08:00 EDT

Welcome

08:10 - 09:10  EDT

Using Plain Language to protect the rights of vulnerable populations 

Live Conversation

• Robert de Rooy, Attorney, Creative Contracts, South Africa

• Logan Myles Stacer, Founder, HE[ART]LAND, USA

09:10 - 09:30  EDT

Review of related speaker videos

• Catherine Buckie, Denise Smith, Canada

• Chantale Audet, Canada

• Mark Biss, Australia

• Hugo Sousa, Jose Luis Diaz, Portugal

10:00 -10:45  EDT

The International Plain Language Standards 

Live Conversation

• Laurent Romary, Senior Researcher, Inria; ISO Committee Chair, TC37, France

• Christopher Balmford, Convenor, Plain Language Standards TC37, WG 11, Australia

• Vera Gergely, WG 11, Hungary​

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10:45 -11:00  EDT

Review of related speaker videos

• Machiko Asai, Japan

• Andreas Baumert, Germany

• Vera Gergely, Hungary

• David Lipscomb, USA

• Susan Kleimann, USA

• Torunn Reksten, Norway

• Angelika Vaasa, Luxembourg

11:15 -11:50  EDT

An International Panel: A Country’s Plain Language Story

Live Conversation

• Katrin Hallik, Estonia

• Margrethe Kvarenes, Norway

• Ingrid Olsson, Sweden

11:50 -12:00  EDT

Review of related speaker videos

• Katrin Hallik, Estonia

• Margrethe Kvarenes, Torunn Reksten, Norway

• Ingrid Olsson, Gabriella Sandström, Karin Hansson, Sweden

12:00 - 12:15  EDT

Wrap-up and preview of day three

• Barbra Kingsley, Host