Founded in 1974, Assointerpreti, the Italian Association of Conference Interpreters, has a membership of practising professional simultaneous and consecutive interpreters from all over Italy. A sound general education, specialist training and commitment to a code of good practice are fundamental prerequisites for membership, along with an excellent track record in a variety of sectors: medicine, economics, finance, law, cultural events, data processing, industrial production technologies etc. Assointerpreti is a member of Ass.I.term (Italian Terminology Association) and CoLAP (Coordinamento Libere Associazioni Professionali). Assointerpreti professionals guarantee excellence of service for clients whose business requires foreign language communication in Italy or elsewhere.