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Deafblind International Conference Perth, West Australia September 2007

We have two reports on this amazing event. First, from Robyn Tsapazi who worked tirelessly as the Conference Interpreter Coordinator and second, from our very own Dennis Witcombe who shares with us his perspective working as an interpreter at this major conference. Following this are photos of the event.

Robyn reports as follows: Senses Foundation in Perth Western Australia was the host for the Deafblind International 14th World Conference from 25 – 30 September this year. Perth is often described as one of the most isolated capital city in the world. Combine this with the isolation of people with deafblindness and logic tells us that people in Australia who are deafblind must be amongst the most isolated people in the world. The organising committee in Western Australia decided to adopt the theme of isolation and incorporate this theme into the conference title. The WA Deaf Society’s Deaf Interpreting Service was contracted by Senses Foundation to provide Auslan interpreters for the plenary and 18 concurrent sessions for the Conference; this was both a privilege and challenge. Over 470 delegates from around the world travelled to Perth to participate in 3 plenary and 160 concurrent sessions. A team of 6 interpreters, including Perth interpreters: Karen Bontempo, Janine Kirkup, Christy Filipich and Bev Sloan and Melbourne interpreters: Susan Emerson and Cindy Cave undertook this task with great professionalism and enthusiasm. Along with the Auslan interpreting team many, many interpreters from around the globe and Australia attended as individual deafblind interpreters for registered delegates. As the interpreter coordinator for the Auslan team I felt very honoured to have been asked to coordinate this dedicated team who showed exemplary team work and solidarity in often demanding situations. The friendships formed amongst interpreters working at the Conference will be long lasting and we hope to catch up with many of them at the 15th World Deafblind Conference in New Delhi India in 2011. From a Conference Interpreter Coordinator perspective I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the team of Auslan interpreters who worked tirelessly to ensure that for Deafblind delegates their isolation was no barrier to accessing the Conference program. The Conference organisers can be very proud of their hard work in ensuring that this Conference was a huge success.

Robyn reports as follows: Senses Foundation in Perth Western Australia was the host for the Deafblind International 14th World Conference from 25 – 30 September this year. Perth is often described as one of the most isolated capital city in the world. Combine this with the isolation of people with deafblindness and logic tells us that people in Australia who are deafblind must be amongst the most isolated people in the world. The organising committee in Western Australia decided to adopt the theme of isolation and incorporate this theme into the conference title. The WA Deaf Society’s Deaf Interpreting Service was contracted by Senses Foundation to provide Auslan interpreters for the plenary and 18 concurrent sessions for the Conference; this was both a privilege and challenge. Over 470 delegates from around the world travelled to Perth to participate in 3 plenary and 160 concurrent sessions. A team of 6 interpreters, including Perth interpreters: Karen Bontempo, Janine Kirkup, Christy Filipich and Bev Sloan and Melbourne interpreters: Susan Emerson and Cindy Cave undertook this task with great professionalism and enthusiasm. Along with the Auslan interpreting team many, many interpreters from around the globe and Australia attended as individual deafblind interpreters for registered delegates. As the interpreter coordinator for the Auslan team I felt very honoured to have been asked to coordinate this dedicated team who showed exemplary team work and solidarity in often demanding situations. The friendships formed amongst interpreters working at the Conference will be long lasting and we hope to catch up with many of them at the 15th World Deafblind Conference in New Delhi India in 2011. From a Conference Interpreter Coordinator perspective I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the team of Auslan interpreters who worked tirelessly to ensure that for Deafblind delegates their isolation was no barrier to accessing the Conference program. The Conference organisers can be very proud of their hard work in ensuring that this Conference was a huge success.

series of photos from DBI Perth