“It´s all Greek to me”
Versatility in the sign language interpreting profession
AGM & Conference Programme
9th (AGM), 10th & 11th September 2016
TITANIA HOTEL
ATHENS
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The efsli Annual General Meeting (AGM) is open to full members of efsli (National associations of Sign Language Interpreters) and observers. You do not have to be a member of efsli to attend the AGM. If you would like to attend as an observer, please do not forget to register.
| 08.30 – 09.30 | Registration |
| 09.30 – 11.00 | Annual General Meeting |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Annual General Meeting |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch Break |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Annual General Meeting |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee Break |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Annual General Meeting |
| 18.00 | Acropolis tour and Dinner at the hotel |
| 8.00 – 900 | Registration |
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Opening |
| 09.30 – 10.10 | Christopher Stone, (UK) – “Versatility – being adaptable, flexible, resourceful, useful and changeable … but still being a professional” (Keynote Speaker) |
| 10.10 – 10.40 | Lourdes Calle-Alberdi (Spain) – “Common sense” ethical versatility: bringing face-to-face flexibility and professional ethical norms |
| 10.40 – 11.10 | Yvonne E Waddell (Scotland) – “Stand by” mode-one of the strategies of the versatile interpreter |
| 11.10 – 11.40 | Coffee break |
| 11.40 – 12.10 | Ege Karar, Oya Ataman (Germany) – Deaf and Hearing interpreters with and without experience with Deaf refugees |
| 12.10 – 12.40 | Päivi Rainò (Finland) – The future needs of interpreting services of deaf children and adolescents with cochlear implant (and other new client groups that may use sign supported communication) |
| 12.40 – 13.10 | Debra Russell (Canada) – It’s all Greek to me: Cohesion in interpreting-Recognizing the Subtle Pieces |
| 13.10 – 13.20 | Announcements – Sponsor’s Presentation |
| 13.20 – 14.20 | Lunch break |
| 14.20 – 15.10 | Poster Presentation
Posters available during the whole conference Meet the efsli Board |
| 15.10 – 16.40 | Parallel Session – Workshop – Presentation
Workshop 1 – Omoyele Thomas, Ali Hetherington, Lyn Chase (UK) – Professional Supervision: Supporting Self Reflection, Ethical Practice and Increasing Practitioner Resilience (Room 1) Workshop 2 – Aude-Valérie Monfort (Germany) – Versatility of spoken and sign language interpreter teams in conference settings (Room 2) Presentation – Emeline Arcambal, Florine Archambeaud, Sophie Pointurier-Pournin (France) – Versatility in interpreting in different contexts: the role of Ethic and its consequences on Interpreting Tactics (Room3) Presentation – Brett Best (UK) – E-Professionalism: Navigating the Small World Ethical Culture of Facebook (Room3) Presentation – Maria Deliou (Greece) – Moral Sensitivity in Sign Language Interpreters. Ethical Data Envisaging by Novice and Experienced Greek Sign Language Interpreters (Room3) |
| 16.40 – 17.00 | Coffee break |
| 17.00 – 18.30 | Parallel Session – Workshop – Presentation
Workshop 3 – Debra Russell, Risa Shaw (Canada) – Agent 007: Discovering what our words reveal about out practice (Room 1) Workshop 4 – Camilla Warnicke (Sweden) – Enabling co-creation of communicative projects within the Swedish Video Relay Interpreting Service (Room 2) Presentation – Elisabet Trengereid Olsen (Norway) – When you‘re not understanding the ones you‘re supposed to (Room3) Presentation – Christopher Stone (UK) – But it’s Chinese to the Greeks! Effective teaching of adaptive strategies for career long learning (Room 3) Presentation – Oliver Pouliot (France) – Changing the paradigm for conference provision (Room3) |
| 20.00 | Gala Dinner – Entertainment |
| 09.15 – 09.30 | Welcome |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Lianne van Dijken (Netherlands) – Right versus Right: Sign Language Interpreters’ Ethical Decision-Making Processes-A Diary Study |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Giulia Petitta (USA) – “Should I be a linguist to interpret linguistics?” a case study |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Andrea K. Smith (USA) – Signposting and Neutral Channel Communications: How to Develop Trust in a Deaf-Hearing Interpreting Team |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | Parallel Session Workshop – Presentation
Workshop Summary Session (Room 1) Presentation – Magda Nikolaraizi, Tzeni Karvouni (Greece) – The role of sign language interpreting in the access of deaf students in higher education (Room2) Presentation – Isabelle Heyerick (Belgium) –Interpreting Strategies. What’s in it for me? (Room 3) Presentation – Raija Roslöf Tiina, Saarijärvi-Kivelä (Finland) –Interpreting at UAS meetings-A Case study of interpreters’ preparation, strategies and the need for support (Room 3) |
| 12.30 – 13.10 | Christopher Stone (UK) – “What have we learnt? How will we change?” (Keynote Speaker) |
| 13.10 – 13.40 | Closing Ceremony |