Draft Programme AUSIT Synergise! Conference 5-6 November 2010 DAY ONE
FRIDAY 05.11.2010 8:15-9:05	Registration, morning coffee
9:10-9:30	Opening by Hon Dr Carmen Lawrence Professorial Fellow, University of Western Australia Former Premier of Western Australia
9:40-10:45	Keynote presentation by Dr Paul Frommer Professor Emeritus of Clinical Management Communication Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
10:45-10:55	Break
10:55-11:50	Cross-lingual & cross-cultural communication in subtitling Dr Jing Han Chief Subtitler, Subtitling and Program Preparation Unit, SBS TV, Australia
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-1:30	TBA	Lost in translation reflexions on some lost competencies Dr David Elder Edith Cowan University	Digital technology and note-taking training Marc  Orlando AUSIT Excellence Award Winner Monash University	Interpreting in refugee settings Dr Ineke Crezee Auckland University of  Technology
1:40-2:10	Post editing MT Tineke van Beukering Freelance practitioner	Stereotypes in translation Dr Kyoko Kawasaki Curtin University	Training from the perspective of a Language Services Provider Silvana Pavlovska International Interpreting  Agency, Melbourne	Coping strategies for interpreters Karen Bontempo & Dr Valerie van Loggerenberg
2:20-2:50	Comparing CAT tools for Chinese translation Dr Duoxiu Qian Beihang University, Beijing	Hidden narrators in non-fiction texts   Dr. John Jamieson NZTC International New Zealand	Cross-cultural pragmatics - as interpreter training Annette Sachtleben Auckland University of Technology	Agents of change - Aboriginal interpreters in the Northern Territory Colleen Rosas & Josie Guy  Aboriginal Interpreting Services, Darwin
3:00-3:30	Afternoon coffee
3:30-4:00	TBA	Quality Assurance Dee Lightfoot AUSIT Excellence Award Winner Kimberley Interpreting Services	Conflicts of Interest in South African Court Interpreting Sam Usadolo Nelson Mandela University	Quality assessment in the T&I industry: Is Australia ready to comply with international standrads? EN15038 certification and the European Terminology Manager accreditation. Gabriele Sauberer TermNet, Austria
4:10-4:40	Adaptation theory in translation teaching Dr Grace Zhang Curtin University	Celebrate Excellence Sue Piper AUSIT Excellence Award Winner Freelance practitioner	Interpreting in a war zone:  first-hand experience Sharoffodin (Dean) Sharafi Freelance practitioner	Euphemisation in the translation of Tutsi  genocide testimonies Narelle Fletcher University of Technology, Sydney
4:50-5:20	Translating for Academia Wiebke Eikholt Monash University	Celebrating Excellence Mona Jabour  AUSIT Excellence Award Winner	Personality traits and performance in interpreters Karen Bontempo Macquarie University	Cross-cultural communication Anna Herbst Freelance practitioner
7 pm: Conference Cocktail Dinner at WA Maritime Museum (complimentary tour of the museum 6:30-7:00 pm)

 

Draft Programme AUSIT Synergise! Conference 5-6 November 2010 DAY TWO
Saturday 06.11.2010 9:00-9:15	Surprise Presentation
9:15-9:45	Jill Blewett Memorial Lecture  Maria Osman Director of Office of Multicultural Interests, Government of Western Australia
9:50-10:30	On translating and editing “The Sorrow of War” Frank Palmos Journalist, author, writer
10:30-11:00	Morning coffee
11:00-11:30	Interpreter ethics Laurie Robson  Barrister, Leo Cussen Institute		Trans-creation of poetry Vivienne Glance  poet, performing artist & Ismail Afeif poet
11:40-12:10	Kaleidoscope T&I survey project Helen Slatyer,  Macquarie University		Getting fit for survival – for independent translators and small agencies   Ralph Wittgrebe    Goldin, Dalton & Wittgrebe
12:20-12:50	Latest Developments at NAATI Dr Lindsay Heywood CEO NAATI		Cultural loss in translation Dr Samia Al-Jabri Uum Al Qura University
1:00- 2:00	Lunch
2:00-2:30	Managing Stress   Clare Wilson Edith Cowan University	Implications of the rationale for legal interpreting Dr Daniel Stepniak University of Western Australia		Meaning loss in translation Thanh Ngo University of Western Australia	WAITI – session: Short  introductions followed by panel discussion: 1:  WA Language Services Policy, background & import Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich Shadow Minister for Training                    2: Training – Practitioner Competence Dagmar Dixon Central Institute of Technology, Perth         3: Quality Assurance Heather Glass Freelance practitioner
2:40-3:10	Transcultural Aspects of Mental Health Dr Bernadette Wright Royal Perth Hospital	Reflections on Court Interpreting Justice Kate O’Brien Retired Judge in Western Australia		Translation theory and legal translation Rocco Loiacono University of Western Australia
3:20-3:50	Interpreters working with speech pathologists Robyn Alexander Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	A review of publicly available guidelines for working with interpreters in Australian courts and tribunals Silvia Martinez University of Western Sydney		Social media as a  marketing tool Sarah Dillon & Philippa Hammond Freelance practitioners
4:00-5:00	Wine and Cheese (& entertainment)
4.30 – 6.00	Inaugural meeting of TITEN:                Translator and Interpreter  Trainer and Educator Network of Australia
5:30	AUSIT NAGM 24th National Annual General Meeting of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators

 

 NB:  Programme is subject to change.           

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