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Welcome Speech

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  • 15. November
  • 09:00 - 09:45 AM (CET)
  • C4.2/3
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  • Dr. Tiziana Sicilia

    Dr. Tiziana Sicilia

    • Chairperson of tekom Europe and COM&TEC
  • Dr. Michael Fritz

    Dr. Michael Fritz

    • tcworld GmbH

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Speakers

Dr. Tiziana Sicilia

Dr. Tiziana Sicilia

  • Chairperson of tekom Europe and COM&TEC
Biography

Tiziana Sicilia is President of COM&TEC, Chairperson of tekom Europe, Sole Director of COMtecnica S.R.L., Owner of TESOM.

Moreover, Tiziana is Member of the GAV (Accreditation and Evaluation Group) of the University of Padua and of the Steering Committee of the University of Cagliari, Technical Consultant for the Court and Member of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce Industry, Crafts and Agriculture of Pistoia and Prato and contributes to national and international standardization working groups. Recently Tiziana took part in the working group for the realization of the Italian standard on the Professional Communicator.

For more than 30 years Tiziana has been working in the field of technical documentation, communication and translation and localization for organisations mainly in the mechanical, electronic, Oil&Gas and energy sectors.

Tiziana conducts studies for the optimization and simplification of multilingual translation processes and researches for the development of new tools and methods.

Recently Tiziana designed and co-realized ITSy, the Chatbot for Technical Communication.

As President of COM&TEC and tekom Europe, together with other European and Trade associations and in collaboration with Technical Institutes and Universities, Tiziana carries on significant projects aimed at recognising the profile of the Technical Communicator, runs projects aimed at raising the awareness of organizations and institutions on the importance of Technical Communication and Documentation and of the competences and skills currently required by the market.

Dr. Michael Fritz

Dr. Michael Fritz

  • tcworld GmbH
Biography

Michael Fritz holds a PhD in media sciences and a degree in business administration with specialization in marketing. He worked for several associations, e.g. as head of an institute for lifelong learning. From 1996 until 2023 he was Executive Director of Gesellschaft für Technische Kommunikation – tekom Deutschland e.V. Since 2013 he is ED of Europe’s largest association for technical communication – tekom Europe. He is also CEO of tcworld GmbH, a company providing services for tekom / tekom Europe.