A draft programme is now available. Please note that this programme may still change; however, there will be no changes to the opening and closing times, nor to the timing of the keynote presentation and the AGM. The evening event is also confirmed.
Saturday 26th June – Day 1
08:00 | Registration Opens |
08:30 | Welcome – Karakia and Opening remarks
SLIANZ Conference Organising Committee and SLIANZ Committee (15min) |
08:45 | Activity – Speed Dating (15min) |
09:00 | Workshop – NZSL Share as a Tool for Interpreters Micky Vale & Rachel McKee (60min) |
10:00 | Morning tea |
10:30 | Workshop – Encouragement for more Trilingual Interpreters, and Deaf interpreters for Māori Deaf Sam Te Maari & Hemi Hema (30min) |
11:00 | Workshop – Access to Te Ao Māori Kellye Bensley (30min) |
11:30 | Workshop – NZSL Interpreter Standards Shona Jones (45min) |
12:15 | Lunch |
13:00 | Workshop – The Juggle Is Real Jenn Gilbert (30min) |
13:30 | Workshop – Interpreting About Women’s Health In NZSL Rachel McKee, George Major & Karliah McGregor (40min) |
14:10 | Workshop – Reasonable Accommodation – Sharing Expectations Rebecca Knowlton (60min) |
15:10 | Afternoon tea |
15:30 | Workshop – Enlivening a Performance Shaun Edwards-Brown (90min) |
17:00 | Karakia – Closing SLIANZ Conference Organising Committee and SLIANZ Committee |
18:30 | Conference Function The Riverside Market – Kaiser Brew Garden |
Saturday evening: Conference social function
Join us for an evening of socialising together….Kaiser Brew Garden…more details coming soon!
Sunday 27th June: Day 2
08:30 | Registration Desk Opens |
08:45 | Welcome – Karakia and Spotlight Brief announcements and updates SLIANZ Conference Organising Committee and SLIANZ Committee (15min) |
09:00 | Presentation and Workshop Activity – Where we have come from; Where we are headed Carol Scholes (90mins) |
10:30 | SLIANZ Committee Presentation – Strategic Plan (30mins) |
11:00 | Morning tea (30mins) |
11:30 | AGM
Committee Elections SLIANZ Committee (60mins) |
12:30 | Lunch (1hr) |
13:30 | SLIANZ 25 Year Anniversary – Celebration Session Special Acknowledgements, Photos, Activity and Inaugural Committee Panel SLIANZ Conference Organising Committee and SLIANZ Committee (90min) |
15:00 | Poroporoaki – Conference 2021 End and Closing KarakiaSLIANZ Conference Organising Committee and SLIANZ Committee |
15:15 | Afternoon tea and farewells |
16:00 | Committee Handover |