NHH's Department of Professional and Intercultural Communication hosts a seminar in honour of Professor Anne Kari Bjørge.
| Thursday 1 September | |
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| 09.30-10.00 | Coffee and mingling |
| 10.00-10.30 |
Welcome Beate Sandvei, Head of Department, Professional and Intercultural Communication & Annelise Ly, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Language in international management Philippe Lecomte, GEM&L, French Research Group on Management & Language |
| 11:00–11:30 |
Relationship between BELF and corporate language over the years Anne Kankaanranta, Aalto University |
| 11:30–12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30–13:00 |
Overt prestige and ‘covert’ practices: An analysis of linguistic choices and language practices in an international company based in Sweden Beyza Björkman Nylén, Stockholm University |
| 13:00–13:30 |
If not English as a lingua franca, then what? Guro R. Sanden, University of Gothenburg |
| 13:30–14:00 |
Lessons from BELF for teaching leadership communication Miya Komori-Glatz, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| 14:00–14:30 | Break |
| 14:30–15:00 |
Expressing disagreement in English as a lingua franca – how does a business context differ from everyday interaction? Kaisa Pietikäinen, NHH |
| 15:00–15:30 |
Openings and closings in workplace emails: How do people navigate without clear standards and clearly prescribed formulae? Kristin Rygg, NHH |
| Friday 2 September | |
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| 09:00–09:30 | Coffee |
| 09:30–10:00 |
How meaning and language structure play a role in cross-cultural communication Marie-Therese Claes, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| 10:00–10:30 |
Language Management in a Multinational Workforce: The Knowledge Worker Perspective revisited. Can standpoint theory offer new insights? Sunniva Whittaker, University of Agder/NHH |
| 10:30–11:00 |
Linguistic glass-ceiling? Highly skilled migrants’ sensemaking of local language proficiency in professional settings in Norway Annelise Ly, NHH |
| 11:00–11:30 | Closing session |
| 11:30–12:30 | Lunch |