Synergise! AUSIT Conference 5-6 November 2010  Notre Dame University – EDUCATION CLASSROOM BUILDING  - Croke street, cnr  Cliff Street, Fremantle   PROGRAMME DAY ONE
FRIDAY 05.11.2010 8:15-9:05	Registration, morning coffee
9:10-9:30	Welcome to Country from Marie Taylor, Noongar elder Opening by 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	Developing cross-cultural communi-cation competence through translation     Dr Ping Yang University of Western Sydney	Lost in translation reflections 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	Coping strategies for interpreters Karen Bontempo & Dr Valerie van Loggerenberg	Post editing MT   Tineke van Beukering Freelance practitioner	The significance of T/I training from the perspective of a Language Service Provider Silvana Pavlovska International Interpreting  Agency, Melbourne	The conference interpreters' booth: Informal guided tour, question and answer session  by Congress Rentals
2:20-2:50	Agents of change - Aboriginal interpreters in the Northern Territory Colleen Rosas & Josie Guy  Aboriginal Interpreting Services, Darwin	Comparing CAT tools for Chinese translation Dr Duoxiu Qian Beihang University, Beijing	Cross-cultural pragmatics - as interpreter training Annette Sachtleben Auckland University of Technology	Sweating the small stuff - the translator's lot   Dr. John Jamieson, NZTC International, New Zealand
3:00-3:30	Afternoon coffee
3:30-4:00	Critical Link 6 and the Ethical Turn for interpreters   Dr Uldis Ozolins Monash University/ Language Solutions	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 standards? 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	Towards excellence: a map for T/I practitioners  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	From human Disaster to Economic Develop-ment: Diversity in Interpreting Mona JabbourAUSIT Excellence Award Winner	Personality traits and performance in interpreters Karen Bontempo Macquarie University	On communicating across cultures without static interference  Anna Herbst Freelance practitioner
7:30 pm: Conference Cocktail Dinner at WA Maritime Museum Dinner guests can view the museum between 7 - 7:30

 

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 Executive 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, Sydney		Hidden narrators in non-fiction texts   Dr. John Jamieson, NZTC International, New Zealand
12:20-12:50	Latest Developments at NAATI Dr Lindsay Heywood CEO NAATI		Getting fit for survival – for independent translators and small agencies Ralph Wittgrebe, Goldin, Dalton & Wittgrebe Germany
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: Training, Quality Assurance and the WA Language Services Policy The Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich Shadow Minister for Small Business, Government Accountability and Training; former Minister for Multicultural Interests Dagmar Dixon Contractor, Central Institute of Technology; Vice President, WAITI Heather Glass Japan Australia Word Services Pty Ltd; President, WAITI Short presentations followed by panel-led discussion
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		Creating Synergies using social media and Web 2.0 Sarah Dillon & Philippa Hammond Freelance practitioners
4:00-5:00	Wine and Cheese and entertainment
4.30 – 6.00	Inaugural meeting of TITEN (sponsored by WAITI):                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

 

       

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