August 21 – 23, 2009
Melbourne, Australia

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program program

ANC '09 DRAFT PROGRAM

Wednesday 19 August 2009

Time Event Details
9.30 - 5.30pm Interpreter Trainers' Workshop (ITW)  

Thursday 20 August 2009

Time Event Details
8.30 - 5.00pm Interpreter Trainers' Workshop (ITW)  
4.00 - 9.00pm Pre-Conference Workshop Nigel Howard
Deaf Interpreters: Definitions and Roles

Friday 21 August 2009

Time Event Details
9.00 – 12.00pm Pre-Conference Workshop Nigel Howard
Deafhood & Interpreters
2.00 - 5.00pm Pre-Conference Activity Natalie Sandon & Medina Sumovic (VIC)
Auslan Tour, 'Inner Mysteries of Melbourne'
5.00 - 9.00pm Registration Opens   
7.00 - 8.30pm Welcome Cocktail Drinks   
8.30 - 8.45pm Entertainment   
8.45 - 8.55pm Welcome Dr Jemina Napier - President, ASLIA National
8.55 - 9.00pm Introduction of JW Flynn Orator Dr Jemina Napier - President, ASLIA National
9.00 - 10.00pm JW Flynn Oration Della Goswell (NSW)
 

Saturday 22 August 2009

Time Event Details
7.00 - 8.00am Yoga Class Karli Dettman (VIC)
9.00 – 9.15am Welcome to Country
TBA
Conference open Dr Jemina Napier – President, ASLIA
9.15 – 10.15am Keynote address Robyn Dean (USA)
"You say you want a revolution...": The practice profession shift in interpreting
10.15 – 10.45am Morning Tea
10.45 – 11.25 am Concurrent session 1 Karen Bontempo (WA)
Interpreter Personality: Unpacking individual differences in performance in sign language interpreters
Marcel Leneham (NSW)
To dream the impossible dream(?): in pursuit of a ‘faithful’ interpretation
11.30 – 12.10pm Concurrent session 2 Dr Suzanne Ehlrich (USA)
Technology, Assessment and Mentoring:
The critical relationship for the future of interpreting
Jen Blyth (Vic)
What Deaf people wish interpreters knew
12.10 – 1.10pm Lunch
1.10 – 1.50pm Concurrent session 3 Richard Brumberg (USA)
Boundary Issues in Educational Interpreting:
Where and How do *You* Draw the Line?
Carla Anderson, Heather Lawson, Michelle Stevens, Dennis Whitcombe (Vic)
Deafblind interpreting: using the right tools
1.55 – 2.25pm Concurrent session 4 Sue Neill & Jacquie Simpson (Regional Vic)
Bairnsdale West Primary School Deaf Education Program and the role of the Interpreter
Helen Kennedy (Vic)
Interpreting in mental health: the singularity of experience
2.30 – 3.00pm Concurrent session 5 Libby Sterling & Karin Fayd'herbe (Qld)
Videoconference interpreting as a solution to the Auslan interpreter shortage in regional Queensland. A Queensland Health perspective
Dr Jemina Napier (NSW)
Unpacking sign language interpreting:
An Australian study of interpreters and consumers
3.00 – 3.30pm Afternoon Tea
3.30 – 4.00pm Concurrent session 6 Angela McLean & Daniel Hately (Vic)
Unpacking the Interpreter's Kokoda Backpack
Penny Gillet (Vic)
Interpreter Injury – Keeping it OUT of your toolkit!
4.05 – 4.50pm Forum:
Global perspectives

George Major (Regional Representative for Australasia & Oceania)
World Association of Sign Language Interpreters Association (WASLI) Update

Samuel (Uganda), Mafi (Fiji), Maly (Cambodia), Sopon (Thailand)
Panel discussion: Sharing our worlds with you

4.50 – 5.00pm Concluding Remarks Susan Emerson - ANC09 Convenor
7.00pm - 12.00am Conference Dinner Celebration of Theatre Interpreting

Sunday 23 August 2009

Time Event Details
8.30 – 9.00am Day registrations open
9.00 – 9.10am Opening remarks Susan Emerson - ANC09 Convenor
9.10 – 10.00am Plenary presentation Robyn Dean and Prof Robert Pollard (USA)
A clever conference theme or reflection of an ethical challenge?
10.00 – 10.40am Plenary presentation Della Goswell (NSW)
In their shoes: why interpreting is weird
10.40 – 11.10am Morning Tea
11.10 – 11.40am Concurrent session 7 Karin Fayd'herbe & Alma Maia (North Qld)
Stories from Up North....Far North Queensland Indigenous Deaf Australian yarnings

Carla Anderson & Stef Linder (Vic)
Unpacking DRI + Investigating DI/CDI = Repacking what?

11.45 – 12.15pm Concurrent session 8 Carmel Batson & Liza Clews (Alice Springs)
Stuck in the Middle

Ava Hawkins (Canada) & Julie Judd (Vic)
Braided Communities - Discovering Cultural Awareness when Native and Non Native Interpreters work together

12.20 – 1.00pm Concurrent session 9 Mike Egan (Regional Vic)
Interpreting; A rural perspective
Dr Rachel McKee (NZ)
Tracking down the elusive subject:
Findings from research on ‘null subjects’ in Auslan and NZSL discourse
1.00 – 2.00pm Lunch
2.00 – 2.30pm Plenary session Chevoy Sweeney & Dr Breda Carty (NSW)
Interpreters and Deaf Professionals: Teamwork and relationships
2.30 – 3.10pm Forum:
Working with Deaf professionals

Facilitator: Dr Breda Carty (NSW)
Panellists: Brent Phillips (Vic), Grant Roberts (Tas), Patti Levitzke-Gray (WA), Anne Bremner (Vic), Brett Casey (QLD)
Deaf professionals panel

3.10 – 3.20pm Closing remarks ANC09 and ASLIA National
3.20 – 3.45pm Afternoon tea
3.45 – 4.45pm ASLIA National AGM 

Monday 24 August 2009

Time Event Details
9.00 - 5.00pm Post-Conference Workshop Robyn Dean & Prof Robert Pollard (USA)
A Practice Profession Approach to ethical decision-making
6.00 - 9.00pm Post-Conference Workshop Brian Morrison
Theatre Interpreting: From Script to Stage

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