Julia Tuff - Chair and Venue Coordinator

Having spent seven fruitful years in Japan in the 1990’s, I returned to the UK to pursue a freelance translation and interpreting career. A few years ago I persuaded my long-suffering partner to relocate from the sunny south coast so that I could become a full-time lecturer in interpreting and translating at the University of Bath. This life seems to suit us all and we now live in the wilds of Wiltshire with plenty of hills, and lots of stormy winter gales for company. In my spare time I undertake medical, pharmaceutical and patent translation when I am not busy charging across Salisbury Plain on horseback or trudging up one of the local hills with our long suffering (but very fit) dog. I have been a member of the Japanese Network of ITI for about
10 years and currently act as Professional Development Officer. I guess that IJET is the ultimate professional development weekend and networking opportunity. I look forward to meeting lots of the well-known names from JAT and other professional networks at the conference.

Mary Gillender - Teasurer

Freelance translator Mary Gillender lives a windswept life on a clifftop by the North Sea,
near the town of Whitby, famed for its kippers, synods and flamboyant goths. When not translating corporate speeches and videogame manuals, she pursues her many obsessions, which include science fiction, food, and beachcombing.

Matthew Young - Sponsorship and Advertising

Matt arrived in Kobe on the JET programme in 1991, planning to spend 1 year before returning to take up employment in the field of environmental chemistry, but a rapid taking to the oriental lifestyle and, subsequently, a curious addiction to the Hanshin Tigers and a desire to see the rebuilding of post-earthquake Kobe meant that it was 1998 before he returned west. After 7 years translating in-house for two Japanese companies in the UK, he turned freelance in November 2005 and hasn't looked back. He can no longer contemplate any job that involves a commute of more than 6 steps. When not translating technical documents, Matt can be found either walking up and down the mountains of North Wales or touring round them by motorbike.

Masako Coxall – Programme and Events

Masako is an interpreter working in the fields of pharmaceuticals and medicine.
She's a devoted anglophile. Currently her British husband is on one-year sabbatical from
The School of African and Oriental Studies at the University of London and lives in Tokyo
studying the shakuhachi. Two grown up boys are away, one in South America for a year
and the other is at university. So, Masako enjoys her hitori gurashi.

Trevor Wright - Ticketing and Registration

Hello. I'm Trevor the J-Net membership secretary and webmaster.
After a longish stint teaching English and working as a proofreader/wouldbe translator in Tokyo, I returned to the UK and took up a position as in-house translator for a publishing company in London where I still work. I got the chance to mix my background of pharmacology and biotechnology with an interest in Japanese and this opened the door to the world of patent translation. I've been a member of J-Net for about 6 years and, after lurking in the shadows, decided to 'have a go' at helping. Look where it's got me! Fortunately, I have a trusty FileMaker membership database to do most of the donkey work and enjoy tinkering around on websites. In my spare time I like to brew beer, cycle and collect Art Deco paraphernalia. I have a partner and three teenage kids. I can always be contacted at membership@j-net.org.uk. Yoroshiku.
P.S. I can personally recommed the Friday excursion to Stonehenge. My mother-in-law helped build it!