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NATIONAL CONVENTION

Bridging Languages Bridging Cultures

Presenters

Friday

8:30 am- 9:00 am Registration            
9:00am - 12:00 Buck Rogers "Foreign Sign Languages / Etymology of Sign Language."  

9:00 am - 12:00

Julie Simon

"Intralingual Skills Development"

12:00- 1:30

Keynote Jose Brieva + Angela Roth State of the Organization

Buffett (Lunch provided)

1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Edwin Cancel + Antonio Ramos "Eteketakatra ta chido."   1:30 - 3:30pm Julie Simon "Consecutive Interpretation"
  3:30 - 5:00 pm Lillian Garcia + CM Hall "Reaching out to the next generation of Interpreters: Each one reach one."

Saturday

9:00 - 12:00 Dr. José Bertran "Leadership Training"   9:00 - 12:00 Dr. Myrelis Aponte "Understanding my trilingual brain."
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch + Texas Trilingual Initiative Update
1:00 - 5:00 pm Dr. José Bertran "Leadership Training"   1:00 - 5:00pm

Dr. Myrelis Aponte

Edwin Diaz Rosario

Trilingual Interpreters: Issues in the VRS/VRI world
NEW Just Added Mentorship Track
9:00 - 5:00pm Cindy Farnham "Trilingual Mentorship"          
               
               

Philadelphia Marriott Courtyard

La Conferencia de Mano a Mano 2009, "Bridging Languages, Bridging Cultures", se aproxima rápidamente. ¡Queremos pasar la voz para que esta conferencia sea la mejor y la más grande que hayamos realizado! Para lograrlo, necesitamos profesionales que trabajen y estén dispuestos a compartir la amplia variedad de conocimientos que han acumulado. Los latinos provocarán un mayor impacto en los Estados Unidos y en el continente americano en los próximos dos años.

Philadelphia Marriott Courtyard

The 2009 Mano a Mano Conference, "Bridging Languages, Bridging Cultures", is coming up fast. We would like to put the word out to make the biggest and best Conference so far! In order to do that we will need working professionals that would be willing to share the range and depth of knowledge they have collected. Latinos will be making a bigger impression in the United States and the Americas over the next two years. The RID Convention hotel is already sold out. Our convention is in the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott Courtyard and it is going fast.