The #Awkward conference is take shape. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Manchester. Renowned for being a good night out.
Outline program for the weekend below with lots of opportunities to meet up with old friends and to make some new ones.
Thursday 1st September Welcome to Manchester!
5pm – 8pm welcome refreshments – canapes and drinks will be served at the venue, the bar will be open. This will be a great opportunity to meet and network with friends old and new.
Friday pre-conference open space – 9.45am – 3.45pm
The day will be a mixture of presentations, breakout sessions and networking. The emphasis of the day is on delegates bringing their thoughts and contributions to the themes of the day.
| 9.45-10.00 | Welcome to Manchester efsli board | |
| 10.00-10.30 | Theme 1 What does efsli look like in a post covid world.. Ice breaker |
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| 10.30-11.00 | Discussion groups | |
| 11.00-11.30 | Break | |
| feedback session | ||
| 12.15-12.55 | Presentation 2 “They’re not an imposter, I’m the real imposter!” Dr Jules Dickinson and Brett Best Find out more about Presentation 2 |
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| 12.55-14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 -14.40 | Presentation 3 "We are after your Job?" Helen Fuller | efsli board meeting with NASLI reps |
| 14.45-15.30 | Presentation 4 "Professional conscience, acknowledgement of power and the vital role of reciprocity in raising the standards' Theresa Thomas-Morton – NRCPD Practice Policy Officer | efsli board - NASLI reps meeting |
| 15.30- 15.45 | Concluding remarks | |
| Networking/Posters refreshments |
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Friday Social
There will be walking tours of Manchester focusing on its culture.
After the tours a buffet will be available at Manchester Deaf Centre
Saturday Conference 9.30am -5.00pm
| 9.30-9.45 | Welcome | |
| 9.45-10.30 | Keynote TBC |
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| 10.45-11.15 | Presentation 1 Why ‘trust’ should not be taboo in relations between deaf people and interpreters? Dai O’Brien, Gab Hodge, Kate Rowley, Robert Adam, Sannah Gulamani, Steve Emery, John Walker Find out more about Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 Is our post-pandemic Tool Kit missing a few essential tools? Frances Everingham Find out more about Presentation 2 |
| 11.15-11.45 | Break | |
| 11.45-12.15 | Presentation 3 Finally free of the interpreter’s gaze? Maartje De Meulder and Christopher Stone Find out more about Presentation 3 | Presentation 4 Exploring professional taboos in interpreter-mediated Mental Health Act assessments. Jemina Napier, Alys Young, Rebecca Tipton, Sarah Vicary, Celie Hulme, Natalia Rodriguez Vicente Find out more about Presentation 4 |
| 12.30-13.00 | Presentation 5 Anti-social interpreting: Drawing a line in the Sand. Naomi Sheneman Find out more about Presentation 5 | Presentation 6 Breaching Taboos: Towards Evidence based training for stakeholders working in interpreter mediated Domestic Sexual and Gender Based Violence (DSGBV) settings. Lorraine Leeson, Lianne Quigley, Haaris Sheikh, Gill Harold, Leonie O’Dowd, Catriona Freir, Sinéad Molony, Brian Conway, Andrew Geary, Lucy Carey, Jemina Napier, Lucy Clark, Maribel del Pozo Triviño, David Casado Neira, Maria Del Carmen Cabeza Pereiro, Silvia Pérez Freire, Beatriz Longa Alonso, Frankie Picron and Mark Wheatley Find out more about Presentation 6 |
| 13.00-14.30 | Lunch | |
| 14.30-15.00 | Presentation 7 Nonconformity and signed language interpreting: (dis)uttering expletives. Octavian E. Robinson Find out more about Presentation 7 | Presentation 8 What’s missing? Equity, diversity, and inclusion training for interpreters, pre and post qualification. Azaria Francis Find out more about Presentation 8 |
| 15.15-16.00 | Panel 1 The Cincinnati AA/Black Interpreter Collaborative: The Power of Counterspace. Amber Burley Munnerlyn, Elizabeth Jean-Baptiste, Akilah Richardson, and Crystal Stewart |
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| 16.00-16.15 | Break | |
| 16-15-17.00 | Posters/Networking | |
Saturday Night is Gala Night – food and drinks followed by a Ceilidh and the SAF raffle.
The night starts at 6.30 with drinks and ends late. Make sure you bring your dancing shoes!
Sunday Conference 9.15am – 3.30pm
| 9.15-10.00 | Keynote 2 Intersectionality and Interpreting: Exploring interpreters of colour in the UK. Selina Jacques Find out more about Keynote 2 |
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| 10.00-10.30 | Presentation 9 Don’t mention the machine: the #awkward future of human interpreting. Maartje De Meulder Find out more about Presentation 9 | Presentation 10 “We’re just going to make you comfortable now” - Linguistic and interpersonal challenges of interpreting conversations about death. Paul Belmonte Find out more about Presentation 10 |
| 10.30-11.00 | Break | |
| 11.00-11.30 | Presentation 11 The code-mixing console - A dynamic model for smoothly sliding between sign language and signed spoken language. Katharina Cordts Find out more about Presentation 11 | Presentation 12 Improving global majority take up within signed language interpreting & translation profession. Nikki Harris Find out more about Presentation 12 |
| 11.30-12.00 | Presentation 13 Why don’t you understand IS interpreters if international sign is so visual? Aurélia Nana Gassa Gonga, Onno Crasborn and Ellen Ormel Find out more about Presentation 13 | Presentation 14 Privacy and trust in remote interpreting – taboo or not? Matleena Messo Find out more about Presentation 14 |
| 12.00-12.45 | Panel 2 Career fatigue, longevity, and burnout. Mike Ballinger, Mark Hetherington, Caron Wolfenden, Omoyele Davey |
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| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00-14.30 | Presentation 15 Patterns in interpreting taboos and its representation in social and religious issues in Indian Sign Language. P J Matthew Martin Find out more about Presentation 15 | Presentation 16 Interpreting through change: managing the menopause as work Linda Duncan Find out more about Presentation 16 |
| 14.30-15.00 | Presentation 17 When he comes into police custody, he has certain rights: the burden for achieving access in a video-mediated custody interview. Robert Skinner Find out more about Presentation 17 | Presentation 18 International Sign interpreting: are there gendered elephants in the room. Karolien Gebruers Find out more about Presentation 18 |
| 15.00-15.30 | Closing | |