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MICATA Symposium Schedule 2011

Raising the Bar—Professionalism in T&I

Co-Sponsored by Johnson County Community College

(7 Continuing Education Credits by the American Translators Association)          (Schedule Tentative and Subject to Change (as of February 8, 2011)

Friday, March 25

MICATA Welcome Reception

(Sponsored by IntoInterpreting, LLC)

5:30 ~ 7:30 p.m.

Regnier Center Atrium

Johnson County Community College

 

 

 

Regnier Center Map: Location & Parking

Free Parking

Saturday, March 26

MICATA Symposium

8:30 a.m. ~ 5:00 p.m.

Regnier Center

Johnson County Community College

12345 College Boulevard

Overland Park, KS 66210

 

Johnson County Community College Website

Regnier Center Map

Free Parking

Sunday, March 27

Optional ATA Certification Exam

Regnier Center

Johnson County Community College

 

(separate registration required with the

American Translators Association)

ATA Registration: www.atanet.org/certification/index.php

(703) 683-6100

Free Parking

 

TIME / DATE Saturday, March 26  -  Symposium Schedule

7:45 ~ 8:30

Registration & Coffee, Corporate Members Information

(Sponsored by GSM Spanish Language Services, LLC)

Regnier Center Atrium

8:30 ~ 8:45

Welcome

Lynne Overesch-Maister, Johnson County Community College Sponsor

Regnier Center, Nerman Museum, Hudson Auditorium, Room 217

8:45 ~ 9:45

Plenary Session

Ethics, Business Practices and Social Networking

Caitilin Walsh, ATA Chapters Committee Chair

Regnier Center, Nerman Museum, Hudson Auditorium, Room 217

9:45 ~ 10:00

Break (Sponsored by Alpha & Omega, An Interpreting and Translating Company)

Regnier Center Atrium

 

Translator

Concurrent Sessions

Regnier Center  101-B

Interpreter

Concurrent Sessions

Regnier Center 101-A

Translation Technology

Concurrent Sessions

Regnier Center Room 183

10:00 ~ 10:55

Career Paths for the Bilingual Person

Bobbi Daren

CCHI Certification:
Get Ready!

Cathy Anderson

Tips and Tools for Proofreading Translations

Kathy Foster

11:00 ~ 11:55

Teaching Translation and Interpreting Skills to High School Students

Caitilin Walsh

New Orthographic Rules in the Spanish Language

Maite Kilpatrick

Tax Tips for Translators & Interpreters

John Matthews

12:00 ~ 1:30

Lunch (Sponsored by SH3, Inc.)

Hoodlums to Hackers: The FBI Fight Against the World’s Most Elusive Criminals

Jeff Lanza

Regnier Center, Room 101 C&D

1:30 ~ 2:25

A Translation in Every
Cereal Box

Laura Kanost

Court Interpreting

Laura Garcia Hein

Introduction to SDL Studio

Claudia Eggert

2:30 ~ 3:25

Payment Practices for Freelancers

Frieda Ruppaner-Lind

Translation and Transcription (T&I)

Jeck Navarrete

Terminology Management: The Basics of SDL MultiTerm 2009

John Matthews

3:30 ~ 3:45

Break (Sponsored by Transimpex - Translators - Interpreters - Editors - Consultants, Inc.)

Regnier Center Atrium

3:45 ~ 4:40

Fora Linguarum Practicum:

Written Translation and

Sight Interpreting

Texts Provided Below

MEDLINE/PubMed database

Rebecca Brown

Terminology Management: The Basics of SDL MultiTerm 2009 (continued)

John Matthews

4:45 ~ 5:00

Wrap-Up

Evening

Optional Dinner: Tatsu's French Restaurant $35 (advance reservations required on Registration Form)
 
 

Detailed Tentative Schedule & Presenters (Printable)

 

Symposium Registration Form (Printable)

 

Continuing Education Points

ATA-Certified Translators attending the MICATA Symposium will receive 7 CE Points

 This is perhaps the least-expensive way to receive all ATA CE points necessary to maintain certification.

Hotels in Overland Park, KS

Close to Symposium

 

Candlewood Suites (within walking distance)

Drury Inn

Holiday Inn

Doubletree Hotel

 

Registration Forms

MICATA Symposium Registration Form

Contact Us

Please email MICATA@gmail.com

if you have questions or would like to volunteer to assist.