EVENT

November28Friday

"28-30 November 2025|International Conference on Legal and Healthcare Interpreting"

Date and timeFriday, November 28 – Sunday, November 30, 2025
LocationInternational Christian University (ICU)
Application process and deadline
  • Conference registration will open on 15 July 2025.
  • Registration for Presenting Participants Closes on August 31.
  • Registration for Non-Presenting Participants Closes on September 30.
*Japan Standard Time
Participation feeConference fee: ¥20,000 (non-refundable)
Conference dinner: ¥5,000 (optional participation; payment method TBA)
OrganizersSocial Science Research Institute and Center for Gender Studies, International Christian University
Contact pointlegal.healthcare.interpreting.25@gmail.com
Official Website

CommentsKeynote Speakers:
CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
  Dr. Kaori MINAMITANI, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Rinku General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan

SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE SPEAKER (sponsored by APU with MEXT fund)
  Dr. Miranda LAI, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Conference Language: English

Mode: Face-to-face

Tentative Conference Schedule:

  Day 1 (28 November 2025): 13:00-19:45
    -Registration
    -Conference Opening
    -Conference Keynote Speech by Dr. Minamitani
    -Coffee Break
     -Parallel Sessions 1
    -Welcome Reception

  Day 2 (29 November 2025): 9:30-17:00
    -Parallel Sessions 2
    -Lunch
    -Parallel Sessions 3
    -Coffee Break
    -Parallel Sessions 4
    -Conference Dinner: 19:00-22:00 (Optional Participation)

  Day 3 (30 November 2025): 9:30-17:00 (venue changes to Troyer Memorial Hall after Lunch)
    -Parallel Sessions 5
    -Coffee Break
    -Parallel Sessions 6
    -Lunch
    -Aichi Prefectural University Public Symposium on Legal Interpreting (at Troyer Memorial Hall)
    -Keynote Speaker: Dr. Miranda Lai, RMIT University
    -Panelists: TBA
    -Languages: Japanese, English, and Japanese Sign Language (JSL) with Simultaneous Interpreting
    -Entrance Fee: Free (open to public)
    -Details of the Symposium: TBA
    -Conference Closing (at Troyer Memorial Hall)
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