Jasmin Wölke moderates events in Duisburg bilingually: conferences, town halls and client events in English and German, switching between languages or entirely in English. Nobody in the room needs headphones, and nobody checks out.
International supply chains, a mixed room
In Duisburg, English is everyday business long before any event is planned: logistics works with partners along international supply chains, trade negotiates across borders, and research projects run in English anyway. The room then holds both worlds: the control room team that discusses in German, and the partner from Rotterdam or Singapore who only understands English. A purely German moderation loses the guests; a purely English one loses half the workforce. Jasmin solves this with a language plan fixed before the event: which programme items run in German, which in English, and where a compact summary in the other language is enough. The pace stays high, and no group sits waiting for its translation.
Industry vocabulary, not classroom English
Bilingual moderation is more than vocabulary: terms from logistics, steel and technology have to sit precisely in both languages, from the terminal to the value chain. Jasmin learned her business English inside a corporate group, in international projects and on stages in front of mixed audiences. At the Bosch Global Sales Summit, a corporate reference with over 500 participants from 40 countries, she hosted a programme in English for an audience that had mostly not grown up with the language. That is exactly why she moderates clearly and at a calm pace: being understood beats being idiomatic, and a room full of non-native speakers appreciates it.
From briefing to stage
The language plan is built in the briefing: guest structure, speaker list, who answers in which language, where Q&A has to run in both. On stage, Jasmin switches without a seam, announces language changes briefly and summarises key statements so both groups experience the same evening. This works in the Mercatorhalle as well as in a company hall or at a client day on the Innenhafen. When a complete switch to English makes sense is covered in moderation in English. The format is explained in the hub bilingual moderation, and all pages for the city are gathered on the Duisburg city page.
Enquiry for your bilingual event in Duisburg
Share occasion, date, language split and guest structure via the contact form. You will quickly receive an assessment and, after the briefing, a written offer with a fixed fee.