October 2020
Hosted by Clarity, PLAIN and the Center for Plain Language
The conference had a second part in May 2021.
Discussion panel video
Chair
- Barbra Kingsley, Chair of the Center for Plain Language
Panel
- Laurent Romary, Chair of the ISO Technical Committee (TC 37) overseeing the plain language standard project
- Vera Gergely, Chair of the ISO Drafting Committee developing the standard; Chair of the International Plain Language Federation
- Christopher Balmford, Project Leader of ISO’s plain language standard project; and a Clarity past president
supporting videos
Why standards?
Vera Gergely (Hungary)
Chair of the ISO project’s Drafting Committee
What’s the point of having a standard? (What you can do with the standard, and what should come next)
Project overview
Christopher Balmford (Australia)
Project Leader of ISO’s project
Where we’re at, next steps, and the back story
Presentations by members of the Drafting Committee writing the standard
Andreas Baumert (Germany)
Einfache Sprache und plain language
Angelika Vaasa (Luxembourg)
Clear + multilingual communication = Citizens’ Language at the European Parliament
Machiko Asai (Japan)
Benefits and Needs of Plain Language
Susan Kleimann and David Lipscomb (USA)
An Inside Look: the Making of the Plain Language Standards