We have a lecturer who’ll be presenting paper on academic potential of SL interpreters as researchers, both online & in person on Mon 4th March. Promises to be a very interesting topic! Register for this lecture, please email [email protected]. Irish Deaf Society CISLI

And that's a wrap. Thank everyone. Until February 2025. Keep signing. Keep campaigning. Trinity College Dublin @adaptcentre @signONEU Prof Lorraine Leeson, PhD

So to the other main event is the Laura Sadlier Memorial Freshman and Sophister Prizes ... and the awardees are Chloe Power and Niamh Doherty. Congratulations.

And Prof Leeson will be on tour with her new book in April 2024 signing copies in all book stores..... Trinity College Dublin @adaptcentre @signONEU Prof Lorraine Leeson, PhD

The Future: Training, Funding, Deaf leaders, data scarcity, need for interdisciplinarity and greater engagement are our future challenges. Trinity College Dublin @adaptcentre @signONEU Prof Lorraine Leeson, PhD

Co-creation is critical when working in deaf-related projects. Involvement at the start. Not as testers, not as subjects - but as actively involved researchers with lived experiences. Trinity College Dublin @adaptcentre @signONEU Prof Lorraine Leeson, PhD

Well... Will we just replace sign language interpreters with AI tech and avatars?

Critical to the project was the involvement of experts with linguistics/deaf/sign language knowledge and experience, hence CDS' and EUD's role. (*A note for IT projects... don't forget to involve us!!!!) Trinity College Dublin @adaptcentre @signONEU Prof Lorraine Leeson, PhD

Show me the MONEY!! Where did it all go..... Trinity College Dublin @adaptcentre @signONEU Prof Lorraine Leeson, PhD

Carmel Grehan (Assistant Professor at the Centre for Deaf Studies) opens the session with a beautiful tribute to Laura Sadlier. Trinity College Dublin @adaptcentre @signONEU Prof Lorraine Leeson, PhD

SAVE THE DAY!

Thursday, 22nd February 2024!

for our annual Laura Sadlier Memorial Lecture!

Here’s the poster!