Conference videos

Opening session
	Chair: Ursula Newby, ECML Governing Board Member, Austria Franz Majcen, First President of the Styrian Parliament Setting the scene: Hanspeter Huber, Director General for International Affairs, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Women’s Affairs Pierre Mairesse, Director, European Commission, DG, Education and Culture Snežana Samardžić -Marković, Director General of Democracy of the Council of Europe- Speech
Input lecture
	Chair: Sarah Breslin, Executive Director, European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) Henry Widdowson, Hon. Professor, University of Vienna, Emeritus Professor, University of London - PowerPoint Presentation - Speech *“Rethinking language education: a challenge to tradition”*
Expert panel
	Expert Panel Burning Issues in language education Chair: Irena Mašková, Chair of the Governing Board, ECML Peter Brown, Founder Chair EAQUALS (Evaluation & Accreditation of Quality in Language Services) Jutta Gehrig, Director Goethe-Institut, Budapest, representing EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) Paula Mattila, ECML Governing Board Member, Finland
Townhall meeting
	Moderator: Mirjam Unger
Film 1: Learning spaces and learner autonomy

Discussion on film 1
	Frank Heyworth, ECML Programme Consultant Josef Huber, Programme Pestalozzi, COE, Strasbourg Ulrike Tischler, Architect
Film 2: Using technology in the classroom

Discussion on film 2
	Işil Boy, Université Technique Yildiz, Istanbul Sercan Akpolat, Technical University Graz Isabelle Ortiz, Freie Universität Berlin - Zentraleinrichtung Sprachenzentrum Jutta Pauschenwein, Université des Sciences Appliquées Joanneum, Graz
Film 3: Plurilingual education

Discussion on film 3
	Richard Clément, Institute of Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI), University of Ottawa Susanna Slivensky, Deputy Director, Head of the Programme, ECML Waldemar Martyniuk, Director, Language Centre, Jagiellonian University, Kraców
“Language competences for 21st century – voices from society” (with discussion)
	Moderator: Terry Lamb Participants: Martina Grötschnig, Head of Society and Generations, Department of Society and Diversity, Regional Government of Styria Bernhard Posch, Head of AVL Academy Lea Renoldner, Representative, European Youth Forum Johannes Theiner, former President of EPA
Developing and supporting language competences in the 21st century
	Chair: Eva Engdell, ECML Governing Board member, Sweden Moderator: Sarah Breslin, European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) Sjur Bergan, Head of the Education Department, Directorate of Democratic Citizenship and Participation - Speech - Speech Robert Zinkanell, Graz City Council Xavier North, Délégué General, French Ministry of Culture Bernd Rüschoff, Vice-President of International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), representing the ECML Professional Network Forum
Concluding remarks
	Terry Lamb, Moderator Mukhtar Mammadov, Head of study abroad and international students’ affairs unit, Ministry of Education, Azerbaijan Irena Mašková, Chair of the Governing Board, ECML Muriel Warga - Fallenböck, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Women’s Affairs