KAT and JATPHARMA Joint Fall 2024 Meeting

When: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 19, 2024

Where: Shin-Osaka (エブリグランデ新大阪（大阪府大阪市東淀川区東中島1-19-11）)

The Kansai Area Translators (KAT) group of the Japan Association of Translators (JAT) and JATPHARMA, the pharma special interest group of JAT, will hold an in-person meeting in Osaka on Saturday, October 19. The meeting will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and be followed by a networking banquet in the evening.

In the morning, JAT Director and Vice-President Yukari Watanabe will give a presentation in Japanese on differentiating and marketing your translation services. Then, Rie Moriguchi will discuss her newly released book on pharma translation. A networking lunch and afternoon workshops will follow.

Meeting admission is 3000 yen for JAT members and 3500 yen for non-members. Networking banquet admission is 5500 for JAT members and non-members alike. (You can attend the networking banquet without attending the meeting.) Purchase and bring your own lunch. To attend the meeting, you must purchase a meeting ticket by Thursday, October 17 at 23:30. To attend the networking banquet, you must purchase a networking banquet ticket by Thursday, October 17 at 23:30. Click the plus sign below to register.

Banquet venue: Shungyoshunsai Kiraku Shin-Osaka
APA Hotel 1F, 1-21-27 Higashinakajima, Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka

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Here's the full (tentative) program:

Morning
9:00-9:15 Check-in
9:15-9:30 Opening remarks
9:30-10:30 自分の特徴を生かした「差別化」と仕事を呼び込むプロモーション戦略 by Yukari Watanabe (45 minutes + 15 minutes Q&A)
10:30-10:40 Quick restroom and refreshment break
10:40-11:10 Rie Moriguchi's new pharma translation book by Rie Moriguchi
11:10-11:40 Book signing and semi-structured networking
11:40-12:00 Setup for afternoon workshops

12:00-13:30 Bento lunch in room (bring your own bento)

Afternoon
13:30-14:30 Voiceover workshop by Henry Smith
14:30-15:15 Tea time networking (KAT)
15:15-15:30 Quick restroom and refreshment break
15:30-16:15 Medical writing with AI by Shiho Koizumi
16:15-16:45 Verbally explaining technical terms in your B language by Ben Tompkins
16:45-17:00 Wrap-up