Monday, October 12, 2015
Hinckley Center, East Conference Room, 103-5
SESSION 1 9:00-9:45 Introductory Statements Brent Webb, Academic Vice President, BYU Scott Miller, Dean, College of Humanities, BYU David Waddell, Assistant Dean, College of Humanities, BYU 9:45-10:45 Plenary Phil Gardner, Director, Collegiate Employment Research Institute, Michigan State U. Translating Global Professional Competencies: The View from Industry 10:45-11:00 Break SESSION 2 11:00-12:30 Defining Global Competencies Moderator: Cory Leonard, Kennedy Center, BYU
12:30-1:30 Lunch SESSION 3 1:30-3:00 Value in the workplace Moderator: Wade Jacoby, Center for the Study of Europe, BYU
Break: 3:15-3:30 SESSION 4 3:30-4:30 Plenary Hans Fenstermacher, Consultant, Cekai & Rosetta Foundation In Search of Homo Linguisticus: Does the language industry need a new kind of worker? |
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Hinckley Center, East Conference Room, 103-5
SESSION 4 9:00-10:30 Professional Competency Development Moderator: Danny Damron, BYU College of Humanities
10:30-10:45 Break SESSION 5 10:45-12:15 Competency Assessment Moderator: Tony Brown, Department of German and Russian, BYU
12:30-1:30 Lunch 1:30-2:30 Key note Dick Brecht, Co-Director, American Councils for International Education Research Center Language AND Educational Achievement, Personal Development & Employment: Logic Model, Evidence & Action SESSION 6 2:30-4:00 Open Session Moderator: Scott Sprenger, Provost, The American University of Paris The Future of Global Professional Competencies in the Humanities |