Video Interpreting Symposium Program

 National Symposium on Interpreting via Video: The State of the Practice and Implications
May 23 -25, 2010
Gallaudet Regional Interpreter Education Center
Gallaudet University – Kellogg Center

Sunday

  5:30 – 7:30 PM  

Welcome Reception

Monday

  7:30 – 8:30 AM 

Breakfast Buffett

  8:30 - 9:00 AM 

Welcome

 Ms. Beverly Hollrah, Dr. Steven Collins

Dr. Carol Erting, Dr. Steven Weiner

  9:00 – 9:30 AM 

Conference Overview

Mr. Earl Parks, Ms. Beverly Hollrah

  9:30 – 10:45 AM 

Video Interpreting: The State of the Practice and Implications for Interpreters

Ms. Beverly Hollrah, Ms. Mary Lightfoot, Dr. Leilani Johnson, Mr. Ricahrd Laurion, Dr. Julie Simon

10:45 – 11:00AM 

Break

11:00 – 12:15 PM 

VRS Implications: New Demands on Interpreters

Dr. Marty Taylor

12:15  – 1:45 PM

Lunch

  1:45 – 3:00 PM

Toward a Sociology of Interpreting

Dr. Jeremy Brunson

  3:00  – 3:15 PM

Break

  3:15  – 4:30 PM

Examining the challenges of Trilingual (Spanish-English-ASL) VRS interpreting

Dr. David Quinto-Pozos, Ms. Kristie Casanova de Canales, Mr. Rafael Trevino

  4:30  – 5:00 PM

Wrap Up

NCIEC Interpreting Via Video Workteam

Tuesday

  7:30  – 8:30 AM

Breakfast Buffet

  8:30  – 9:00 AM

Welcome Back/Housekeeping

NCIEC Interpreting Via Video Workteam

  9:00 – 10:15 AM

Demystifying the  "It": What a Superior VRS Interpreter Does

Dr. Norma Oldfield

 10:15 –10:30 AM

Break

10:30 – 11:45 AM

RID Video Remote Interpreting Standard Practice Paper

Ms. Yoshiko Chino, Ms. mary Kay Adams, Mr. Gino Gouby, and Ms. Tina Schultz

11:45  – 1:15 PM

Lunch

  1:15  – 2:30 PM

VRS & VRI: Benefits & Challenges for Consumers

Mr. Claude Stout

  2:30  – 2:45 PM

Break

  2:45  – 4:00 PM

Occupational health risks among different interpreting settings:  Special concerns for VRS and K-12 interpreters

Dr. Robert Pollard & Ms. Robyn Dean

  4:00  – 4:30 PM

Wrap up

NCIEC Interpreting Via Video