‘BP’ stands for Business & Practice, the two broad areas that define our events.   

Apply with a subject that contains plenty of useful and practical material that members of the audience will be able to implement in their own freelancing business.

Feel free to submit up to 3 different proposals.

Academic and theoretical subjects will not be considered.

Bear in mind that this is an international conference, with attendees of vastly different language pairs and specializations.

A good conference subject should attract at least 40-50 attendees, with 2 other sessions running at the same time.

‘Simultaneous interpreting in the judicial courts of Ruritania‘ may attract only 2 Ruritanian speakers, while ‘Tap into new markets using AI‘ is likely attract a much wider audience, and may be scheduled in the largest conference room.

BP Translation Conferences are unique in the way we select the subjects that make it to the conference programme: The audience is also involved in the process.

All submitted proposals are entered into a survey where the titles and the short abstracts are shown to the voters (but not the names). This way we can identify the most popular subjects… and the least wanted ones. Most often, these ‘least wanted’ ones are niche subjects that are interesting only for a handful of respondents.

Proposals in the middle ground are included in a secod round of vote, this time with names.

We also conduct online interviews to determine what subjects to include in the programme.

We usually inform attendees of the last couple of conferences, and speakers from earlier events.

We’ll also publish the survey on our social media channels.

It’s always a good idea to sign up to our mailing list to receive updates on our events.

All selected speakers receive our guidelines about the presentation format, hints on the slides, using interactive elements, and so on.

Most speakers appreciate this input and recognize the effort we put into putting together the programme.

All selected speakers will attend the conference itself for free.

In case total attendance is at least 200 people, you’ll also get the networking dinners (welcome reception + gala dinner) for free.. (Between 160 and 200 attendees, you’ll get a dicount off the dinners.)

We’ll most probably have an online edition after the main conference.  In this case you’ll be asked to repeat your session online (on Zoom).  For this, you can choose one of the following: (i) a guest at the gala dinner, (ii) attending a pre-conference workshop, or (iii) 100€ credit that you’ll be able to use to buy a ticket for a future BP event

We may have a few sessions in French, even an entire track — if there’s sufficient need.

For now, feel free to submit proposals in French, and we’ll see the demand during the voting phase.

We may have a few sessions in French, even an entire track — if there’s sufficient need.

For now, feel free to submit proposals in French, and we’ll see the demand during the voting phase.