About the Colloquium
There are many differences between social media and more conventional media with regard to the challenges they pose to regulators and the legal system in general. Social media tools rely on the mutual engagement of both social media firms and the consumers of social media, while more traditional forms of media are usually one-directional. This creates possibly new problems that may emerge out of this new world of social media and how the law can react in order to address the issues.
The seminar will include two separate talks on corporate governance and sustainable practices and issues within the German automotive and global airline industries.
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Talk 1: The Role of the Supervisory Board in German Corporate Governance (the Example of Volkswagen AG)
Dr. Cornelia Scott, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences.
A workshop on revision and quality assurance in translation.
It examines the European Quality Assurance Standard EN 15038 and International Quality Assurance Standard ASTM/F 2575 and trains participants to apply them in (1) self-revision, (2) comparative (bilingual) revision, and (3) unilingual (monolingual) revision through practical group-work sessions, in order to enhance their revision and quality control skills.
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Workshop Leader: Dr. Ahmed Alaoui, Head of Translation and Training Center
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Workshop Fee: QAR 1,500
A workshop for developing translation skills in a wide range of disciplines, including general, legal and business translation.
The workshop caters to the participants’ various skill levels. Through in-house activities, participants will earn first-hand experience in translation with various exercises that are conducted in a professional setting.
Workshop Leader: Sayed Mohamed, Senior Translation Specialist
Workshop Fees: QAR 1,500
HBKU will be participating in this year's Discover Education City, an EC-wide initiative that will involve nine prominent universities to showcase their academic offerings. Representatives from each university will be available to address questions and comments by the attendees.
The event is open to high school students, recent college graduates, and working professionals from all sectors in Qatar.
October 10 and 11
First Day: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Second Day: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
The Translation and Interpreting Institute's Language Center is offering several courses in Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Languages are taught within a cultural context and are offered for personal enrichment or professional purposes.
The courses generally focus on four aspects of language learning, which are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Special focus will also be on conversational aspects.
All instructors are either native speakers or have achieved near-native fluency in the languages they specialize in.
