Event details
Despina Amanatidou is a Certified Interpreter and Translator (English>Greek) who works full time as medical interpreter and has over nine years’ experience. Despina has been a member of the AUSIT Victorian/Tasmanian branch committee since 2016. During this time she has served in various roles such as Communications, Promotions and Public Relations Officer and as Professional Development Coordinator. She was given the opportunity to assist the Organising Committee of the Melbourne Mini-Conference in 2016 and also to co-chair the Organising Committee of the National Conference in 2019. She was also part of the Organising Committee for the 2nd International Conference on Community Translation held in Melbourne in December 2019. Despina at present and among other things is working at delivering the first online T&I conference in Australia to be held in November 2020. She currently serves in the AUSIT’s executive board as Vice-president for Events and Professional Development. Despina has thorough understanding of all aspects of organising professional development events and is passionate about quality as well as strengthening collaborations between the stakeholders within the T&I industry. Despina fervently supports lifelong learning and in order to practice what she preaches she recently completed her Master of Translating and Interpreting at RMIT University. Her previous training includes a Bachelor in History and Archaeology and Diploma of Italian. Other than that Despina is fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to facilitate various research projects that are set to deliver major improvements both in the quality of interpreting and of the technology used to achieve this. Joining the Webinar Please NOTE this is a live Webinar - Registrants will be provided with the ZOOM access link two days prior to the event AND you must attend at the specified time. This webinar WILL NOT be recorded.
PD Logbook Level: Basic
Please consult the NAATI Recertification Catalogue to allocate the relevant PD Points - downloadable from
https://www.naati.com.au/practitioners/professional-development-requirements/
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Saturday 29 August 2020 10.30am - 11.30am AEST
The Comfort of your Own Space
AUSIT Members: FREE AUSIT Student Members: FREE NZSTI / ASLIA: FREE
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