East Coast Interpreters and Translators Summit 2023

Saturday, September 09, 2023 | 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM | Widener University Delaware Law School

breakfast / registration

8:00 AM-8:30 AM

Opening Remarks

8:30 AM-9:15 AM

DVTA President Eliane Sfeir-Markus

Keynote:

9:15 AM-10:15 AM

Candid Thoughts on AI and the Future of Cross-language Communication: What can a professional do when the tools of the trade radically change?

Barry Slaughter Olsen

Job Fair & Coffee Break

10:15 AM- 10:45

Morning Sessions

These sessions are concurrent
10:45 AM-12:45 PM

From Drawing Board to Lived Experience and Back:
Co-Producing Language Justice Infrastructure to Advance Health Equity

Vonessa Costa CCHI | AM1

2023 Remote Simultaneous Interpretation
Update: Current standards of practice, technologies, trends, & opportunities

Barry Slaughter Olsen | AM2

“Translating Official Documents: Certified, Notarized or Apostilled”

Marco Hanson | AM3

Lunch

12:45 PM-1:40PM

Afternoon Sessions

These sessions are concurrent
1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Language and World Affairs – the Art and Science of Diplomatic Translation and Interpretation.

Pascale Ledeur Kraus | PM1

Educational Interpreting: Stepping Out of the Shadows

Katharine Allen | PM2

From Court to Conference: Best Practices

Katty Kauffman | PM3

Spanish Session:
“Armas, escuadras y cuernos de chivo: Firearms in English and Spanish”

Marco Hanson | PM3

Job Fair & Coffee Break

3:45 PM- 4:15 PM

Evening Session

4:15 PM-5:15 PM

“Connecting the dots of Compliance”- breaking apart the complex picture of Compliance and your role as an interpreter.

Jodi Bralow – LSA | PM4

Annual meeting & Closing Remarks

5:15 PM-5:30 PM

DVTA President Eliane Sfeir-Markus