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Certification Summit Schedule
National Certification Summit Schedule
Saturday, April 6, 2024
All time is local, Central time zone
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5.25 CE hours from CCHI & 0.425 CEUs from RID
7:30 am – 8:15 am Registration and Breakfast
(3rd floor, Academic Building, Mural Area near Amphitheater)
8:15 am – 8:30 am Welcome Address by Dr. David Ryden, Associate Vice President of Programming and
Curriculum at UHD (Amphitheater)
8:30 am – 9:15 am Summit Opening (Amphitheater)
9:15 am – 9:30 am Break and Exhibitor Time
9:30 am – 10:15 am Plenary session “Futurist Thinking Workout” moderated by Natalya Mytareva, M.A.,
I.C.E.-CCP, and Yasha Saebi, M.S., CoreCHI-P (Amphitheater)
10:15 am – 10:30 am Break and Exhibitor Time
10:30 am – 11:30 am Concurrent sessions A*
11:30 am – 12:45 pm Lunch and Exhibitor Time (Mural Area)
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm Plenary panel session “Legislative Future” with Kathleen Diamond, M.A., Bill Rivers,
Ph.D., and Mara Youdelman, J.D., LL.M., moderated by Jorge Ungo (Amphitheater)
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Break and Exhibitor Time (Mural Area)
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Concurrent sessions B*
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break and Exhibitor Time (Mural Area)
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Concurrent sessions C*
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Plenary session “Summit Reflections” by CCHI Chair Vonessa Costa and Vice Chair
Johanna Parker (Amphitheater)
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm Raffle Prizes and Closing (Amphitheater)
* Performance-based sessions are limited to 20 attendees maximum to ensure optimal learning experience.
The schedule is tentative and subject to change.
10:30 – 11:30 am Concurrent Sessions A
| Session Type | Title & Presenters | Room |
| Performance-Based | Interpreting Slam Paul Spacek, M.S., CHI – Spanish, & Paco Martinez, M.A., CHI-Spanish (Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City) (Limited to 20 attendees) |
1 |
| Performance-Based | AIM For Accuracy: Honing Your Consecutive Skills Agustín Servin de la Mora, B.A., CMI, FCCI (DE LA MORA Institute of Interpretation) (Limited to 20 attendees) |
2 |
| Advancing Skills in the Digital Era: A Practical Approach to Technology and Growth in Healthcare Interpreting Andrew Dafoe, CHI-Spanish. LA and MS Court Certified Interpreter (TNOLA Languages) |
3 | |
| I’m Not Just Bilingual, I’m a Professional Interpreter Tatiana Cestari, Ph.D., CHI-Spanish, & Danielle Meder, RID-NIC (MARTTI by UpHealth) |
4 | |
| Remediating Situations: Important Tips for Interpreting Success Romina Espinosa, M.A., CHI-Spanish (UC San Diego Health) |
5 | |
| Vital Signs: How to Effectively Communicate with Deaf Patients in Healthcare Settings Timothy Riker M.A., CDI, CLIP-R (Brown University, DeafYES! Center for Deaf Empowerment and Recovery) |
6 | |
| Language Access Leadership | “Provider Training about Interpreters & Language Access” | 7 |
| From Evidence to Action – How Do Your Providers Rate (on Language Access?) David Hunt, J.D. (BCT Partners) |
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| Every Time? Changing Mindsets Andy Schwieter, CMI-Spanish (Cincinnati Children’s) |
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| The Future Roundtables | The Future of Language Services Melina Kolbeck (Children’s Health, Dallas), Kristin Quinlan (CLI), Winston Scott, PhD (MasterWord) |
8 |
| NCIHC Focus Groups | Update & Revise the National Standards of Practice | 9 |
1:30 – 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions B
| Session Type | Title & Presenters | Room |
| Performance-Based | It’s All About the Drills! Preparing for Certification the Deliberate Way Elena Langdon, M.A., CT (MasterWord) (Limited to 20 attendees) |
1 |
| Performance-Based | Keeping up With a Caffeinated Cheetah: Coping with Fast Speakers in Simultaneous Interpretation (Part I) Johanna Parker, M.A., CHI-Spanish, FCCI (CCHI) and Victoria Sormani, CHI-Spanish (Limited to 20 attendees) |
2 |
| Idiomatic Expressions: Excuse me, que dijo? Heidi Hobson, CHI-Spanish |
3 | |
| Interpreting After Grief and Loss Marisa Rueda Will, CHI-Spanish (Tica Interpreter Training and Translations) |
4 | |
| Interpreting for Radiation Oncology Encounters Erika Saldana, CHI-Spanish |
5 | |
| The Quality Conundrum: Aligning Onsite and On-Demand Remote Healthcare Interpreter Qualifications Katharine Allen, M.A. & Caroline Remer, M.A. (Boostlingo) |
6 | |
| Language Access Leadership | “Interpreter Services Operations” | 7 |
| Got Interpreters? Improving language Access through Enhanced Agency Partnerships Lyndsey Newman, MBA, MHA, LSSGB (Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center) |
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| Prioritizing Clinical Encounter by Interpretation Modality Melina Kolbeck (Children’s Health of Dallas) |
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| The Future Roundtables | The Future of Interpreter Ethics Giovanna Carriero-Contreras (AAITE), Christina Green (ATA), Jane Crandall Kontrimas (NCIHC), Janis Palma (NAJIT) |
8 |
| NCIHC Focus Groups | Update & Revise the National Standards of Practice | 9 |
2:45 – 3:45 pm Concurrent Sessions C
| Session Type | Title & Presenters | Room |
| Performance-Based | The Art of Note-Taking: LAB PRACTICE Catalina Natalini, M.A., Certified Spanish Court Interpreter, & Maria Perez-Chambers, FCCI (Magna Voce LLC) (Limited to 20 attendees) |
1 |
| Performance-Based | Keeping up With a Caffeinated Cheetah: Coping with Fast Speakers in Simultaneous Interpretation (Part II) Johanna Parker, M.A., CHI-Spanish, FCCI (CCHI) and Victoria Sormani, CHI-Spanish (Limited to 20 attendees) |
2 |
| The Five Pillars of a Solid Interpreter Team: Ways to Promote Interpreter Engagement Dayana Sanchez, CHI-Spanish (Sinai Chicago) |
3 | |
| Interpreting Is a Performance Art Javier Castillo, CHI-Spanish, FCCI, State Court Certified (Castillo Language Services, Inc.) |
4 | |
| The Role of the Interpreter in Speech-Language Pathology Devin Lukachik, B.A., CHI-Spanish |
5 | |
| Insights from the Interpreting SAFE-AI Task Force
Ludmila Golovine, Christina Green, Court Certified Interpreter, ATA Certified Translator, Timothy Riker M.A., CDI, CLIP-R, Bill Rivers, PhD |
6 | |
| Language Access Leadership | Deaf and Hard of Hearing Clients: Legal and Ethical Challenges Detra Stewart, BS, RRT (ADA Compliance Experts) |
7 |
| The Future Roundtables | The Future of Certification
MB Bekker, CoreCHI-P, Mateo Rutherford-Rojas, M.A., CHI-Spanish, Valerie Huang, M.A., CHI-Mandarin, Natalya Mytareva, M.A., I.C.E.-CCP (CCHI) |
8 |
| NCIHC Focus Groups | Update & Revise the National Standards of Practice | 9 |
