MORNING SESSION

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10:00 Opening remarks, Ms. Ana Popova Manasievska, MATA President  

PART 1: On the road to the EU 

10:15 – 10:30 Mr. Nikola Dimitrov, Vice President of the Government of North Macedonia, Secretariat for European Affairs

10:30 – 10:45 Ambassador David Geer, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to North Macedonia 

10:45 – 11:45 Ms. Merit Ene Ilja, Director in DG Translation, European Commission, Brussels  
“Translating for the EU”

Break

11:45 - 12:15 Mr. Javier Hernandez Saseta, Head of the Unit “Multilingualism and Knowledge Development, DG Interpretation, European Commission, Brussels "Conference interpreting for the EU institutions”

12:15 – 12:30 Prof. Dr.  Milan Damjanovski, Head, Master Studies on Conference Interpreting, Faculty of Philology, University “St. Cyril and Methodius” 
“Brief presentation of the Master studies in conference interpreting”

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12:30 – 13:00 Ms. Sladjana Angelova, Head, Unit for Revision and Terminology, Secretariat of European Affairs, Government of NM
“Challenges faced during the preparation process the national version of the European “aquis”

13:00-14:00 DISCUSSION 
(moderator: Lukrecija Maljkovic Atanasovska, PhD, Coordinator, MATA Conference Interpretation Work Group)