2014 Bruges, Belgium: Forging Effective Partnerships to Optimize Operational Success

Monday, 5 May 2014

• Opening Briefing - Chairman
• Standards and Tests in the Military Domain: The Arbitrary, the Absolute, and the Achievables - Fulcher (UK)
• The Importance of a Common Language in the European Exchange Programme for Young Military Officers (AKA Military ERASMUS) - Dubois (Belgium)
• Sharing the Burden: Pitfalls and Opportunities of Bilateral Collaboration - Seinhorst/van den Heede (Netherlands/Belgium)

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

• ACTFL Testing Partnership: Making a Difference - Swender (ACTFL)
• The Jointly Developed English BAT as a Multi-Stage, Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) - Clifford (ACTFL)
• Partnerships and Collaboration in Language Training at the Swedish National Defence College - Henly (Sweden)
• Cooperation between PAFA and Eurocontrol as an Example of a Partnership in Language Teaching/Testing - Burda (Poland)
• A Critical Look at Interdisciplinary Partnerships in Danish Army Language Training - Wood Hansen (Denmark)
• Captivate and Connect: Forging Effective Partnerships through Military English - Curtis (Australia)
• Towards a Common Goal-a Collaborative Effort to Compile a Mobile Dictionary of Military Terms - Sirkel (Estonia)

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

• Partnering for Faculty Development - Garza/Zupanec (BILC/Slovenia)
• Collaborative Arrangements between Military and Civilian Institutions - Abdoullah (Mauritania)
• Capability Building through Global Partnerships - Moore (USA)
• Language Training and Testing Structures in the French Armed Forcess - Trigodet/Mourey (France)
• English training in the French Air Force - Mourey (France)
• Professional Development Courses at the FL Research Center Under the Wing of PDP - Pogorelska/Zhuravel (Ukraine)
• Initial Fumblings of the NORDEFCO Joint Venture English Language Testing - Worm Marshall/Skilleäs (Denmark)
• Coordinating and Conducting Military Terminology Courses - Vapenik (Czech Republic)

Thursday, 8 May 2014

• Advantages and Disadvantages of Contracting Language Training/Testing Services - Parreira (Portugal)
• Collaborative Efforts in Language Training and Testing - Pânzaru (Moldova)
• UK Language Training, the New Look - Adamson (UK)
• Partnerships in Language Training, Terminology, Translation and Interpretation - Ernst (Austria)

•  Study Group #1
•  Study Group #2
•  Study Group #3
•  Study Group #4

• STANAG Testing Workshop 2014 - Reichenau, Austria - Ernst (Austria)
• Work Shop: Translation and Interpretation
• BILC Professional Seminar 2014 - Ellwangen, Germany
• BILC Conference 2015 - Madrid, Spain
• Closing Remarks - Chairman