The International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting (IPCITI) takes place at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh on 23 and 24 November 2023. The theme for IPCITI 2023 is Lines of Enquiry, and the conference will have a focus on methodological innovation in translation and interpreting studies.

The Association of Greek Sign Language Interpreters (AGSLI - SDENG) is hosting the 2023 AGM and Conference of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli) in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event will take place from the 15th to 17th September 2023 under the title: Rights. Right?

Deadline for call of presenters, 31 January 2023 >

“The integration of social-haptic communication in deafblind interpreting and educational settings”, which will be held on the 4th and 5th of  September 2023 in person in Aula Magna Silvio Trentin, Ca’ Dolfin, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and on Zoom. 

The conference aims at gathering international and national expertise around the integration of social-haptic communication in the practice of deafblind interpreting and in deafblind learning environments.

See the Call for Abstracts for other details.

The participation will be free of charge.

The Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf will take place from 11 - 15 July in Jeju, South Korea.

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The 2023 conference of the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI) will take place 5-9 July in Jeju Island, Korea. A call for proposals to present at the pre-conference and conference has been launched in English, Korean Sign Language, and International Sign.

Conference Website: https://wasli2023.blogspot.com/

The 8th International Conference on Public Services Interpreting and Translation (PSIT8) will take place 23 - 25 March 2023 at the University of Alcalá, Madrid.

Deadline for abstracts: 5 November 2022

More info: https://fitisposgrupo.web.uah.es/en/conference-psit-8/

From 7 - 9 December 2022 the 3rd International Conference on interpreting will take place organized by Hong Kong Baptist University. The conference will be held onsite and online. The theme of the conference is ‘Interpreting and Technology: Interplay and Transformation’. The submission deadline for the call for papers is 30 April 2022.

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The SCIC universities conference will take place on 17 & 18 November in Brussels (and can be followed online). The event can also be followed online. More details still to be announced, see here the page with general info: https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/interpretation/scic-universities-conference_en

The 2022 edition "Plurilingualism: between diversity and universality" which will be held in Cadiz, Spain, wishes to highlight the deep issues of plurilingualism and the areas of fracture, both conceptual, cultural, mental, and social and territorial.

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The efsli 2022 conference “#Awkward” is hosted by ASLI, the Association of Sign Language Interpreters in the UK. It will take place on 3 & 4 September 2022 in Manchester, UK.

The deadline to submit an abstract to present is 15 April: more info >

Special Thematic Session (STS) at the scientific conference ICCHP-AAACE 2022 (July) in Lecco, Italy: ‘Language Accessibility for the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing’. The session invites contribution on all aspects of the accessibility, usability, and intelligence of ICT-based systems and applications that make spoken language and translation more accessible.

More about the STS and call for papers: https://www.icchp-aaate.org/session/21770

Conference on New Trends in Translation and Technology will take place 4-6 July 2022 in Greece.

The aim of the conference is to bring together academics in linguistics, translation studies, machine translation and natural language processing, as well as developers, practitioners, language service providers (LSPs) and vendors who work on or are interested in various aspects of technology for translation.

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The 2022 Events organized by UFSC with the support of several Brazilian and French universities: 3th National Congress on Linguistics and Sign Languages; 7th National Congress of Research on Libras and Portuguese Translation and Interpreting and 4th French-Brazilian Deaf Studies workshop: Sign Language, Arts along with Translation and Interpreting.

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The Department of Translation Studies at the University of Graz is organizing a PhD conference on the topic of reflexivity.

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Deafblind International (DbI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Kenya and other partners is organizing the 1st DbI Africa Conference which will be held at the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) in Nairobi, Kenya from Thursday12th to Saturday 14th May 2022.

The conference theme is: “Deafblind Reality in Africa: Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals – Opportunities and Challenges”.

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The Innovation in Interpreting Summit is back! From 22-24 February you can participate in the online summit. The summit promises panels, presentations, networking in the online community and more. Sign up here to receive the latest info >

Moscow State Linguistic University, with the support of the Moscow branch of the all-Russian society of the deaf (VOG) and Roo associations of sign language interpreters (RASLI) , are organizing an international scientific conference: 16 & 17 December 2021.

The aim of the conference is to discuss the role of sign languages in the professional training of interpreters and in intercultural communication in general, the “new normal” for sign language interpreters as well as modern interdisciplinary studies of sign languages in Russia and abroad.

Submissions: The deadline for submissions to the Organizing committee at signconf_mslu2021@linguanet.ru is 15 November 2021.

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The APTIS (the Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting Studies, UK and Ireland) 3rd Annual Conference is hosted by the Dublin City University on 19-20 November 2021. The title of the conference is 'Evolving Profiles: The Future of Translation and Interpreting Training'. APTIS invites proposals for 20-minute papers, 90-minute hands-on workshops and 2-hour panels for its 3rd Annual Conference. The deadline for sending proposals is 22 April 2021.

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The conference strives to bring together scholars from various fields of translation and interpreting studies to share their perspectives on the human factor in their studies. Keynote speakers are Susan Bassnett, Lawrence Venuti, Jan Pedersen, and Nadja Grbić.

See the call for abstracts, deadline for submission is September 30, 2020.

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The CIT conference will take place in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA from 19 - 22 September 2021.

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Topic: Ethics and professional codes of practice for translators and interpreters: new contexts in the profession and training. The conference organizers would like to consider lessons learned from the pandemic as well as the reflections generated by its economic and social consequences. Topics are in three blocks: the profession, education & training, and research.

See for further information, proposals and registrations the conference website >

The 2021 conference of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli) will take place in Cluj, Romania. This conference was originally planned to take place in 2020.

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ICTIC has become one of the most important venues for scholars working at the interface of translation, interpreting and cognition. Participants are invited to submit proposals addressing cognitive aspects from any theoretical and methodological perspective of topics.

• Submit panel proposals from July 1 until September 30, 2020.

• Submit abstracts from November 1, 2020 until January 31, 2021.

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The 2nd international conference on interpreting will take place at the Hong Kong Baptist University on 8 &9 April 2021. It is organized by the Centre for Translation and the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies Hong Kong Baptist University. Keynote speakers are Adolfo Garcia and Brooke Macnamara. You can submit an abstract by 15 November 2020.

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The Innovation in Interpreting Summit 2021 is hosted online by Techforword, Josh Goldsmith and Alexander Drechsel. More than 25 presenters are participating in the summit, with presentations and live panels on how to become familiar with interpreting technology.

On Tuesday 23 February I will host together with Oliver Pouliot a special one hour live panel on sign language interpreting and technology.

Check out the website for more details and sign up for a free ticket >

Terpsummit is an online conference for interpreters hosted by Sophie Llewellyn Smith. Sophie says: “this summit to help you examine your interpreting business in the round, from how you look after your main asset (you!) to how you present yourself to the outside world, with a view to becoming more confident, skilled, and marketable.”

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