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Conference in Media Growth Sector Moved to September 2021
With Covid-19 cases resurging around the world, organisers have announced the postponement of one of Europe’s leading events on language transfer in audiovisual media. The conference, ‘Languages & the Media,’ which is an important biennial get-together for the content localisation industry, was scheduled to take place in June. It was then postponed to December because ...
October 19, 2020
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Covid-19 “an opportunity” say African Educators in Major New Survey
 Fifty per cent of surveyed African teachers, trainers and education technology specialists think the Covid-19 pandemic will turn out to be a “significant” or “very significant” opportunity for African education. The results of a survey, released today by eLearning Africa and EdTech Hub, show that many African educators are opportunistic about the future. They believe ...
September 17, 2020
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Covid-19: ‘Languages & the Media’ Postponed
As the events sector begins to feel the impact of the COVID-19 virus, the organisers of Europe’s most renowned conference on audiovisual localisation have announced the postponement of ‘Languages & the Media.’ The conference, which was scheduled to take place in June, will now be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin from December 14 ...
March 17, 2020
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eLearning Africa: Advancing from Abidjan
eLearning Africa shows the world “what an exciting, innovative continent Africa is” say the organisers of Africa’s leading conference on technology assisted learning and training, eLearning Africa. This year’s eLearning Africa, which took place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from 23 -27 October and focussed on “the keys to the future: learnability and employability” was a ...
November 19, 2019
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Africa Gets Sneak Preview of Germany’s New Learning Platform
Participants at Africa’s top education and technology conference have been given a sneak preview of an innovative eLearning platform, which is set to be launched as part of the German Government’s digital strategy. At a special event at eLearning Africa, the continent’s leading conference on learning and technology, which was held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire ...
October 29, 2019
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Riding the Wave at Languages & the Media 2020
The 13th edition of Languages & the Media will take place in Berlin, Germany from June 8 – 10, 2020 under the theme “Riding the Wave”. The conference will once again bring together leading experts and key players from the industry and the most prominent researchers and academics in the field of AVT for a ...
September 29, 2019
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STUDYWORLD exhibition series acquired by SCOPE Messestrategie GmbH
SCOPE Messestrategie GmbH is the event organiser of studyworld, Germany’s leading event specialising in academic education in national and international contexts. The event targets young adults who can gain information on studying, further education and international exchanges from a vast array of exhibitors from across the globe.
September 13, 2018
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InDialog Conference series acquired by ENPSIT
Interpreter Practice, Research and Training: the Impact of Context InDialog 3 will be held in Antwerp on 21-22 November 2019 and hosted jointly by the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven Antwerp campus. Continuing the initiative of the past two conferences in the series, InDialog 3 will deal with dialogue interpreting in its many forms. ...
June 9, 2018
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Revolution Opening “Big Commercial Opportunities” for Audiovisual Media through Localisation
The importance of languages in shaping the audiovisual media industry’s future is set to be a hot topic for discussion in Berlin – Europe’s new media hub – later this year. And it is a topic which has already generated an “unprecedented” level of interest among industry experts and media firms keen to win new ...
April 12, 2018
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Languages and the Media: Audiovisual World Facing “Huge” Change In New Revolution
A “fourth industrial revolution” is going to transform the way we use languages in the media, according to the organisers of a leading European conference of experts. Rebecca Stromeyer, Chief Executive of ICWE GmbH, the Berlin-based company, which is organising ‘Languages and the Media,’ set to take place in the German capital in October, says ...
February 5, 2018
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ICWE was in charge of implementing the communication strategy by developing strong, sustainable and reliable connections with key media and journalists throughout Europe. ICWE was also responsible for organising a Journalists’ Conference … The team of ICWE GmbH has delivered all its services to our full satisfaction in a very motivated and highly professional way.

Ralf Jacob | Head of Unit – European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion