The ShowCase conferences are organised by the exam class of the Heidelberg University postgraduate MA-programme in Conference Interpreting. They demonstrate the skill level achieved by modern training methods. Instant transfer into, out of and between nine floor languages is achieved: German, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, Japanese, Russian and, a first: Chinese.

For this year’s conference, international researchers will be presenting a host of different methodological approaches to cover the wide gamut of their fields of expertise. The Motto is WISSEN.SCHAF(F)T.Fortschritt (academic rigour creates progress).

This collaboration between faculty, students, alumni and seasoned professionals is a demonstration of how applied research directly translates into skilled interpreting in the modern booth: Computer Assisted Interpreting tools will be taken to the test in a real-life conference setting.