Udine Minority Language Science Capital
International Conference “Minority Languages and Science Communication” on the occasion of the Decade of the Friulian Science and Technology Society
Scientists from all over Europe gathered on Friday, December 16, 2011 in Udine on the occasion of the International Conference “Minority Languages and Science Communication” organized by the Friulian Science and Technology Society to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its foundation.
The conference, which was held at the R. Gusmani Conference Hall at Antonini Palace, Via Petracco 8, University of Friuli, was attended by representatives of the most important European “stateless languages”, who compared their respective experiences on the use of minority language teaching and professional teaching. technical-scientific.
The conference was attended by Maria Gil, Chief Science Communication Officer of Fundazioa Elhuyar, a private association very active in the field of scientific outreach in the Basque language at all levels, which over the past 40 years has carried out a wide range of entrepreneurial activities in the educational, promotional and publishing sectors in the Basque language.
For Catalonia, Sandra Cuadrado i Campos from the Termcat terminology center and Aureli Argemí from Barcelona’s Ciemen were present, who presented the background report together with Slovenian Bojan Brezigar, Director of the daily Primorski Dnevnik and already Chair of the European Bureau of Minority Pandu Languages.
The conference was attended, in addition, by Dr. Prof Delyth Prys, Head of Language Technologies at Bangor University in Wales Robert Dunbar from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, Anne Dykstra from the Fryske Akademy in Lijouwert in Friesland and Mariannig Le Béchec from the Point BZH association who discussed Breton’s presence in the new tech sector.
The presence of sart and friulian in the university and scientific sectors was finally illustrated by Diego Corraine of the Limba Sarda Society of Nuoro and William Cisilino of the ARLeF of Udine.
International Conference “Minority Languages and Science Communication”
on December 16, 2011
Conference Hall “R. Gusmani” of Antonini Palace
University of Friuli
Program
9.00
Greetings from the Authorities
10.00
Presentation of Conference Proceedings
Marzio Strassoldo
President of SSTeF
10.15
Underlying relationship
University Language Catalan in a European Perspective
Aureli Argemí, Ciemen, Barcelona
Minority languages in European university and scientific contexts
Bojan Brezigar, Chairman of the Parity Committee for the Slovenian Minority, Trieste
11.15
Break
11.30
The Constitution of the “Society”
Franco Fabbro
First Director of the Friulian Journal of Science
12.00
Minorities of Italy – The Status of Language in Science and Technology
Friuli: William Cisilino, Director of the Regional Agency for the Friulian Language, Udine.
Sardinia: Diego Corraine, Secretary of Society for the Sardinian Limba, Nuoro.
13.00
Buffet
15.00
Minority Language in Science and Technology
Updates on the situation of host European minorities:
Catalonia: Sandra Cuadrado i Camps, Termcat, Barcelona
Basque Country: Maria Gil, Elhuyar Fundazioa, Usurbil
Frisie: Anne Dykstra, Fryske Akademy, Ljouwerte
16.30
Break
16.45
Minority Language in Science and Technology
Updates on the situation of host European minorities:
Catalonia: Sandra Cuadrado i Camps, Termcat, Barcelona
Basque Country: Maria Gil, Elhuyar Fundazioa, Usurbil
Frisie: Anne Dykstra, Fryske Akademy, Ljouwerte