International Medical Interpreters Conference

18-20 January 2013

2013 International Medical Interpreters Conference
Specialized Interpreting
Getting Beyond the Basics: Exploring Quality Interpreting for Multiple Specialties
Miami Beach, FL
USA

The 2013 IMIA Conference will provide a forum to hear national and international perspectives on the emerging practices of providing quality interpretation services to a growing global village.


Panels
1. Independent Contractor or Employee?
How is this issue is affecting medical interpreters?
2. Interpreter Associations Collaborative
Building a Unified Front Association Representatives

Open Forums:
1. Interactive Forum Exploring the identity of medical interpreters.
Living in the gray zone between medicine and language 
2. Generalist or Specialist?
A discussion on how the medical interpreter identity fits in.
3. Interactive Forum Exploring the identity of medical interpreters.
Living in the gray zone between medicine and language

Workshop List:
http://www.imiaweb.org/uploads/pages/682_2..pdf

Pre-conference workshops:
1. Medical Terminology Boot Camp
http://www.imiaweb.org/conferences/bootcamp2013conf.asp
2. Interpreting in Difficult Situations
http://www.imiaweb.org/conferences/bootcamp2013conf.asp
3. Simultaneous Interpreting
http://www.imiaweb.org/conferences/preconference.asp

Conference website
http://www.imiaweb.org/conferences/2013conference.asp