Up-and-coming economic powers are increasingly shaping the global market, whilst Western industrial countries continue to battle the results of the financial crisis. These developments have immediate consequences for companies on a global scale; they influence the international employment market and have an effect on the day-to-day business of large companies, as well as smaller and medium-sized ones. At the LANGUAGES & BUSINESS conference, you can exchange ideas with fellow professionals on how to make business communication more effective and how to deal with the intercultural skill requirements facing employees in your company. Familiarise yourself with current case studies of language training in the everyday business world, let yourself be inspired by cross-border projects and find out from recognised experts what new challenges trainers must face when teaching language and intercultural skills. After the successful premiere in the past year, the LANGUAGES & BUSINESS conference 2012 will, once again, take place in Berlin. The conference is particularly targeted towards personnel officers in companies and institutions, as well as trainers and representatives of trade and professional associations. The conference languages are English and German.