Conference Settings

Effective coordination of interpreting services for a conference is critical in ensuring that the conference experience of participants is not only accessible but enjoyable.

EIS has the expertise to assist in arranging interpreting services for conferences, workshops, meetings, and trainings so that programs are accessible for communication and so that deaf and hard of hearing participants may benefit to the fullest extent.

EIS works with conference committees in terms of logistics and the number of sign language interpreters necessary. Logistics would include: room set up, interpreter placement, backdrops and lighting, and gathering preparation materials from presenters and distributing them to the scheduled interpreters. Some factors determining the number of interpreters needed are: size of the audience, setting, communication preferences of presenter(s) and audience type and interactivity of presentation, special communication needs of those in attendance (including, but not limited to, the need for tactile, oral or close visual range interpretation), and dynamics of the scheduled events (concurrent sessions, off site tours, etc.)