Friday, 15th November
8.00 Registration
9.00 – 9.15 Welcome
Mladen Veršič, Slovenian Sign Language Institute ZDGNS
Dr. Mojca Schlamberger Brezar, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Dr. Asta Vrečko, Ministry of Culture, Republic of Slovenia
Presentations
9.15-9.30 Everything is in our hands: Sign language vision, Matjaz Juhart, Slovenian Sign Language Institute ZDGNS, Slovenia
9.30-9.50 Strengthen sign languages in the Nordics through networking, Tommy Lyxell, Institute of language and folklore, Sweden
9.50-10.10 Sailing against the wind: Leading change and making way for ÍTM, Kristín Lena Þorvaldsdóttir, The Communication Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Iceland
10.10-10.30 Working with Danish Sign Language, Janne Boye Niemelä, Elisabeth Holm Hansen, Danish Language Council, Denmark
10.30-10.50 Strategies for Operationalization and Linguistic Policies for Norwegian Sign Language (NTS), Sonja Myhre Holten, The Language Council of Norway, Norway
11.00-11.30 Coffee break and exchanging information
Presentations
11.30-11.50 The language advice service of FinSL and FinSSL, Janne Kankkonen, Päivi Mäntylä, Leena Savolainen, Finnish Association of the Deaf, Finland, Finland
11.50-12.10 Enhancing the lexicon of NGT: insights from Sign Ateliers, Richard Cokart, Nederlands Gebarencentrum/ Dutch Sing Center, Netherlands
12.10-12.30 From collection to publication: the lexicographical process for Flemish Sign Language, Caro Brosens, Margot Janssens, Hannes De Durpel, Vlaams Gebarentaalcentrum, Belgium
12.30-12.50 Additional option
13.00-14.00 Lunch and Exchanging information
Presentations
14.00-14.20 20 years of SL dictionary experience, Jindřich Mikulík, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
14.20-14.40 10 years of Sl dictionary experience, Valerija Skof, Slovenian Sign Language Institute ZDGNS, Slovenia
14.40-15.00 Business American Sign Language Corpora, Data Collection, Analysis Yauheni Koraneu, Gallaudet University, United States
15.30 – 17.00 Initiative meeting
Steps to establish Federation/Network/Organization of Institutes for Sign Languages
Open discussion, Matjaz Juhart, Institute for Slovene sign language, Slovenia
17.00-17.45 Dinner and Exchanging information
Saturday, 16th November
Presentations
9.20-9.40 Sign Language Interpreting at the Department of Translation Studies in Graz, Austria – History, Challenges and Opportunities, Christian Stalzer, Tiana Jerkovic, Department of Translation Studies, University of Graz, Austria
9.40-10.00 Deaf studies in the Czech Republic, Lenka Okrouhlíková, Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Institute of Czech and Deaf Studies, Czech Republic
10.00-10.20 The vision – challenges and opportunity, Godstime Ozemoya, Destiny Osaghae, Vocational training for the deaf, Nigeria
Open discussion and Closing remarks
12.00-13.00 Lunch and Exchanging information
Presentations
14.00-16.00 Additional option