres migrantes y aprendizaje horizontal | Dr Sevita Caseres - Subtitling practices and technology | |
| PANEL ON AI | Prof Rafael Guzman Tirado - A propos des techniques de traduction de l'humour (lavr et sasha, salut!) TBC | Prof Ke Xu - Automatic Evaluation of Consecutive Interpreting | Prof Lihua Jiang - The Emphatic Equivalence in Precise Translation |
| Ms Urzula Srebrowska - The Interpreting Profession and Norwegian Public Digitalisation | Ms Annabelle Latella - Règlement (UE) 2024/1689 et protection efficace contre les effets TBC | Mr Xingchi Ma - Analysis of Translation Quality Based on Machine Translation TBC | |
| Ms Qian Wang - Equivalence in Machine-Translated Literary Texts | Dr Laurence Jay-Rayon Ibrahim Aibo - Agentivité et compétence traductive dans un horizon «intelligent» | PANEL ON LITERARY TRANSLATION | |
| Dr Shanshan Yang - From Challenges to Solutions: Impact of ASR and Translation Apps on Medical Interpreting of Novices TBC | Mr Ernesto Zavala Alvarez - El desafio de las certificaciones nacionales TBC | PANEL ON LITERARY TRANSLATION | |
| Presentation of the new Council and Closing Ceremony | |||