38th National Conference - Day 1 Presentations

This collection of recorded sessions from the 38th AUSIT National Conference includes all the publicly available sessions from Thursday through to Saturday and all Friday (day 1) professional development sessions (paid access). November 2025, Canberra ACT, Australia. Thu 20 Nov Manning Clark Theatre Welcome to Country + Conference Opening • Uncle Wally Bell, Ngunnawal elder • Michael Pettersson MLA, ACT Minister for Multicultural Affairs • Carl Gene Fordham, National President Two ‘engagement’ issues: 1. Code of Ethics community awareness poster Jim Hlavac, Emiliano Zucchi 2. A proposal for comprehensive industry reform Sam Roberts, Scott Crawford Engaging with change: insights into how NAATI supports practitioners to respond and adapt to technological changes Aurélie Sheehan Fri 21 Nov Manning Clark Theatre Keynote #1 Judicial Officers working with interpreters: implications for access to justice Prof Ludmila Stern, Prof Sandra Hale, Prof Stephen Doherty, Prof Mel Schwartz (UNSW), Dr Julie Lim (UTS) Are we there yet? – an interactive co-creation exercise Heather Glass Keynote #2 The ‘Guide for Clinicians Working with Interpreters’ – six years on Prof Christine Phillips (ANU) Workshop: the revision of the AUSIT Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct – your questions answered Jim Hlavac, Saeed Khosravi Professional ethics for the specialist providing language support to law enforcement and intelligence agencies Steve Elkanovich Sat 22 Nov Manning Clark Theatre Update on the development of an LSP endorsement model Leigh Cox Jill Blewett Memorial Lecture: The state of Australia’s T&I sector – a view from the councils of our ethnic communities Mary Ann Baquero Geronimo, CEO of FECCA Conference close Carl Gene Fordham, National President