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Eamonn will be presenting “Intergenerational drafting: a very modern dilemma”, which discusses the process of taking very old legal text and making it understandable and relevant in today’s society.

Susan will be presenting “Can You Understand What This Privacy Notice Says?”, a focus on the challenges of dealing with consumers’ understanding of privacy policies and lessons learned from a major project for the U.S. federal government.

Bill will be presenting Legal Language and Interactive Technology at the conference. It explores how the growing use of interactive technology will radically alter the nature and role of language in financial disclosure and legal documents.

Neil is presenting “Persuading the public sector to invest in plain language” at Clarity2010. This seminar will examine what motivates public sector agencies to adopt plain language and what factors lead to success or failure. It is based on a Plain English Foundation survey of 30 government agencies in Australia.

Annetta is presenting The battle of the Bill at Clarity2010. This paper will explore the efforts of plain language supporters to get the United States Congress to pass a bill requiring federal agencies to write certain documents in plain language.

Helena is presenting “Simple banking – a success story about a bank contract” at Clarity2010. Here she gives an idea of what it is about.