FINAL CONFERENCE CO-Minor-IN/QUEST Antwerp, 13-14 November 2014

Faculty of Arts
Campus Antwerpen
Sint-Andriesstraat 2
B-2000 Antwerpen
FINAL CONFERENCE
CO-Minor-IN/QUEST
(JUST/2011/JPEN/AG/2961)
‘Children and justice: overcoming language barriers’
Antwerp, 13-14 November 2014
Programme
Thursday 13th November 2014
0900
Registration
0930
Welcome and opening by Prof. Dr. Frieda Steurs (Dean of Campus Sint-Andries Antwerp)
1000
Background and context
Bärbel Heinkelmann (European Commission, DG Justice)
1030
Current practice in child interviewing: the legal perspective
Raffaella Pregliasco (Honorary Judge)
1100
1130
Coffee
Current practice in child interviewing: the psychologist’s perspective
David LaRooy (forensic psychologist)
1200
Current practice in child interviewing: the interpreting perspective
Maryam Mojab (spoken language interpreter)
Catherine King (sign language interpreter)
1230
Q&A session
1300
1430
Lunch + coffee
Current practice: survey findings
Dr. Katalin Balogh
Dr. Heidi Salaets
1530
Panel discussion
Focus on children with special needs: main challenges and possible solutions
- Panel members:
 Christian Denoyelle (youth judge)
 Hans De Wiest (chief inspector at the behavioural science department of the
Belgian federal police)
 Eva Kerpel (international family mediator)
 Catherine King (sign language interpreter)
1700
Q&A session
1730
1900
End of day 1
Conference dinner
at Huis De Colvenier (Sint-Antoniusstraat 8, Antwerp)
Faculty of Arts
Campus Antwerpen
Sint-Andriesstraat 2
B-2000 Antwerpen
Friday 14th November 2014
0900
Role and position of the interpreter
Dr. Ursula Böser and Dr. Christine Wilson
0930
(De)briefing and support
Dr. Amalia Amato and Prof. Gabi Mack
1000
Interpreting techniques
Lucie Solem
1030
Coffee
1100
Joint training
Dr. Christiane Driesen, Eric Van der Mussele, Dr. György Virág
1130
Final remarks and general recommendations
by Dr. Erik Hertog
1200
End of day 2
With financial support from the Criminal Justice Programme
of the European Commission DG Justice