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Agenda (tentative)

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Wed Fri Sat Sun

7:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Exhibitor and Vendor Set-up
Room: Jonnie Bright Duncan Room (Crystal 7/8)
Silent Auction Set Up
Room: Jonnie Bright Duncan Room (Crystal 7/8)

7:45 AM - 9:45 AM

BEI Test of Spanish Proficiency (TSP)

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

TSID Annual Conference Registration
Room: Louis Blackburn Orrill Registration Area

8:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Type:  Workshop
Student Conference
Audience:  Student
CEUs:  .3
Room: Betty Bramall Merritt Room (Crystal 2)
Type:  Workshop
Student Conference
Audience:  Student
CEUs:  .3
Room: Mary Conner Room (Crystal 3)
Type:  Workshop
Student Conference
Audience:  Student
CEUs:  .3
Room: Elizabeth M. Criswell Room (Crystal 1)
Type:  Workshop
Student Conference
Audience:  Student
CEUs:  .3
Room: Glynn Whittemore Room (Crystal 6)

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

TSID Board Meeting
Room: Stella Fitzgerald Ashley Room (Hamilton)

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

BEI Test of English Proficiency (TEP)
Room: Frances Neill Herrington-Borre (Stuben Room)

11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Exhibits
Room: Jonnie Bright Duncan Room (Crystal 7/8)
Silent Auction
Room: Jonnie Bright Duncan Room (Crystal 7/8)

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Legislative Update
Room: Troy Eugene Hill Room (Waterford A/B)

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Student Conference
CEUs:  .1
SIG Meeting Student
Room: Betsy Talbot Stanley Room (Lalique 1/2)

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

Communication Access Team Pre-conference Meeting
Room: Frances Neill Herrington-Borre (Stuben Room)

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

BEI Board Meeting
Room: Texana Faulk Conn Room (Baccarat)

1:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Type:  Workshop
Genre:  ASL Linguistics
Audience:  Advanced
CEUs:  .3
Room: Betty Bramall Merritt Room (Crystal 2)
*Note: This is a six hour workshop. While it is recommended you attend both parts, CEUs will be awarded independently. You do not have to attend both sessions to earn CEUs.
Type:  Workshop
Genre:  Educational
Audience:  Intermediate
CEUs:  .3
Room: Lil Adam Browning Room (Spectrum A/B)
*Note: This is a six hour workshop. While it is recommended you attend both parts, CEUs will be awarded independently. You do not have to attend both sessions to earn CEUs.
Type:  Workshop
Genre:  Legal/Court
Audience:  Intermediate
CEUs:  .3
Room: Betsy Talbot Stanley Room (Lalique 1/2)
*Note: This is a six hour workshop. While it is recommended you attend both parts, CEUs will be awarded independently. You do not have to attend both sessions to earn CEUs.
Type:  Workshop
Genre:  Medical
Audience:  Intermediate
CEUs:  .3
Room: Elizabeth M. Criswell Room (Crystal 1)
Type:  Workshop
Genre:  Medical
Audience:  Introductory
CEUs:  .3
Room: Mary Conner Room (Crystal 3)
Type:  Workshop
Genre:  Fundamentals
Audience:  Introductory
CEUs:  .3
Room: Glynn Whittemore Room (Crystal 6)
*Note: This is a six hour workshop. While it is recommended you attend both parts, CEUs will be awarded independently. You do not have to attend both sessions to earn CEUs.

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Mid-Afternoon Beverage and Snack Break
Room: Jonnie Bright Duncan Room (Crystal 7/8)

Sponsored by Hired Hands - Greater Fort Worth Metroplex

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Genre:  GLBTQI
CEUs:  .1
SIG Meeting BLeGIT
Room: Elizabeth M. Criswell Room (Crystal 1)
Genre:  Educational
CEUs:  .1
SIG Meeting Interpreter Educators
Room: Betty Bramall Merritt Room (Crystal 2)
Genre:  Oral
CEUs:  .1
SIG Meeting Oral Interpreters and Transliteraters
Room: Mary Conner Room (Crystal 3)
Genre:  Trilingual
CEUs:  .1
SIG Meeting Trilingual
Room: Glynn Whittemore Room (Crystal 6)

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Genre:  General
CEUs:  .1
TSID 50th Annual Conference Opening Session
Room: Rudy D. Gamblin Grand Hall (Crystal 4/5)

As TSID celebrates its 50 years, we invite the deaf community to come celebrate your vibrant Texas history with us by watching “Journey Through Deaf Texas.” We will have movie theater goodies such as buttered popcorn and more! Featuring the history of the Texas Association of the Deaf (TAD), 1886 – 2009, a DVD produced by David H. Pierce and Stephen C. Baldwin, PhD will be viewed. The enchanting DVD has rare archival photos and motion picture film footage with insightful interviews with previous TAD presidents. The DVD premiered at University of Texas/San Antonio’s Buena Vista Theater on June 11, 2009.

Communication mode: Dual Services/CDIs

Refreshments provided by Visual Communication Services - Houston/San Antonio/Waco

9:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Motions and Resolutions
Room: Lil Adam Browning Room (Spectrum A/B)