The efsli #Awkward conference was held in Manchester on Saturday 3rd September and Sunday 4th September.
The outline program for the weekend is below
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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| 10.30-11.30 | Discussion groups | |
| 11.30-11.45 | feedback session | |
| 11.45-12.15 | Break | |
| 12.15-12.55 | Presentation 2 “They’re not an imposter, I’m the real imposter!” Dr Jules Dickinson and Brett Best |
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| 12.55-14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 -14.40 | Presentation 3 "We are after your Job?" Helen Fuller and Mark Millington | 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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Saturday Conference 9.30am -5.00pm
| 9.30-9.45 | Welcome | |
| 9.45-10.30 | Keynote “Awkward: the flip side of sign language interpreting”. Hilde Haualand |
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| 10.45-11.15 | Presentation 3 Finally free of the interpreter’s gaze? Maartje De Meulder and Christopher Stone | Presentation 2 Is our post-pandemic Tool Kit missing a few essential tools? Frances Everingham |
| 11.15-11.45 | Break | |
| 11.45-12.15 | Presentation 18 International Sign interpreting: are there gendered elephants in the room. Karolien Gebruers | 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 |
| 12.30-13.00 | Presentation 5 Anti-social interpreting: Drawing a line in the Sand. Naomi Sheneman | 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 |
| 13.00-14.30 | Lunch | |
| 14.30-15.00 | Presentation 7 Nonconformity and signed language interpreting: (dis)uttering expletives. Octavian E. Robinson | Presentation 8 What’s missing? Equity, diversity, and inclusion training for interpreters, pre and post qualification. Azaria Francis |
| 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 | |
Sunday Conference 9.15am – 3.30pm
| 9.15-10.00 | Keynote 2 Intersectionality and Interpreting: Exploring interpreters of colour in the UK. Selina Jacques |
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| 10.00-10.30 | Presentation 9 Don’t mention the machine: the #awkward future of human interpreting. Maartje De Meulder | Presentation 10 “We’re just going to make you comfortable now” - Linguistic and interpersonal challenges of interpreting conversations about death. Paul Belmonte |
| 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 | Presentation 12 Improving global majority take up within signed language interpreting & translation profession. Nikki Harris |
| 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 | Presentation 14 Mediating rapport and im/politeness: are we too ‘good’ or not good enough? Rachel Mapson |
| 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 17 When he comes into police custody, he has certain rights: the burden for achieving access in a video-mediated custody interview. Robert Skinner | Presentation 16 Interpreting through change: managing the menopause as work Linda Duncan |
| 14.30-15.00 | Closing | |