InterpretAmerica 2020: A Unified Response to Ensure Access to Interpreting Services

InterpretAmerica 2020: A Unified Response to Ensure Access to Interpreting Services (Held on March 26, 2020, on the KUDOway.com platform. 1, 348 attendees from all over the world)

Meeting Agenda:

VIEW FROM THE FIELD - PART 1: (20 min)
InterpretAmerica: Intros and framing the Forum: Barry S. Olsen and Katharine Allen, InterpretAmerica
Healthcare Speaker: The urgency to ensure language access: Idolly Oliva, M Health Fairview and CCHI
Remote Platform Speaker 1: The transition to remote: A live update by Dieter Runge, Boostlingo

MENTIMETER ROUND 1: Scope of the Challenge (15 min): Audience poll: What challenges do you face right now?

VIEW FROM THE FIELD - PART 2: (20 min)
Remote Interpreting Company Speaker: How are remote interpreting companies responding? by Kristin Quinlan, Certified Languages International
Language Service Company Speaker: What LSPs are facing and need by Rick Antezana, Association of Language Companies
Professional Association Speaker: What can associations do to support members and the profession? by Ted Wozniak, American Translators Association (ATA)
Buyer/Procurer Speaker: How can we get buyers/procurers switched to remote? by Winnie Heh, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

MENTIMETER ROUND 2: Brainstorming Session (10 min)
Audience poll: What can we do to tackle the challenges?

VIEW FROM THE FIELD - PART 3: (15 min)
LEP/End User Speaker: How can we reach end users so they can still access interpreting services? by Odilia Romero - Frente Binacional de Organizaciones Bilingües and CIELO
Advocacy/Legal Speakers: Key legal and advocacy issues by Dr. Bill Rivers, JNCL-NCLIS and Mara Youdelman, National Health Law Program
Remote Platform Speaker 2: How we can onboard / transition to remote? by Ewandro Magalhaes, KUDO

MENTIMETER ROUND 3: Where Next? (15 min)
Audience poll: Can we establish a profession-wide task force? If so, how should it be structured and what should its top priorities be?

NEXT STEPS: (15 min)
The main takeaways from audience feedback will be presented to see what immediate next steps should be.
Moderators: Marjory A. Bancroft, Cross-Cultural Communications and Cynthia Roat, Healthcare Trainer and Language Access Consultant
Data capture: Andrew Dafoe, TraduccioNOLA and Darinka Mangino, Léxica

WRAP-UP: (5 min)
InterpretAmerica: Meeting wrap up and final comments