‘In the Neighbourhood: connecting, growing and celebrating our communities’

Saturday 6th July – Day 1

08:00 Registration opens
08:45 Mihi Whakatau – (Byron Gibbons)
09:00 Welcome to The Neighbourhood – (MC Kyle Cloete)
09:30 Keynote Presentation: In the Oceania neighbourhood (Krishneer Sen & Inise Tawaketini)
10:30 Morning tea (30mins)
11:00 Presentation: Through Deaf Eyes: Interpreting Election Debates (Sara Pivac Alexander & Jeremy Borland)
11:30 Presentation: Exploring the Application of Ally Theory in Spoken-Language Community Interpreting in Aotearoa New Zealand from a Service-User Perspective (Agustina Marianacci)
12:00 Lunch (60mins)
13:00 Presentation: New Styles in Online NZSL (Rachel McKee & George Major)
13:30 Te Tiriti Management Area update (Melissa Simchowitz & Margaret Picard)
14:00 Kotahitanga Panel  (Recenia Kākā and panellists: Jared Flitcroft, Kellye Bensley, Cha’nel Kaa-Luke, Rebeccah Curtis, Janet Lawson, Hana Maguire
15:00 Afternoon tea (30mins)
15:30 AGM: Including Board Elections (SLIANZ Board)
17:00 Karakia Whakamutunga
17:05 Board handover
18:30 Conference Function: Ernesto’s Cocina Cubana

Saturday evening: Conference social function

Join us for an evening of socialising together – Ernesto’s Cocina Cubana

Sunday 7th July: Day 2

08:30 Registration desk opens
09:00 Karakia 
09:05 Hey, Neighbour! Any business, updates, and Day 1 reflections (MC Kyle Cloete)
09:30 Presentation: Expanding, Repeating and Checking: Strategies Used by Experienced NZSL-English Interpreters in a Medical Context (George Major)
10:00 Presentation: Deaf-Hearing Partnerships in Professional Contexts (Rachel Coppage & Julia Freeman)
10:30 Morning tea (30 mins)
11:00 Presentation: Interpreters Supporting Interpreters (Rhonda Ryde & Nicole Clark)
11:30 SLIANZ Mōteatea (Recenia Kākā & Jenn Gilbert)
12:00 Lunch (60 mins)
13:00

Breakout Session 1: Interpreting in Marae Settings (Cha’nel Kaa-Luke)

Breakout Session 2: EGL, Systems Transformation and Interpreters (Natalie McLean & Wayne Marriot)

13:45 Breakout Session 3: Floating a Framework for Critical Reflection on Interpreting Practice (Rachel McKee & Wenda Walton)Breakout Session 4: Giving Back and Supporting a Deaf Ecosystem (James Anderson-Pole)
14:30 In the Neighbourhood: Reflections, highlights, acknowledgements and closing moments (MC Kyle Cloete)
15:00 Closing Mōteatea: SLIANZ Conference Organising Committee
15:15 Afternoon tea, cake and farewells