Robert Szabó, M.Ed (Applied Linguistics), is Learnship’s VP Learning Sciences. Based in Cologne, Germany, Robert is a former committee member of the IATEFL Business English Special Interest Group (BESIG). An education manager, writer, and speaker, he has presented papers and given talks on Business Language and Communication Training, systemic functional linguistics and communicative competence at IATEFL associate events and corporate functions in Hamburg, Bonn, Karlsruhe, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Graz, Budapest, Barcelona, Manchester, and Tokyo.