Category Archives: cApStAn updates

On 16th Jan 2025, our founder Steve Dept had a chat with Tim Burnett, founder of the Test Community Network, who is also a speaker, podcaster, teacher (non-exhaustive recognition list) with a mission to build thriving communities within the educational technology sector. Tim is an experienced and active member of the global educational technology community …

“The Art and Science of Assessment Translation | Interview | Steve Dept | Tim Burnett”

We are delighted to be a first-time attendee at the The British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference 2025 in Heathrow, UK.Our Founding Partner Steve Dept (he/him/his) and Global Sales & Marketing Lead Devasmita Ghosh will be there on March 5‑6 to initiate conversations about the language component of assessments and questionnaires. See you all …

“cApStAn at DOP Annual Conference, Heathrow, UK | The British Psychological Society”

There is no shortage of C-Suite executives and founders who prompt generative AI to provide an optimistic outlook of the coming year. This exercise is typically associated with humble bragging (a frequent oxymoron) about achievements. So, is it anachronic to use a plain rearview mirror for hindsight, an old-fashioned sonar to sound depth, and a …

“Putting into perspective the rearview mirrow, the sonar and the periscope | Steve Dept, Founding Partner”

At this year’s edition of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence Exchange, in Miami Beach, we had conversations with many of the conference delegates. As usual, many questions were asked, some of which by several organisations. We have selected four such queries from our notes and publish them here with the answers we proposed. If you …

“FAQs | Most Relevant | I.C.E. EXG Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, USA”

As I completed the post-conference survey of this year’s Institute of Credentialing Excellence (I.C.E.) Exchange, I was asked to state the primary reason for attending the 2024 edition. That did put me in a quandary. Was it to keep up with the latest trends in the credentialing and certification space? Of course it was! Listening …

“All of the above | Post-Conference Review | I.C.E. EXG Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, USA”

This year’s European Conference of the Association of Test Publishers (E-ATP) was set in the vibrant city of Berlin. The conference theme was “Assessing Tomorrow—Shaping the Future Together”. Was the content aligned with the conference theme? Both linguists and psychometricians are used to respond “it depends” to every question, and I shall make no exception …

“The European home of Assessment (E-ATP) | Berlin, Germany | 23rd-25th October | Post-Conference review | cApStAn”

If you are attending the I.C.E. Conference in Miami, Florida, USA, we shall be delighted to welcome you at our booth (# 321) for a chat with cApStAn Founding Partner Steve Dept, Business Development and Marketing Team Devasmita Ghosh, and Anubhav Nathani. Besides being an exhibitor, our Founding Partner Steve Dept will also be a presenter at …

“cApStAn at I.C.E. Exchange Conference, Miami, Florida, USA | Institute for Credentialling Excellence — Booth #321”

Berlin is a city of contrasts. Recent and distant history are present at every corner, culture and counterculture clash openly, it is a political centre, it has a university, economic power and a zoo. Contrast is a good prism through which to observe new developments of any kind, and history is precious to look into …

“cApStAn at E-ATP Conference, Berlin, Germany | Assessing Tomorrow—Shaping the Future Together”

In the words of cApStAn’s founding partner, Steve Dept – The irrigation system in the olive groves and gardens on the hills surrounding the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, as well as the fountains, pools and baths in the Alhambra itself are a testimony to the engineering skills of Muslims in the Golden Age of Islam: …

“ITC Granada, the magical setting of the best conference in years | July 2024 | Spain”

In the words of our Managing Founder, Steve Dept: They flew in from A Coruña, from Antibes, from Budapest, from Corfu, from Dublin, from Istanbul, from Philadelphia, from Warsaw and from Zagreb to join the team already in Brussels. Twenty-five linguists, translation technologists and cApStAn teamsters. Aged 25 to 66, eighteen nationalities. We took a …

“Excellence among Friends | The Hague, Netherlands | 11th – 13th June | 2024”

At the International Test Commission’s (ITC) biennial conference, in Granada, ITC President-Elect Kadriye Ercikan (She/her/hers) will pick up the baton from President Stephen G. Sireci. cApStAn’s Founder Steve Dept (he/him/his) was just co-opted to serve a four-year term on the ITC Council. Steve looks forward to working with his peers, researchers and practitioners alike, to disseminate …

“Steve Dept, Founding Partner of cApStAn LQC, co-opted to serve a 4-year term on the ITC Council”

The International Test Commission (ITC) contributes to promoting effective, valid and fair testing and assessment practices around the world. The imminent ITC conference in Granada (July 2-5) has a strong focus on equity and inclusion when making decisions or comparisons based on tests and questionnaires. The conference theme is “Working together to improve cross-cultural assessment”, which …

“International Test Commission (ITC) Conference 2024, Granada, Spain, July 2-5, 2024 | Working together to improve cross-cultural assessment and research”