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