TCeurope Colloquium 2011
29 April 2011: Brussels (BE)
The impact of European directives and standards on technical communication
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Admission free - www.tceurope.com
Location
The Colloquium will be held at the CEN-CENELEC meeting centre. Click here for the address and travel directions.
Registration
Click here to register. Note that an error message may appear after you have submitted the form. This does not affect your registration.
Programme
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08:30-09:00 |
Coffee/ tea |
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09:00-09:10 |
Welcome |
Terhi Sipilä |
TCeurope President |
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09:10-09:50 |
EU Regulations and Standards meet Technical Communicators |
Hansrudolf Steinhauer |
Alstom |
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09:50-10:30 |
Machinery Directive |
Ian Fraser |
European Commission |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee/ tea |
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11:00-11:40 |
Producers, Regulators and Users: balancing conflicting demands in medical information |
Karel van der Waarde |
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11:40-12:20 |
The ASD Suite of specifications - The shared approach to technical information |
Svante Ericsson |
Corena |
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12:20-13:50 |
Lunch break |
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13:50-14:30 |
Changing paradigms in technical publishing: Dealing with the European Aeronautical Data Quality Mandate (ADQM) |
Gordon Dennis |
KOALA |
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14:30-15:10 |
Coffee/ tea |
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15:10-15:50 |
Machine Directive: documenting safety without warnings overdose |
Marie Louise Flacke |
CI3M |
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15:50-16:30 |
Standards for information for use needed? |
Paul Hoogerkamp |
Mecid Consultancy |
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16:30-17:00 |
Round table discussion |
all speakers |
More detail
Dinner
If you want to continue the discussion after the formal part of the day is over, join us for dinner at the Aux Armes de Bruxelles restaurant. Check out the restaurant's website, or have a look at the menu (PDF). (Note that the price of dinner is not part of your registration for the Colloquium.)
Recommended hotels
CENELEC has provided us with a PDF containing an overview of hotels that you may wish to consider staying at.
Or, you can use the Lonely Planet guide to hotels in Brussels.
