tekom - Europe
27. August 2025 | tekom Danmark

Meet-up: Knowledge exchange for lone writers

Event information | Registration

Are you the only technical writer at your company, or maybe you are only two? Then this meet-up is the right one for you. We will talk about challenges, opportunities and the life of lone technical writers.

You will have the option to share challenges, get input, develop solutions and network with like-minded people.

NB: This event has a limit of 10 seats.

Agenda

  1. Short welcome by tekom Danmark and Hounö
  2. Intro round
  3. Hounö's challenge
  4. Roundtable discussions based on your topics

The event is open to everyone interested in tekom Denmark.

The event language is planned as English.

When you sign up, you agree to us taking pictures during the event and using them in our material.

 

Our host for the day is Mariann Øst. With over 20 years of experience in technical communication, having worked with technical documentation since 2002, Mariann is an experienced Technical Documentation Specialist. Currently she is employed at HOUNÖ, a small Danish company, where she serves as the sole expert responsible for all technical documentation.

HOUNÖ was founded in 1977 by the brothers Svend and Hans Jørgen Houmøller, who built their first combi oven in a garage in Randers, Denmark. Today, HOUNÖ operates out of a 3,200 m² facility in Randers and is recognized globally for its innovation, quality, and elegant Danish design in the combi oven industry. Since 2006, the company has been part of the American Middleby Corporation, a global leader in professional foodservice and food processing equipment.

At HOUNÖ, Mariann creates and maintains a wide range of after-sales documentation including installation manuals, service manuals, user manuals, spare parts catalogues, and mounting instructions. She also coordinates translation projects and manage terminology development in the HOUNÖ terminology database.

Mariann’s background includes previous roles as Technical Writer, Language Advisor, Language Editor, and Translator in large corporate environments, and she holds a certification as a translator and interpreter in French and a bachelor’s degree in English from Aarhus Business School.

Event information

Date of the event
27.08.2025 | 13:00 - 16:00
Event location
Hounö, Alsvej 1, 8940 Randers SV
Speaker
Mariann Øst, Hounö
Documents
Available seats
8
Contact person
Maiken Blok, maiken.blok@gehealthcare.com
Download schedule

Download.ics

Conditions of Participation

With the registration and participation in the event you accept the conditions of participation for country organization events and information on data protection.

Schedule overview

Event Registration

Are you a tekom member or do you have already a user account?

User login

Enter your username and password here in order to log in on the website
Login
Forgot your password?

You don't have a user account for 'my tekom'?

Register for the event using the form. You will receive a registration confirmation by email.

Fill in required fields
Please fill in the fields marked in red and send the form again.

CAPTCHA image for SPAM prevention If you can't read the word, click here.