Rafael Adam and Javier Ortiz, ¡mucho gusto! We (Adam & Ortiz Conference Interpreters or @AdamOrtiz_terps)are based in Munich and work in German, Spanish and English.

Last year we decided to start our own company. We wanted to take a different approach to the market and it had become clear to us that we worked well together. We share a mutual love of the field, but beyond that our interests differ: el Spaniard likes analysis and accounting, whilst ze German tends toward marketing and technical issues. With this logic, we threw ourselves into it. The original idea of “let’s present ourselves to potential clients as a team” quickly evolved into “if we are going to do this, let’s do it right”. Now we think we’re sorted: the website, the business plan and late nights at the office. It has been the best decision since we made our respective career choices.

We’re excited about this year’s theme – we are new, we are young, and we want to generate a lot of work. Initially, only Rafael was planning to attend since the main part of our concept is to share efforts (and expenses), but Javier was so excited about the programme that he couldn’t say no. On top of that, this is a great occasion for him to return to Newcastle for the first time since his studies back in 2004.

We are looking forward to seeing a few friends and colleagues again, but more so to getting to know new people. So if you see us standing around looking impressed, talk to us!