On 28-30 October 2013 Noël Muylle, Honorary Director General of the European Commission and Honorary Vice-president of the School, came to visit. His stay at the School was timed with the ceremony of signing the Memorandum of Understanding on the Training of Conference Interpreters between Herzen University and the European Parliament, and Mr Muylle was actively engaged in all the festivities. His participation also gave a special meaning to the inauguration of the new training program on Congress Management initiated by the School, as it was Mr Muylle who introduced this idea some years ago. Besides, Mr Muylle gave a series of master classes in consecutive interpretation to the School trainees