In the context of the growing awareness of the importance of foreign language learning in the UK over 150 participants from British industry (e.g. Siemens), the UK government (Department for Education), UK Higher Education (AHRC, UCML, LLAS, and universities), the UK schools sector (CILT, ALL, QCDA, ISMLA), the British Council and the European Commission came together for a conference.
Renowned author John le Carré gave the keynote speech at the Think German Conference in June.