Registration now open!
NOTIS 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Date: Saturday, September 13
Time: 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. PDT
Location: Lynnwood Event Center
3711 196th St SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036
Don't miss this opportunity for professional growth, interpersonal connection, and inspiration ✨ with the best in the business! This year’s lively in-person event will bring together local translation & interpretation professionals for a full day of networking, T&I workshops, skills training sessions, presentations, and more.
Our dynamic 2025 conference program will include such wide-ranging topics as legal terminology, medical interpreter ethics, the politics of Russian translation, sleep as self-care for language professionals, poetry translation and publication, note taking for interpreters, managing ambiguous phrases in translation, participating in practice groups to improve interpreting, and intercultural competency for interpreters and translators.
Stay tuned for detailed information on our 2025 conference sessions and the stellar T&I professionals who will be leading them! Coming soon!
NOTE: This conference will not be recorded or offered in a hybrid format.
We are thrilled to announce our 2025 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Devin Gilbert: a certified Spanish and Portuguese-to-English translation and interpreting practitioner, researcher, and educator with a PhD in Translation Studies from Kent State.
Devin will lead three conference sessions: the keynote address, titled "Articulate Your Human Value in a Language Services Industry Grappling with Artificiality" and two additional sessions on T&I Ethical Dilemmas and The Basics of Terminology Management.
Early-bird registration available from Monday, July 21, until midnight on Friday, August 22. Register by 08/22 and SAVE!
Registration includes: access to all conference sessions and activities, coffee and tea service, and a catered lunch.
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Early Bird |
8/23–9/8 |
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Individual Member
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$115 |
$130 |
| Student Member |
$70 |
$85 |
| Non-member** |
$185 |
$200 |
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**Attention! The non-member rate for this year's conference automatically includes a one-year NOTIS membership! Explore your new benefits here.
Conference-attendance grants are now available (through July 31) for NOTIS members. Click here for details.
CANCELLATION FEE:
$25 during early-bird registration; $50 after August 22
NOTE: Registration will close at midnight on September 8; no cancellations will be processed after this time.
Our 2025 conference sessions have all been confirmed, and we will publish the complete schedule very soon! In the meantime, please consult the list of session topics near the top of this page (the paragraph that begins with: "Our stellar 2025 conference program will include such wide-ranging topics as...").
Credit approval status will be updated regularly as we receive confirmation from the accrediting agencies.
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Credits |
Status |
| WA DSHS |
Requested |
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| WA AOC |
Requested
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| OJD |
4 general, 2 ethics |
Approved |
| ATA |
Requested
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| CA CIMCE |
Requested
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| CCHI |
6 instructional hours
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Approved (#10829) |
| IMIA/NBCMI |
Requested
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Disclaimer: NOTIS will not be liable for reimbursing registration fees in the event that continuing education credits are not approved by any of the above-listed entities.
Agency Codes
WA AOC - Washington Administrative Office of the Courts
OJD - Oregon Judicial Department
ATA - American Translators Association
WA DSHS - Washington Dept. of Social and Human Services
CA CIMCE - California Court Interpreter Minimum Continuing Education Credit
CCHI - Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters
IMIA/NBCMI - International Medical Interpreters Association/The National Board of Certification of Medical Interpreters
NOTE: Participants are not required to sign in to individual sessions to receive CEUs. NOTIS will send a Certificate of Attendance to each participant after the conference, which may be used as proof of attendance if needed. Please contact info@notisnet.org if you have any questions.
Click HERE to offer or join a carpool with your colleagues!
Please note: Carpooling is arranged independently among participants. NOTIS is not responsible for any issues or liability related to carpooling arrangements.
The nearest hotel to the venue is Best Western Alderwood — located essentially on the other side of the parking lot from the Lynnwood Event Center.
Want to share your brand, tell your story, and build personal relationships with the largest network of language professionals in the Pacific Northwest? Join #NOTIS2025 as a sponsor! For details on this year's sponsorship levels and how they can benefit your organization — before, during, and after the conference — click here.
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With the gracious support of our parent organization: the American Translators Association (ATA)
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