Seminar C: Learning by Doing – Training Pathways into the World of Work, 3rd Edition — Language, Society and Communication - Laurea Magistrale

A series of meetings designed to offer students a broad overview of different job opportunities in a seminar format, ensuring direct contact with the invited speakers. Join us on March 30 for the presentation of Seminar C: an educational activity worth 3 academic credits.

The activity aims to enable students to understand which skills are needed for different working environments: given the current diversification of the world of work, in fact, an exploratory phase is essential for a subsequent conscious choice towards further education and specialisation.

Info and contacts:

https://www.unibo.it/en/study/course-units-transferable-skills-moocs/course-unit-catalogue/course-unit/2025/447933

Meeting 24Bottles

Speakers

Federica Battaglia – Corporate Gifting Specialist

Graduated in Linguistic Mediation at CIELS in Bologna, Federica transformed her passion and curiosity for languages into a strategic tool for corporate life. After experiences in technical translation and volunteering for foreigners, she found her professional playground at 24Bottles.

She now coordinates Corporate Gifting projects for international brands, acting as a “bridge” between client and company. She oversees collaborative product design, from welcome kits for new hires to corporate gifts, coordinating daily with the Design, Production, and Marketing teams. She manages the entire sales cycle, resolving challenges and building long-term trust-based relationships.

Veronica Rametta – People & Culture Specialist

Veronica studied Modern Languages and Cultures in Pavia and specialized with a Master’s in Intercultural Communication in the Euromediterranean area at the Orientale University of Naples.

Her first professional challenge was at a Coding School, where she transformed social engagement into concrete action. She coordinated educational projects in high-unemployment areas (Southern Italy, Turkey, Egypt) and collaborated with UNHCR to create work corridors for refugees in Uganda. In this context, Veronica honed her project management and human relations skills in complex settings.

She later brought this vision into the corporate world. After an experience at 24Bottles, she now works as People & Culture Specialist, combining HR efficiency with a strategic mission: enhancing internal employer branding and workplace wellbeing, prioritizing listening to and valuing every employee.

About 24Bottles

24Bottles is the Italian company that has transformed a simple bottle into an icon of style, innovation and environmental awareness.

Founded in 2013 in Bologna, 24Bottles was born from a simple but revolutionary idea: to reduce the environmental impact of disposable bottles by offering a practical, beautiful and sustainable alternative. Each product is the result of a unique mix of essential design, quality materials and a philosophy that focuses on people and the planet.
Today, their products are distributed in over 66 countries, and every day they work with international partners, world-renowned brands and a vast network of global customers.

If you want to understand how a sustainable idea can become an international brand, and how creativity, communication, and values make a difference, come and attend this seminar.

Meeting Info: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 (09:00–11:00)

AULA MAGNA

Ground Floor

Via Filippo Re, 8 – Bologna

Meeting Interpreters Translators Mediators S.r.l. (ITM)

Speakers

Arianna Furegon – Quality Manager and Tenders & Contracts Officer

Arianna Furegon holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation and a Master’s Degree in International Development Cooperation from the University of Rome La Sapienza. She wrote both of her theses in demography, analysing the perception of migrants in Italy and across Europe.

She was awarded a research scholarship in demography at La Sapienza University, working on the Horizon 2020 PERCEPTIONS project, which involved a partnership among several European universities and research institutions in the field of migration. She also served as a teaching assistant for the course Population and Development at LUISS University in Rome.

She later left academia and joined ITM – Interpreters Translators Mediators as Tenders and Contracts Officer. She subsequently trained as a Lead Auditor for ISO certifications and became Quality Manager for ITM’s interpreting, translation, and cultural mediation services.

Cristina Barbero – HR and Training Manager

Cristina Barbero holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation from the University of Turin. She then continued her studies in a European academic context, attending both the University of Groningen (Netherlands) and the Ruhr University Bochum (Germany), where she earned a degree in International Relations and Humanitarian Aid, specialising in Refugee Rights and Children’s Rights.

After more than three years working in the refugee camp of Lesvos (Greece), providing legal support to asylum seekers, she brought her expertise in asylum and migration to ITM. She currently serves as Human Resources Manager and is responsible for the legal compliance review of interpreters’ and cultural mediators’ documentation, monitoring residence permits, renewals, and work permits across European countries.

About ITM

Interpreters Translators Mediators S.r.l. (“ITM”) is a company of interpreters, cultural mediators, and translators, recognised as a centre of excellence in Italy and across Europe in the fields of interpreting, translation, and linguistic-cultural mediation.

ITM has obtained the following Quality Certifications:

ISO 9001:2015

ISO 17100:2017 for translation services

ISO 18841:2018 for interpreting services

PDR 125:2022 for Gender Equality

Thanks to the extensive experience of its linguistic professionals operating throughout Europe, ITM provides daily support to public institutions and private clients in the fields of International Migration, Healthcare Services, Public Security, Research, and Education Services.

Its most prominent current clients include the European Union Agency for Asylum, the Public Security Department of the Italian Ministry of the Interior, the Territorial Commissions for the Recognition of International Protection across 16 Italian Prefectures, and the Regional Health Service of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Meet ITM and discover where languages become bridges between migration, healthcare, security, and European institutions

Meeting Info: Thursday, April 9, 2026 (13:00–15:00)

AULA PASCOLI

Ground Floor

Via Zamboni 32 – Bologna

Meeting Zanichelli – Lexicography Section

Speakers

Carlotta Biancani graduated in German Language and Literature from the University of Bologna and completed a Master’s degree in Publishing organized by Fondazione Mondadori and the University of Milan.

In 2005, she began working on the editorial staff of Adelphi Edizioni, and since 2007 she has been an editor in the Lexicography Department at Zanichelli editore, where she works on print and digital dictionaries of Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and other languages.

John Johnson studied at the University of Warwick, the Warburg Institute in London, and the University of Oxford. He has been working in the Lexicography Department at Zanichelli editore since 2002.

Among the various projects he oversees, he is editor of the Ragazzini dictionaries (English–Italian) and the Boch dictionaries (French–Italian), and he coordinates the digital editions of Zanichelli’s lexicographic works.

About Zanichelli Today Zanichelli is one of Italy's leading scholastic publishing houses and a reference for innovation in digital and multimedia teaching resources. The Zanichelli catalogue includes texts for secondary schools, also in digital, university and legal volumes.

Zanichelli is the publisher of some of the most popular Italian language dictionaries, including Zingarelli, and numerous foreign language dictionaries, including Ragazzini's English.

It publishes essays on various subjects, series dedicated to popularising science and writing, and a number of works for the medical-professional sector.

Come and meet the speakers from Zanichelli editore to explore the work behind dictionaries, digital resources, and linguistic corpora, and be inspired by the world of contemporary lexicography

Meeting Info: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 (09:00–11:00)

AULA MAGNA

Ground Floor

Via Filippo Re, 8 – Bologna

Seminar C: Learning by Doing – Training Pathways into the World of Work, 3rd Edition

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