NICE08 is the first Nordic Art and Culture Festival to take place in the North West UK

NICE is a combined arts festival presenting the best in collaborative works between the UK and the Nordic countries. Our participants range from Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and the UK. Here you will find details of our programme of events taking place from 20th to 30th of November with satellite events happening from September onwards. Our aim is to highlight the heritage links between Liverpool and the Nordic countries by exploring contemporary art and culture, music and dance. Liverpool's year as European City of Culture is an excellent opportunity for us to create a festival that will form links that will last beyond 2008 and we hope to provide future collaborations and events within Liverpool's best venues and galleries.

谈话对您的医疗专业人员 – “Talk to your Medical Professional” addresses the needs of Chinese patients consulting with English speaking medical professionals and is based on the communicative situations between a patient and medic on a daily basis. A searchable list of everyday medical terms with pronunciation advice, a medic-patient consultation timeline, a database of diverse medical interactions, and an extended reference tool are all fully integrated, providing Chinese speaking patients with an easy-to-use and readily accessible guide to communication in a medical context.

Accessibility
“Talk to your Medical Professional” – is a medical language wiki with community features that may be accessed from web-enabled mobile devices (including BlackBerrys, the iPhone, and other smartphones) as well as from traditional computer workstations.

Content and Languages
“Talk to your Medical Professional” includes searchable databases of more than 200 workplace-oriented communication scenarios and up to 1,000 everyday medical terms in Chinese language

Additional Support (future development)
Audio files, language and communication tips, and further references guide the user in a cross-cultural medical context. Scenarios in the “Talk to your Medical Professional” include interactions medics may have with patients during different phases of consultation, with colleagues in the course of their working day, and more. The system also enables and encourages interaction with other members of the “Talk to your Medical Professional” -community through forums and chat functionality.