A conference programme

Read the programme for a management conference to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text

Morning programme

9.00–9.30	Conference opening Dr Jon Martinez
9.30–10.45	Management styles with Helena Clark Consider the different management styles and how you can adapt yours to suit your team.	Giving feedback with Amelia Novak Explore the different ways to give feedback to maximise development.	Managing change with Akira Yoshida Help your employees deal with change and to see the positives change can bring.
10.45–11.15	Coffee break
11.15–12.30	Using storytelling in leadership communication with Antoine Martin Sometimes, the best way to communicate with your team is by telling stories. Find out how to do this in this workshop.	Leading small businesses with Cheng Wei How is leading small businesses different and how can leaders of small businesses bring success to their team?	Leading in uncertain times with Omar Abboud Uncertainty can affect the success of your team. Learn to bring confidence to your team in a time of uncertainty.

Afternoon programme

12.30–2.00	Lunch
2.00–3.15	Managing international projects with Alisa Petrov Consider how to ensure successful intercultural communication in your international teams.	Developing creative thinking in your team with Mariana Silva How can you get your team to think more creatively? Explore the different ideas that can help your team see things in a new way.	Conflict management with Tracy Edwards Conflict can create problems in your team, but managing conflict well can bring about development. Learn how to manage conflict in this workshop.
3.15–4.15	Group discussions
4.15–5.00	Conference closing Dr Grace Moloney

Task 1

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Task 2

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Discussion

Which of the conference sessions would you attend? Why?

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All the conferences are good but I would like to attend the giving feedback conference as this will help me in my career development.

In my current time, I only graduated few days ago, but maybe in future i will become a head of a company hh. So I would like to attend the following sessions: Management Styles, Development of the creative thinking and Conflict management, because I think that they will be needed the most by me.

I got an answer wrong, I should be more careful next time.

This lesson is my first. I really enjoyed it and want to learn more about the language.

I would loved to attend all the conference sessions. I think all of the topic will help me in many ways.

I don't need any of these sessions because I go to school and learn English now. When I work, I will probably need these lessons.

I learn English because I want to go to Leibniz University Hannover's Faculty of Law in English. But if I can learn German after I learn English, maybe I will choose a more prestigious university for myself.

I want to study and live in Germany because I love German culture, language, and nature. Also, I love all of West Europe for its civilizations.

Exactly, The hardest part is the managing conflict, but it's true if you can manage it well you'll find development

The hardest part is the managing conflict, but it's true if you can manage it well you'll find development.

i prefer attend to programme Conflict management
with Tracy Edwards beacuse every human always have something that can trigger conflict so we should know how to manage them well

I would like to participate in 'Conflict Management with Tracy Edwards', because I never thought of conflict as a possibility for development.