The symposium will commemorate 50 years of Translating & Interpreting Studies at RMIT on 20 March at the State Library of Victoria.

It will bring together key leaders and experts in Translating & Interpreting from across Australia, with expert international guests.

The symposium will provide excellent networking opportunities with peers, colleagues, and decision-makers from various sectors, fostering collaborations and advancing dialogue on important issues affecting our field.

Thank you to LanguageLoop and NAATI for their generous contribution in support of this event.

If you are unable to attend, please cancel your tickets as places are limited.

Schedule

TIME	PRESENTATION
10:00-10:10	Alec Cameron (Vice-Chancellor, RMIT University) Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
10:15-10:25	Mish Eastman (Deputy Vice-Chancellor Vocational Education) DSC College Welcome
10:30-10:40	Katherine Johnson (Dean, School of Global Urban and Social Studies) Introduction of the Sedat Mülayim Memorial Lecture and speaker
10:45-11:25	Miranda Lai (Associate Professor, RMIT Translating & Interpreting) Sedat Mülayim Memorial Lecture
11:30-11:55	Maria Ubarretxena (Minister for Governance, Digital Administration and Self-Government-Basque Government) Minority Languages in public administration
12:00-13:30	Lunch break
13:30-14:15	50 years of serving the community through Language Service Provision Roundtable Mark Painting, NAATI -CEO Emiliano Zucchi, Language Loop- CEO Elizabeth Robertson, TIS National- Services Support Breda Diamond, Multicultural New South Wales -Director Language Services
14:15-14:45	Manu Arrasate (Director, Official Basque Translation Service, Basque Government) 50 years of the T&I profession: From typewriters to AI
14:45-15:15	Magdalena Rowan (NAATI, Chair Board of Directors) Leading the way Australia´s certification system: Half a century snapshot
15:15-15:45	Erika Gonzalez (Associate Professor, RMIT Translating & Interpreting) Role of education in T&I: Professionalism as a vehicle to enable social equity
15:45-16:00	Melanie Reynolds (Program Manager, Translating & Interpreting Vocational Education) Presentation of the Atsuko Taniguchi Excellence Award