AUSIT Webinar | 38th National Conference – Keynote 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 the Keynote presentations (paid access only). 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, Language Loop
2. A proposal for comprehensive industry reform – Sam Roberts, Professionals Australia

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)

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

Sat 22 Nov        Manning Clark Theatre

Keynote #3 Community Translation: engaging with com-unities, governments and other stakeholders – Prof Mustapha Taibi (WSU)

Update on the development of an LSP endorsement model – Leigh Cox, NAATI

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