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Events across the world on sign language interpreting, sign language and more
Disclaimer: this is an overview of international events related to sign language and sign language interpreting. For any information on the events, please contact the organizers directly by clicking on the event and the link to the event’s web page. Maya de Wit Sign Language Interpreting Consultancy cannot be held accountable for the accuracy of the information listed.
The efsli conference will take place on 12 & 13 September 2026 in Zagreb, Croatia.
See for the program and more information: https://zagreb2026.efsli.org/programme
An International Conference Human-Centered AI in Translation and Interpreting: Concepts, Workflows and Competence Development hosted by the Translation Studies Department at the University of Innsbruck in Austria.
Together with the International Labour Organization, the University of Geneva’s FTI is co-hosting a multi-stakeholder conference aimed at looking back over the technological developments that have marked this profession, and discuss the trends that will set the course for its future.
Conference dates: October 1 & 2, 2026
Venue: ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
On 19 & 20 October 2026 another training for sign language interpreters will be held: Interpreting from and to English as a 3rd language - PART 1
Trainer: Maya de Wit PhD
On 7 and 8 November 2026, AIIC Netherlands is organizing a Legal Symposium ‘Ecocide and Ecolinguistics’ in The Hague, the Netherlands.
See here the flyer of the event.
The 12th EST Congress has the theme Diversity and Unity in Translation and Interpreting Studies, and will take place at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, between 27th and 30th June 2028.
The dates for the 2026 TerpAcademy Summit are 17 - 19 July:
Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday 10.00 AM - 6 PM EST
From the save the date announcement:
A full virtual weekend designed for interpreters who want meaningful workshops, real skill-building, and a supportive community to grow with! All sessions are virtual, so you can join from anywhere! No travel, no hotels, just high-quality learning and a welcoming environment! This year's Summit will feature:
• Skill-focused workshops that help you interpret smarter, not harder
• ASL & Voiced sessions built to strengthen clarity and technique
• Real-world scenarios & guided practice to sharpen decision-making
More details are coming soon.
On 19 & 20 June 2026 another training for sign language interpreters will be held: Interpreting from and to English as a 3rd language - PART 1
Trainer: Maya de Wit PhD
The Together Conference is an online event that brings interpreters, translators, educators, researchers, and students together from around the world.
The newly-established TrIPS research group at the Faculty of Translation and Interpretation, University of Mons has announced its first conference: "Translation and Interpreting Process Studies: Multimodality, Cognition and Application", which will take place on 7-8 May 2026.
The conference will be preceded by a workshop: "Eye tracking as a tool in psycholinguistic approaches to T&I process research" on 6 May.
The call for papers, the description of the workshop, and additional information >
Practical session where deaf and hearing sign language interpreters team up to sharpen their skills together.
Physical Training: Co-Interpreting in Deaf–Hearing Teams
📍 Brussels – UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles
📅 17–18 April 2026
🗣️ With Sophie Scheidt, Vivien Fontevielle & Nicolas Hanquet
This online Round Table will welcome key figures of the Conference Interpretation training world.
See you (online!) on February 28th, 2026 at 9:00 (California, PST)/ 12:00 (Lima, GMT-5)/18:00 (Paris, CET).
You can register as a participant by completing this form: https://forms.gle/amtndu9qizpbzDs28
Sign Cafe 3 will be held in Warsaw Poland on 18 & 19 September 2025. The conference languages are English, International Sign and Polish Sign Language.
More info: More info: http://sign.uw.edu.pl/en/sign-cafe-3/
The efsli conference takes place in Lisbon 12-14 September 2025. The theme is "Translating Culture". You can find more information and the call for papers here: https://www.anapilg.pt/call-for-papers
The 11th EST Congress: The Changing Faces of Translation and Interpreting (Studies) will take place in Leeds, United Kingdom, from 30 June to 4 July 2025.
See for more info the conference page >
The ICTIC 5 conference will take place from 2-4 June in Kristiansand, Norway.
The theme for the fifth iteration of the ICTIC conference is Translation and Cognition on the ground. What is now recognized as legitimate empirical phenomena within the field of Translation and Interpreting Studies is a much broader and more inclusive category than was the case just a couple of decades ago. The remit of the field is expanding to encompass multiple new forms of mediated communication in a range of new scenarios.
Part II of the training ‘Interpreting from and to English as a 3rd language’ organized by Maya de Wit Sign Language Interpreting Consultancy.
You will have the opportunity to learn with peers from across Europe through in depth practice sessions, games, and discussions. Through intensive practice and the individual and peer feedback, you will enhance your acquired skills to work between English and your national sign language.
Days and times:
11 April: 9.30 - 16.30 hours
12 April: 9.30 - 16.30 hours
As a sign language interpreter you are increasingly requested to work into and from English as non-native speakers. During the two day training you will learn linguistic and coping strategies in order to match these demands.
