The Association of Greek Sign Language Interpreters (AGSLI - SDENG) is hosting the 2023 AGM and Conference of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli) in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event will take place from the 15th to 17th September 2023 under the title: Rights. Right?

Deadline for call of presenters, 31 January 2023 >

The Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf will take place from 11 - 15 July in Jeju, South Korea.

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The efsli 2022 conference “#Awkward” is hosted by ASLI, the Association of Sign Language Interpreters in the UK. It will take place on 3 & 4 September 2022 in Manchester, UK.

The deadline to submit an abstract to present is 15 April: more info >

Special Thematic Session (STS) at the scientific conference ICCHP-AAACE 2022 (July) in Lecco, Italy: ‘Language Accessibility for the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing’. The session invites contribution on all aspects of the accessibility, usability, and intelligence of ICT-based systems and applications that make spoken language and translation more accessible.

More about the STS and call for papers: https://www.icchp-aaate.org/session/21770

The 2022 Events organized by UFSC with the support of several Brazilian and French universities: 3th National Congress on Linguistics and Sign Languages; 7th National Congress of Research on Libras and Portuguese Translation and Interpreting and 4th French-Brazilian Deaf Studies workshop: Sign Language, Arts along with Translation and Interpreting.

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Deafblind International (DbI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Kenya and other partners is organizing the 1st DbI Africa Conference which will be held at the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) in Nairobi, Kenya from Thursday12th to Saturday 14th May 2022.

The conference theme is: “Deafblind Reality in Africa: Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals – Opportunities and Challenges”.

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Moscow State Linguistic University, with the support of the Moscow branch of the all-Russian society of the deaf (VOG) and Roo associations of sign language interpreters (RASLI) , are organizing an international scientific conference: 16 & 17 December 2021.

The aim of the conference is to discuss the role of sign languages in the professional training of interpreters and in intercultural communication in general, the “new normal” for sign language interpreters as well as modern interdisciplinary studies of sign languages in Russia and abroad.

Submissions: The deadline for submissions to the Organizing committee at signconf_mslu2021@linguanet.ru is 15 November 2021.

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The next Deaf Academics and Researchers' Conference will take place on June 19-23, 2021, in Montreal, Canada. Subscribe to the Newsletter.

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The ninth meeting of the “Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory” (FEAST) colloquium will go online on 1-4 June, 2021. It is organized by The Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies of CUHK.

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“Let’s have a fika – culture in a cup!” Interpreting in, between and about cultures

The Swedish Sign Language association is proud to welcome all to the 2019 AGM and conference of the European Forum for Sign Language Interpreters. The event takes place in lovely Malmö and there we will immerse ourself in interpreting and culture- in every way we can.

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The XVIIIth World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) will take place from 23 to 27 July 2019 at the Palais des Congrès (Paris Congress Centre). More info >
 

The conference of the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters will take place on 17 - 21 July 2019 in Paris, France. More info >

EULITA (European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association) is organizing in cooperation with ALTI (Association luxembourgeoise des Traducteurs et Interprètes) a conference on 28 and 29 March 2019:

“The impact of interpreters on the judiciary at national and international level”

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The efsli AGM & conference 2018 will take place on 14-16 September in Dubrovnik, Croatia. More info >

On 20th – 22nd of June 2018 the WFDB will host their General Assembly and on 24th – 26th of June 2018 the 11h Helen Keller World Conference will take place in Benidorm, Spain. More info >

The FCEI conference is for families, researchers, practitioners and clinicians, both hearing and deaf and hard of hearing to come together to focus on research and evidence based best practice in a global context. The backdrop for the conference is beautiful Bad Ischl in Austria and will run from June 13 -16, 2018. 

The 3rd International Congress of Sign Language Teachers will be held in Basel, Switzerland. The program consists of lectures, workshops and poster presentations.