31.1703, Confs: Applied Ling/Online

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-1703. Wed May 20 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.1703, Confs: Applied Ling/Online

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Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 12:47:35
From: Susanne J. Jekat [jane at zhaw.ch]
Subject: 3rd Swiss Conference on Barrier-free Communication

 
3rd Swiss Conference on Barrier-free Communication 
Short Title: BfC 2020 

Date: 29-Jun-2020 - 04-Jul-2020 
Location: Online, Switzerland 
Contact: Susanne J. Jekat 
Contact Email: jane at zhaw.ch 
Meeting URL: https://www.zhaw.ch/en/linguistics/research/conference-on-barrier-free-communication/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Meeting Description: 

The ZHAW School of Applied Linguistics is pleased to announce that the 3rd
Swiss Conference on Barrier-free Communication will be held *online* on 29
June – 4 July 2020.

*We go virtual!* Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the conference has been
rescheduled to 29 June – 4 July 2020 and will be held online. In this way, the
BfC 2020 Organising Committee aims to actively respond to the current
emergency situation, as well as to explore more innovative ways to reach out
to the barrier-free communication academic and professional community
worldwide.

About the Conference: 
This is the third and final conference being held as part of the project
entitled ''Proposal and implementation of a Swiss research centre for
barrier-free communication'' (2017–2020), the main goal of which is to ensure
access to higher education for people with visual, hearing or temporary
cognitive impairments. The project, which is a cooperation between the
Institute of Translation and Interpreting of the ZHAW and the Faculty of
Translation and Interpreting of the University of Geneva, is funded by the
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and is
supported by the Swiss University Conference.

The 1st Swiss Conference on Barrier-free Communication was held on 15–16
September 2017 in Winterthur, Switzerland. It aimed to offer both a
theoretical and an empirical perspective on the state of the art in the field
(cf. BfC 2017 Proceedings). One year later, the second edition of the
conference, which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 9–10 November 2018,
further explored accessibility in educational settings (cf. BfC 2018
Proceedings).

Building on the 2017 and 2018 events, the 2020 conference sets out to provide
a wider international forum to discuss most recent progress and future
challenges in barrier-free communication. The conference will be centred on
all aspects of the field, focusing in particular on novel research findings
and emerging disciplines, such as interlingual live-subtitling,
live-subtitling into easy-to-read language and text-to-sign interpreting by
deaf interpreters.
 

Program Information: 

The BfC 2020 Provisional Programme is available at
https://www.zhaw.ch/en/linguistics/research/conference-on-barrier-free-communi
cation/programme/.

Language accessibility: 
The conference language will be English. Captions will be provided for each
pre-recorded video. Given the change in delivery mode, this virtual conference
aims to reach out to a wider and more international audience. As we strive to
meet the needs of as many sign language users as possible, all conference
presentations will be interpreted in International Sign.

Register now!
The registration fee includes online access to all conference sessions,
posters, pre-recorded videos and book of extended abstracts through our
virtual conference platform. For more details, go to:
https://www.zhaw.ch/en/linguistics/research/conference-on-barrier-free-communi
cation/registration/.





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