25. October 2024 | tekom Romania

tekom Romania 15th Anniversary Conference: Technical Communication as enabler for business, development and education

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Technical Communication as enabler for business, development and education

tekom Romania 15th Anniversary Conference

in cooperation with the Department of Applied Modern Languages, Faculty of Letters, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
and the Department of Communication in Modern Languages, Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages (FILS), National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest

sponsored by RebelDot

AGENDA

9:00 - 9:30 Registration & refreshments
9:30 - 10:00 Welcome speeches:

• Voichiţa Alexandra GHENGHEA (tekom.ro delegate);
• Andreea SĂRMAŞIU (Department of Applied Modern Languages, Faculty of Letters, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)

MORNING SESSION
10:00 - 10:30 Content built for humans and AI – a comparison

• Melania DUMA, Senior Technical Writer @RWS
• Sonia PAVLENKO, Technical Writer @Ascom

10:30 - 11:00 The docs-as-code approach at Snyk

• Andreea LUCA, Technical Writer @Snyk
• Veronica CERNEA, Technical Writer @Snyk

11:00 - 11:30 Classification of AI Tools for Technical Writing

• Monica CHIŞ, Freelancer Software IT Consultant and Trainer

11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break and networking
12:00 - 12:30 The Art of Impact: Presentation Form vs. Effects

• Andreea PELEA, Technical Writer @Ascom

12:30 - 13:00 You are using videos in your documentation, right? Right?!?!

• Radu BĂZĂVAN, Technical Trainer @Ascom

13:00 -14:30 Lunch Break and networking

AFTERNOON SESSION

14:30 - 15:00 How to effectively communicate technical content – a hands-on tutorial with examples

• Rodica BUGA, Senior Technical Writer @VIAVI Solutions

15:00 - 15:30 Implementing Proven Standards and Game-Changing Strategies in Technical Writing Education: The Istanbul 29 Mayıs University Case

• Işın ÖNER, Prof. Dr. @İstanbul 29 Mayıs University

15:30 - 16:00 Applied Modern Languages as Language for Market Access: Building the Bridge between Academia and Translation Industry

• Andreea SĂRMAȘIU, Asist. Dr. @ Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break and networking

Developing study programs for Technical Communication:

16:30 - 17:00 Academic Competence Framework for Technical Communication -TecCOMFrame Project (Erasmus+)

• Voichiţa Alexandra GHENGHEA, Assoc. Prof. Dr. @Department of Communication in Modern Languages, Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages (FILS), National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest;
• Sissi CLOSS, Professor of Information and Media Technology @Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences

17:00 – 17:30 Master of Communication and Media, a new Master program at Pwani University (Kenya)

• Sissi CLOSS, Professor of Information and Media Technology @Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences

18:00 - 18:30 Conclusions and Closing of the event

Further information on the individual sessions can be found in the flyer below under 'Documents'.