The ASLIA National Conference is the largest annual event of its type for sign language interpreters within the Australasia and Oceania region. The conference is also open to interpreters and translators from other language communities, service providers, consumers of interpreting services, and interpreting/translation students.
The Australian Sign Language Interpreters’ National Conference (ANC) will be held in Adelaide, South Australia in 2012. The dates for ANC 2011 are Friday 24th August – Sunday 26th August.
The theme for ANC 2012 is ‘Rediscovering our roots: Shaping our future‘.
2012 marks the 21st anniversary of the foundation of Australian Sign Language Interpreters’ Association. It is rather fitting then that the Annual National Conference 2012 is being held in Adelaide, the very birthplace of the Association. ANC 2012 offers the opportunity for members to reflect and honour the dreams and visions of the founding members and office bearers who planted the seeds that enabled the ‘roots’ of association to grow and take shape. Our association and profession has undergone many changes and directions over the past 21 years. ANC2012 is therefore an occasion for all past and present members to reflect on how these early ‘roots’ helped to shape our profession and how we can continue to shape and mould our future as we move towards the next 21 years of ASLIA.
This event is the largest gathering of Auslan/English interpreters and allied professionals that is regularly held in Australia.
Recent Winterschools (WS) and ASLIA National Conferences (ANC) have been hosted by the following:
- WS2000 – Sydney, NSW, hosted by ASLIA NSW
- WS2001 – Canberra, ACT, hosted by ASLIA ACT
- WS2002 – Melbourne, VIC, hosted by ASLIA Vic
- WS2003 – Brisbane, QLD hosted by ASLIA Qld
- WS2004 – Launceston, Tasmania, hosted by ASLIA Tas
- WS2005 – Cairns, QLD, hosted by ASLIA National
- WS2006 – Perth, WA, hosted by ASLIA WA
- ANC2007 – Sydney, NSW, hosted by ASLIA National, ASLIA NSW and Macquarie University
- ANC2008 – Darwin, NT, hosted by ASLIA NT and Deaf NT
- ANC2009 – Melbourne, Vic, hosted by ASLIA Vic
- ANC2010 – Brisbane, Qld, hosted by ASLIA Qld
- ANC2011 – Sydney, NSW hosted by ASLIA NSW