MITS is hosting their second online seminar on 22 March from 10.00 - 14.00 CET. The seminar will tackle a pressing and fundamental topic: the rights and risks of signed language translation and Interpretation in the context of the EU legal framework.
A call for papers for the conference “ELF Communication Today: Acceptability and Accessibility in Focus” that will be held on 4 and 5 December 2024 at the University of Salerno, Italy.
See the conference website for more info: https://jaiello00.wixsite.com/elf2024unisa
This training is Part II of the training 'Interpreting from and to English as a 3rd Language' and based on the lessons learned in Part I. Register by 30 June to get the early bird registration fee!
The MITS Public Online Seminar, taking place on October 5th from 9:45 AM to 13:00 PM, will focus on deaf persons in conflict zones and humanitarian crises, with particular emphasis on the role of sign language interpreters in these contexts.
Two expert speakers, Peninnah Vulimu and Herbert Klein, will present their fieldwork experiences.
The Department of Legal, Language, Translation and Interpreting Studies (IUSLIT) of the University of Trieste is hosting the International Conference Legal Translation & Interpreting on the move. The conference will take place 2-4 October 2024 at the SSLMIT (Via Filzi 14, 34137 Trieste, Italy).
Call for papers deadline: 30 November 2023, see http://tigim2024.units.it/CfP.html
More info: http://tigim2024.units.it/index.html
The conference of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli) will take place from 13 - 15 September 2024 in Turin, Italy. The conference is organized and hosted by ANIMU.
More info > https://torino2024.efsli.org/
The event will take place on 12-14 September 2024 at Newcastle University and will also be accessible in 'light-hybrid' mode. It will bring together translation studies scholars and professional translators (freelance and in-house) with academics and professionals from other fields (e.g. nursing, psychology, legal & accounting, coaching) to explore and discuss the complex relationship between ethics and self-care in contemporary practice (see event abstract below).
The conference will take place on 11-14 September 2024 at the University of Graz, Austria
See more info on the conference website: https://translationhistory.uni-graz.at/en/
The 5th Terp Academy Summit will take place from 25 - 28 July (this is a change from the originally planned dates). Further info will follow.
The 12th conference of ALTER, European Society for Disability Research, will be held at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) on 4 and 5 July 2024 on the theme: ‘Disability Research for the Real World.’
You can find the call for papers here. You have until 14 January 2024 to submit your abstracts to the conference website, which will be open in mid-December: https://alterconf2024.sciencesconf.org/
The Together Conference - Moving our Professions Forward’ is a professional development event for sign language interpreters and translators. This conference aims to enhance professional practice and underpinning knowledge in line with the NOS (National Occupational Standards) for interpreters and translators in the UK and equivalent standards worldwide.
The conference will be accessible in English, British Sign Language, Irish Sign Language and English Captions.
The Francqui-Sign Language Studies Summer School aims to create a dynamic learning environment for PhD students, post-docs, and early career researchers from various fields of Sign Language Studies with a focus on interpreting and translation. It is also open to MA graduates contemplating undertaking a PhD or wanting to know more about what a PhD entails.
CIUTI annually organizes a conference on Translation & Interpreting at one of its member institutions. From 28-29 May the CIUTI conference ‘Reshaping the T&I Paradigm: Openness and Integration’ will take place in Shanghai.
The conference aims to provide a platform for educators, professionals and industry representatives, to share innovative ideas on strengthening the inclusiveness and interdisciplinary integration in the fields of translation and interpreting studies.
The VII International Congress on Science and Translation: “Interdisciplinary bridges and dissemination of scientific knowledge will take place online and onsite at the Università del Salento, Lecce.
More information and call for papers > he VII International Congress on Science and Translation: “Interdisciplinary bridges and dissemination of scientific knowledge will take place online and onsite at the Università del Salento, Lecce.
More information and call for papers > https://congresointernacionalcienciaytraduccion.es/
This special training is for signers to learn more about International Sign (IS). During the two days you are introduced to the basics of International Sign, some theory as well as practice. The training is for those signers who already know a national sign language, but want to practice and learn more about IS.
More info and registration: https://www.mpdfonlus.com/it/Le-attivit%C3%A0/International-Sign-Training-for-signers-819/
Maya de Wit is invited to give a workshop for LIBRAS interpreters, hosted by AIIC Brazil & APIC: Interpreting multilingual High-Level meetings & conferences
Extended deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2024
More info> https://katu-symposiumi.com/first-circular-and-call-for-papers-2024/
The theme of the 2024 KäTu Symposium is Connection. The theme is meant to highlight the importance of translation, interpreting, and other translatorial activities in enabling connection between languages and cultures.
AIIC Brazil and APIC invited are hosting an online lecture by Maya de Wit, PhD on 10 April: Mixing it up! Conference signed and spoken language interpreters collaborative practices.
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