Speakers:
Post-editing, Is It Really the Business of Professional Translators?
- Donald Barabe – C. translator – Chairman of the Board – Language Technologies Research Centre
Localization – Over-Investing in quality by Overwhelming with Context
- Oleksandr Pysaryuk – Achievers – Localization Unconference
Beyond Text: What Happens in a Dialogue?
- Haesun Moon – M.Ed, PCC, CSFC -UofT/Sunnybrook
Interpreting Town Hall – Panel
- Grace Eagan – Access Alliance – Interpreting Service Provider (ISP)
- Stella Rahman – APLI – Interpreters
- Andrew Clifford – Glendon College – Academia
- Don Leacock – WSIB – Purchaser of services
Best practices for interpreting for Medical Assistance in Dying
- Grace Eagan – Access Alliance – Interpreting Service Provider (ISP)
- Sally Bean – Sunnybrook Health
Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal
- Joel Snyder, Ph.D. – President, Audio Description Associates, LLC (USA)Director, Audio Description Project, American Council of the Blind
Life Through Rhythm
- Chris Lesso – Motivational Speaker – Musician
Subsidy for OCCI-ACI now available for conference attendees!
- All attendees to the conference will receive a 20% subsidy for their ACI application. The ACI card must be submitted to us by December 31, 2016
- An immediate rate increase will be given to level 1 and level 2 interpreters upon submission of the ACI card
- Preferential booking for OCCI-ACI interpreters (provided they comply with our other requirements)
- Apply ASAP to make sure you have it by the subsidy deadline. Your process will be more efficient if you submit all the required documentation at once to accreditation@occi.ca OCCI
Other:
- 1 SDL/TRADOS licence ($1,00 value) free raffle
- Food will include organic healthy lunch, green smoothies and special treats
- 6 American Translators Association (ATA) continuing education points have been approved for the 2016 Annual Conference
Date: Saturday November 26, 2016
Location: North York Civic Centre
Time: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Attendees must be registered in order to participate.
At this point, we have a waiting list, to be added to the waiting list, send an email to wecare@multi-languages.com
Fees
The conference will be offered as in previous years on a “Pay It Forward” basis. There is no financial commitment required from participants. For more info on how to Pay it Forward, please visit the Pay It Forward Foundation (Give to your favourite charity, perform a good deed, make someone smile). This is an honour system, we don’t need to know what you do when Paying It Forward.