2009 Conference Program Highlights

Vietnamese and Russian
Medical Interpreter Pilot Testing
with Fluency, Inc.

New Joint Commission
Draft Standards for Language Access
Amy Wilson-Stronks

Minnesota Roster of Medical Interpreters
Tom Hiendlmayr

Meducation: Translated Pharmacy
and Prescription Information
Charles Lee

Business 101
Women Venture

Advertising and Marketing Your Company
Mary J Glock

Medical Interpeter Testing (2 sessions)
Rosanne Gonzalez
Bill Glasser

Translating the MMPI into Somali
Larry Bogoslow
Mohamed Aden

HIPPA for Intepreters
Sidney VanDyke
Michelle Meadows

Improving Your Mental Focus Through:
Mental Exercises
Nutrition
Yoga

Interpreting DWI Terminology

Interpreting Gun Terminology

Interpreting Eye Terminology

Vocal Anatomy

Discussion with a Court Reporter

Quality Assurance in Translation Processes

Translation Tools

CHIA Standards

Ethics in Legal Interpreting

Improve Your Interpreting and Translation Through
Voice care
Physical Therapy
Massage

Preview Training Videos

and more...

Saturday

8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcome

9:35 Plenary 1: National Medical Certification
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff and Karin Ruschke

10:10 Break-out Session 1

11:10 Break-out Session 2

12:00 Lunch Buffet (William Mitchell) Lunch Keynote: The Art of Translation
Anatoly Liberman

1:30 Committee Sessions

2:30 Break-out
Session 3

3:30 Break-out
Session 4

4:30 Plenary Session 2: Panel on Remote Video Interpreting
Eliana Lobo, Beverly Treumann, Michelle Chillstrom

5:15 Vendor Displays, Discussion with Panelists

Sunday

8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcome

9:05 Plenary Session 3: Creating an Arabic Legal Dictionary
Walid Farhoud

9:45 Break-out Session 5

10:35 Vendor Displays, Discussion with presenters

11:00 Break-out Session 6

11:50 Lunch Buffet (William Mitchell Ballroom)
Lunch Keynote: What is a Dialect?
Bruce Downing

1:40 Break-out Session 7

2:40 Break-out Session 8

3:30 Plenary Session 4: The Legal Status of Interpreting Under Obama
Mara Youdelman

4:00 Door Prizes