Thursday, 11 September

Arrival of participants

Registration
15.00 - 22.00

Dinner
19.00 - 21.30

Friday, 12 September

Registration
8.00 - 10.00

efsli Annual General Meeting (AGM)
10.00 - 17.30

Open to first and second delegates of efsli full members. Delegates have voting rights at the AGM. Observers are welcome to attend the efsli AGM and observe, but have no voting rights. At the efsli AGM the efsli board and the delegates will discuss efsli matters. Delegates will each give a short presentation on a specific theme, of which they will be informed beforehand.

A detailed program of the AGM and the documents can be found on the efsli website .If you like you can bring a gift to donate the efsli SAF raffle, which is held at the end of the AGM.

Dinner meeting of the representative of the Council of Europe with 1st delegates
18.00 - 19.30

First delegates of each full member organization are invited to a special diner meeting with the representative from the Council of Europe, Thorsten Afflerbach. First delegates will have the opportunity to meet Mr. Afflerbach and discuss the interpreting provision and issues in the respective countries.

Dinner
18.00 - 19.30

Celebration 20th anniversary NBTG
20.00 - 23.59

Open to all conference participants, NBTG members, and invited guests.

Saturday, September 13

Registration
8.00 - 9.00

efsli Conference

Theme: interpreting and foreign languages

09.00 – 12.30 Lectures & discussion groups

• Thorsten Afflerbach (Council of Europe, Strasbourg): "Activities of the Council of Europe to protect and promote sign languages and the rights of their users "
• Anna-Lena Nilsson (Stockholm University, Sweden): "Third Language Interpreting: From Necessity Towards Perfection "

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

Theme: relay interpreting / multiple steps in the interpreting chain

14.00 – 18.00 Lectures & discussion groups

• Barbara Moser (Université de Genève, Switzerland): "The cognitive complexity of relay interpreting"
• Cynthia Jane Kellett Bidoli (University of Trieste, Italy): "Relying on relay: with English and sign"

17.00 - 18.00 Plenary session, sharing discussion group results

20.00 Dinner & entertainment

Sunday, September 14

efsli Conference

Theme: Deaf interpreting

10.00 – 12.30 Lectures & forum discussion

• Gardy van Gils (Hogeschool Utrecht, the Netherlands): "Deaf interpreters: partners or rivals?"
• John Walker (University of Sussex, UK): "Interpreting, the third language, and its dynamics"

12.30 – 13.00 Closing

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch