The PCR section also requests motivated individuals to volunteer as Language Facilitators for the PCR Section’s panels during the Madrid conference. As we are finalizing the panel creation — this year we will have 19 conference panels (10 panels in English and 9 panels that are mixed language panels - English & Spanish) are being built on the basis of their thematic affinity, with the aim of bringing together academics and researchers working on the same issues, irrespective of the language of their presentation.
To achieve this goal and as a courtesy to the audience, we would appreciate bi-lingual speakers in English and Spanish to help us with language facilitation during the conference. As a language facilitator, you would be involved in summarising key points of papers after the presentation and facilitating the discussions between English and Spanish speakers during the interactive parts of the panel. This would be a great opportunity to help your colleagues and stimulate a trans-regional and trans-linguistic dialogue. It would also give you an insight into the work of the PCR Section. In case you are interested in volunteering as a Language Facilitator for the PCR section at the IAMCR 2019, please write an email of interest to Ana Duarte Melo, vice-chair of the PCR Section, at anamelo@ics.uminho.pt, indicating your availability.