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Three reasons why you should arrive on Thursday: pre-conference workshops on Friday 4 September

Learn the ins and outs of memoQ! (9:00–17:00)
Learn how to increase your productivity and professionalism with MemoQ’s user-friendly and intuitive translation environment. 6-hour training aimed at both new and existing memoQ users, **with Kilgray’s founder and CEO, István Lengyel.**

Expert translators’ toolkit (8:30–12:30)
For professional translators who want to make their lives easier and diversify the scope of their services. 4 hours of selective tips and tricks **from expert trainer Sameh Ragab** that will open new horizons and make tedious tasks easy to handle.

Creative writing workshop (14:00–18:00)
This creative writing workshop allows translators to explore their creativity for the benefit of their translation practice using a cooperative, convivial and introspective approach.
**With Michel Ducom, one of the founders of creative writing in France.**

Details: https://www.iapti.org/conferenceFR/workshops/

Registered in France? Contact us at frconference@iapti.org for information on FIF PL reimbursement.

Pre-conference party for #iapti2015: meet the conference photographer, enjoy a delicious buffet dinner, taste and learn about excellent Bordeaux wines and listen to live music – or take the stage yourself!

Buffet dinner: 35€
Buffet dinner plus wine tasting (by Cave d’Antoine): 50€

Book your place here!

Buffet by Qui de la Poule

- Sundried tomatoes crème brûlée with Parmesan

- Savoury financier (almond sponge cake) with walnuts and onion compote

- Scrambled eggs with wakame and sea lettuce

- Salmorejo with chantilly and Bayonne ham

- Basque ewe’s cheese from the Ossau Valley

- Seitan brochette with a sesame glaze

- Beef carpaccio with foraged-basil pesto

- Mini-cannelés

Wine, crémant, beer, cider, fruit juice, mineral water

Tea, coffee

You already know it but it’s worth repeating: IAPTI is your association, it was created by translators and interpreters for translators and interpreters. No agencies are accepted as members and no agencies are accepted as sponsors for our conferences. So just like in prior years, this year too we have thanked those translation agencies that have offered sponsorship but we have rejected their offer. This is OUR conference. It is IAPTI’s mission to promote professional practices, and this mission is reflected in everything we do, including our conferences.

We thank and are proud to have the following sponsors at ‪#‎IAPTI2015‬.

Register for the conference today at http://bit.ly/1FwEG6b and make sure to meet them in person in Bordeaux and see what they have to offer us.

This will be the first professional conference for some attendees. To help you make the most of it, we came up with a conference checklist. If you’re a regular, make sure you’ve got everything covered!

A month before the conference…

Select sessions
Book gala dinner
Check weather conditions
Make sure you have arranged roaming and packed adaptors and/or chargers if travelling from abroad.
Get social! Follow us on Twiter (@iapti) and use the conference hashtag (#iapti2015), and of course join us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/IAPTI).

On the day of the conference

Start the day on a positive note!
Pack a couple of pens, paper, your smartphone and/or tablet, water, phone charger and plenty of business cards
Wear comfortable shoes
Come to the registration desk
Ask volunteers or organisers for help
Exchange business cards
Take photos and email them to frconference@iapti.org after the event
Tweet #iapti2015

The day after
Join us for other social events
Go through all the materials in the conference bags
Visit our sponsors’ websites
After the conference
Answer our feedback questionnaire
Share your comments and opinions
Blog about your experience
Write to people you have met at the conference

Not an IAPTI Member? Consider joining us! The more, the merrier.

We look forward to seeing you in Bordeaux!

We had a great time in London, Buenos Aires, and Athens, didn’t we? Watch this video to remember the good times and to get a chance to win a bottle of Saint-Emilion cru! How? Find yourself in the video, post a comment to tell us where (at what minute, next to whom) and we’ll include your name in the drawing. Good luck!
https://vimeo.com/131426431

If you’ve already done this, participating again will not increase your chances of winning as there’s only one bottle in this drawing. But there will be many more in Bordeaux, so…you know what to do! Register at http://bit.ly/1FwEG6b to join us at ‪#‎iapti2015‬

Did you know that Bordeaux won the title of “European Best Destination 2015″?

“After a fierce competition against 20* giant cities such as London, Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, Bordeaux won the title of “European Best Destination 2015″ with a score never achieved. With 42 396 online votes in favor of Bordeaux out of 244 696 (17%), Bordeaux is in first position in front of Lisbon (37,621 votes) followed by Athens.”

Mark your calendars and start making plans to meet fellow translators and interpreters, share knowledge, network, all the while enjoying this beautiful city!

Are you registered in France?

IAPTI prepared a full documentation to help you ask FIF PL reimbursement. Contact us at frconference@iapti.org for details.