Programme
Let’s interact! - Making effective connections with colleagues and the sign language community
Nordic Seminar 2021 programme
All times are in Helsinki time (UTC +2)
Friday January 29
12-13:00 Lines are open for testing
13:00 Welcome to Nordic Seminar 2021!
Opening of the seminar by hosts Liisa Halkosaari and Tiina Saarijärvi-Kivelä
13:20 Keynote: Being in the moment: learning that interpreting is about interaction not just language
Christopher Stone, President, World Association of Sign Language Interpreters
13:50 Discussion in breakout rooms
14:20 Short break
14:30 Questions and comments
14:45 A message from our Gold Partner
15:00 Messy and chaotic or patterned and complex? The functions of chaining in educational interpreting
Marjo-Leea Alapuranen and Elina Tapio
15:25 Interactional spaces and visual access
Minttu Laine
15:45 Discussion in breakout rooms
16:20 Questions and comments
16:45 Lockdown Laughter - Gavin Lilley show
17:00 (ish) Closing of day 1
Saturday January 30
10.00 Good morning!
Let's start another conference day
10:05 Team interpreting in multidirectional multi-party interaction
Saija Kuronen
10:25 Discussion
10:40 Short break - fill up you coffee cup
10.50–12.15 Parallel Workshops
a) Allies for change: how can interpreters and deaf people work together? PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is fully booked.
Hilde Haualand & Anna-Lena Nilsson
b) Discussion Forum: Challenges in signed interactions and sign language interpretations with deaf refugees in mental health context
Introduction: Virve Viljanen, Maarit Widberg-Palo
CANCELLED: c) Multimodal interactional skills as a point of departure for interpreter education
Elina Tapio and Hanna-Kaisa Turja
d) Discussion Forum on interpreter training
Introduction: The future prospects and educational needs of sign language interpreting in Finland
Päivi Rainò and Gun-Viol Vik
Discussion lead by Liisa Halkosaari
12:15–13:15 break
13:15 Magical break
Mikk Engman, Deaf Magician
13:30 Workshop summaries
14:00 Easy signing as an interpreter tool (NEW)
Anu Savolainen
14:20 Social break - choose a language and join a conversation room (optional). Also chance to fill up you coffee cup.
14:40 How does it sound like? Representation of deaf professionals through interpretation
Päivi Kluuskeri
15:00 Discussion in breakout rooms
15:30 Questions and comments
15:50 Closing of the Conference
Conference languages: English, International Sign
Interpretation during workshops to be confirmed.
Conference venue:
Online via Zoom
The conference is hosted by
Language Experts, Finnish trade union organisation for sign language interpreters as well as translators, terminologists and other language professionals, Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak) and Humak University of Applied Sciences.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Foundation
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
