Call for Participation

The First Annual Debate!

We are heralding a new tradition, in lieu of the customary opening lecture.

Do today's translators need to incorporate machine translation as part of the work process?

There will be a moderator plus two speakers in favor of the above proposal and two against it. We shall conduct a poll before and after the debate, in order to gauge changes in opinion following the discussion.

See examples of this in the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/user/iqsquared/videos

The debate is open to everyone, not just ITA members. We're sure that many of you have opinions on this matter, and, being language professionals, can express them clearly. So we're inviting you to participate as debaters (or moderator). 
If you want to come and be one of the debaters, or a moderator, please send email to chair@ita.org.il, specify whether you wish to speak for, against, or moderate ("from the UN")
Any participant may speak in English or Hebrew, regardless of the languages the other participants choose.

Schedule:

17:00–17:50: Registration

17:50-18:00: Opening the AGM and adjournment until 19:50

18:00-18:50: Debate

18:50-19:50: Dinner

19:50-21:00: AGM