Conference
Join us for a day of transformation for enhancing your skills and putting your professional development on a faster track.
Top 5 Reasons why you should attend the conference:
- Learn how to increase your productivity by refocusing skills
- Contribute to furthering cross-sectoral dialogue and building knowledge in the field
- Advance your own professional development by demonstrating that you are staying current on what’s happening in career development
- Meet new people or reconnect with colleagues who share your interests from different backgrounds, organizations, and geographies – and build your network
- Recharge your spirit and refresh your professional skills
Who Should Attend?
- Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment
- Employment/Training Programs (Community, Government, Industry)
- Administrative Staff, HR Coordinator, Specialists, and Associates
- Interpreters
- Interpreting Training Program Students
- Corporates Employees
- Employment/Training Programs (Community, Government, Industry)
- Career Education K-12/Post-Secondary
- Anyone!
2019 Speakers
Alana Beal
Joel Barish
Alan Poon
Julie Rems-Smario
Sarah A. Young Bear-Brown
Adam Wasilewski
Christopher Morton
Joseph Tsai
Jed Barish
Kyle Wilkes
José Granda
Sofia Seitchik
Increase your visibility at DeafNation Expo & Conference by becoming an event speaker!
Call for Presenter Proposals
Theme
- Interpreting
- Deaf Culture
- Sign Language
- Business
Proposal Deadline:
Riverside, CA (Sept 20-21): Contact us by July 30, 2019
Staten Island, NY (Sept 27-28): Contact us by August 1, 2019
Nashville, TN (Oct 11-12): Contact us by August 9, 2019
Tacoma, WA (Oct 18-19): Contact us by August 16, 2019
**Limited slot of presentations based on a first-come, first served basis**
All presenters are responsible for all expenses of attending and presenting at DeafNation Expo & Conference.
Screen and LCD projector only are provided.
All conference presentations will be in American Sign Language with the use of visual text (ASL videos and Keynote/PowerPoint).
Presentation slots are 60 minutes with 45 minutes for presentation and fifteen minutes for questions and answers.
Please provide the following information in document format.
- Full presentation title
- Full name and email of each presenter
- An abstract description of up to 75 words
- A short biography and high-quality JPG