On 26 May a mock-conference devoted to information society was held at SCIT. The conference was attended by Andrey Lopukhov, Director, Linguistic Support Department, MFA of Russia. SCIT trainers made speeches in English, French, German and Spanish giving our distinguished guest the chance to evaluate the students’ competence in all of the languages taught at SCIT. Ian Newton, UNIGE lecturer and former ILO Chief Interpreter, also took part in the event.