The Conference of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association is held every two years in the spring of even-numbered years.

2020 ATISA conference at the University of California - Santa Barbara

We are excited to announce that the next ATISA conference will be held April 24-26, 2020 at the University of California - Santa Barbara. The keynote speakers will be Moira Inghilleri (UMass Amherst) and Douglas Robinson (Hong Kong Baptist University). The theme of the conference is "Translation, Interpreting and Movement(s)". The full call for papers can be downloaded here.

The ninth biennial ATISA conference was held March 29 - April 1, 2018 at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The conference theme was Contexts of Translation and Interpreting and the conference website is available here. 

The keynote speakers for the conference were Sherry Simon (Concordia University) and Federico Federici (University College London). 

Applications to Host ATISA Conference Welcome

ATISA welcomes applications for hosting future ATISA conferences from qualified institutions. Potential conference organizers should submit a proposal to the ATISA President by email. For guidelines on submitting a proposal, see the following document.

Conference Committee Information:

• Scientific Committee (responsible for program)
• Guidelines for Selection of Conference Venues (responsible for on-site preparations)

Past Conferences:

• 2018 - ATISA IX - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, March 29 - April 1, 2018
• 2016 - ATISA VIII - Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) at Monterey, March 31 - April 2, 2016
• 2014 - ATISA VII -  NYU, New York City, April 3-5, 2014 - conference website
• 2012 - ATISA VI - 10th Anniversary Conference, University of Texas, Brownsville and Texas Southmost College - South Padre Island, TX
• 2010 - ATISA V - New York University - Program Available Here
• 2008 - ATISA IV - Meeting at the Border: Profile of the Language Mediator, University of Texas at El Paso, April 3-5, 2008.
• 2006 - The Third ATISA Conference - "Research, Role and Responsibility" March 23-25, 2006, Best Western Hacienda Hotel in Old Town San Diego, California
• 2004 - The Second ATISA (ATSA) Conference - March 26-28, 2004, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• 2002 - ATISA's (ATSA's) first conference in March 2002 at Kent State University