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Annual conference
CILT organises an annual conference addressing the language and intercultural skills issues in business and employment.
The Conference aims to bring together key stakeholders such as Regional Development Agencies, representatives of UKTI, Chambers of Commerce, small business, CBI, IOD, TUC, employers and employee representatives, Sector Skills Councils, the Learning and Skills Council, Government Offices, the DfES and FE colleges and other work-based learning providers.
Annual Conference 2006Language skills make business sense: The importance of language and intercultural skills for UK business success The conference, which took place on 12 December 2006 at Cranfield Management Development Centre in Bedford,discussed how language and intercultural skills must be an essential component of theUK Skills agenda to address the needs of employers involved in international business and those managing a multicultural workforce in the UK. |
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Keynote speakers from the government, the SSDA, Astrazeneca, a major international company, ELAN, a European project and the Sector Skills Councils CITB-ConstructionSkills and Goskills presented a range of perspectives on the need for languages and intercultural skills.
The conference was sponsored by the Skills for Business Network and the Language Skills Alliance, a strategic partnership between CILT, the National Centre for Languages and GoSkills, supported by the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA).
The event showcased exciting initiatives developed by the National and Regional Language Networks, which embed language and intercultural skills in a range of sectors: passenger transport, retail, food and drink, land-based, hospitality, travel and tourism, clothing and footwear.
- Read the conference report (available soon)
- Download the presentations below:
- Beverly Salt, Vice President of Strategic Planning, AstraZeneca
The internatinal business needs for languages: The perspective of a UK-based, multinational company - Sheila Hoile MBE, Director of Skills Strategy, CITB-ConstructionSkills
The importance of acquiring language and intercultural skilss in multicultural UK - Professor Stephen Hagen, Director, Centre for Research, Innovation and Graduate Studies, University of the West of England
Mapping foreign language skills across 2000+ European businesses: Where are the strengths and weaknesses? - Vicki Ball, Director of Workforce Development, GoSkills
Where next? How Sector Skills Councils and stakeholders can build on existing good practice
- Watch the interview 'Language skills for a globalised economy' with Phil Hope, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills and Isabella Moore, Director, CILT, the National Centre for Languages
Annual Conference 2005
Languages for Competitive Advantage: UK business in an international context
Conference report and speeches
This conference took place on 12 December 2005 at Cranfield Management Development Centre in Bedford. CILT, the National Centre for Languages set out the latest evidence making the economic case for languages, launched the Talking Sense report and informed stakeholders, sponsors and providers of future plans based on the recommendations contained in the report.
Sir Trevor McDonald, OBE, patron of CILT, spoke at the event and was presented with his Comenius Fellowship, awarded for outstanding service in the field of languages.
- Read the conference report (38KB, pdf)
- Read the transcript of Sir Trevor McDonald's speech (30KB, pdf)
- Read the transcript of the German Ambassador, Thomas Matussek's video message (19 KB, pdf)
Regional events
To find out about possible events local to you, contact your nearest Regional Language Network.
