This is the latest list of speakers and panelists for ITI Conference 2015. Please come back and/or follow us on Twitter as keynote speakers, special guests and the full programme will be announced in the weeks leading to the opening of full registration. Pre-conference masterclasses

• Stefan Gentz (Germany), Owner of German consultancy Tracom
• Marek Pawelec (Poland), Translator and trainer
• Ros Schwartz (UK), Literary translator and owner of Ros Schwartz Translations Limited

Special guests

• Ann Cleeves, crime fiction author
• The Hon James Ramsbotham DL, CEO, North East Chamber of Commerce
• Lesley Batchelor OBE, Director General, Institute of Export & International Trade
• Ted Salmon, Chairman, Regional North East FSB

Keynote speakers

• Jonny Mitchell, Heateacher, Thornhill Community Academy (Friday)
• Saturday keynote is a surprise!

Main conference speakers

• Siegfried Armbruster (Germany), Owner of GxP Language Services
• Percy Balemans (The Netherlands), Freelance translator & transcreator
• Sabine Braun (UK), Director of the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Surrey
• Lone Beheshty (UK), Freelance translator and certified TEnT trainer
• Gabriela Bocanete (UK), Conference Interpreter & Interpreting Tutor; Business & Wellbeing Coach, Yoga Teacher
• Ann Brooks (UK), ITI Professional Development Officer
• William Cassemiro (Brazil), Technical translator
• Gwen Clayton (UK), ITI Professional Conduct Committee
• Anne Diamantidis (Germany), Translator, Translation industry speaker & trainer
• Marian Dougan, Freelance translator and blogger
• Chris Durban (France), Freelance translator
• Maha El-Metwally, Translator and Conference Interpreter
• Andy Evans (Luxembourg), ITI Professional Conduct Committee
• John Evans (Luxembourg), Staff translator with the Directorate-General for Translation
• Nelia Fahloun (France), Freelance translator
• Alexander Gansmeier (Germany), Conference interpreter
• Stefan Gentz (Germany), Owner of German consultancy Tracom
• Sarah Griffin-Mason (UK), Translator, Editor and Part-time lecturer at Portsmouth University
• Kirsty Heimerl-Moggan (UK), International Conference, Business and Legal Interpreter
• Alison Hughes (UK), Freelance translator
• Cécile Joffrin (France), Medical Translator
• Sue Leschen (UK), ITI Professional Conduct Committee
• Alessandra Martelli (Italy), Freelance Translator and Copywriter
• Andrew Morris (France), Translator, Blogger, Owner of Morristraduction
• Marek Pawelec (Poland), Translator and Trainer
• Nick Rosenthal (UK), Translator, Owner of Salford Translations Ltd
• Kim Sanderson (UK), Freelance Translator
• Karen Seago (UK), Programme Director MA in Translating Popular Culture, City University
• Peter V. S. Smith (Switzerland), WIPO
• Judith Townsley (UK), Freelance translator

Panelists

• Cate Avery (UK), Freelance translator
• Svetlana Carsten (UK), Honorary Fellow in Translation Studies at the University of Leeds
• Ann Davis (UK), BSL/English interpreter
• Jayne Graham (UK), Founder of Colleagues on Tap
• Catriona Howard (UK),  Lecturer in Interpreting at the University of Manchester, Conference interpreter.
• John Keep (UK), Founder of the Newcastle Jelly coworking group
• Catherine King (UK), Interpreter and Interpreter Trainer
• Doug Lawrence (UK), International Business Consultant
• Terence Lewis (UK), Translator, Lexicographer and Developer of machine translation tools
• Rita McDade (UK), Interpreting trainer
• Emma Paulay (France), Freelance translator
• Begoña Rodriguez (UK), MA Translation Studies Course Leader at the University of Portsmouth
• Myriam Salama-Carr (UK), Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester Ros Schwartz (UK), Literary translator and owner of Ros Schwartz Translations Limited
• Fiona Stewart (UK), Specialist in Community Learning & Development
• Martin Underhill (UK), temper temper Web Design

Online Marketing Clinics

• Anne Diamantidis (Germany), Medical translator, Internet marketing & SEO trainer
• Anna Lycett (UK), Freelance translator, in-house SEO specialist