DIAMESIC 6
6th Intersteno Conference on parliamentary and other professional reporting, captioning, and accessibility

During the 20th and 21st centuries, the world has undergone technical, scientific and technological turns. Today, we are at the dawn of the fourth industrial revolution, and disciplines have all been fusing thanks to these turns across all professional fields. In this context, accessibility modes and professional transcription have been merging into the bigger discipline of diamesic translation, which includes parliamentary and court reporting, TV (live) captioning, translation into plain and easy language, and other similar activities, mainly as a result of the technological solutions adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced professionals to work from home.

With the aim of keeping track of this hybridisation phenomenon and the spreading of the most significant experiences in the field, the IPRS and the Intersteno Scientific Committee are pleased to call for contributions at ”DIAMESIC 6”, the 6th Intersteno conference on parliamentary and court reporting, (live) captioning, and other accessibility and professional transcription modes, to be held face to face and online in Bordeaux, France, on 22 September 2023.

DIAMESIC 6 will revolve around the scopes of transparency (court reporting, parliamentary reporting, minute taking etc.) and accessibility (live captioning, subtitles for the deaf and the hard-of-hearing, etc.) considered as one discipline (diamesic translation). The focus will be on:

• The theory of diamesic translation; • The scope of professional transcription in diamesic translation; • The scope of media and conference accessibility in diamesic translation; • The technical, professional, and physical challenges of diamesic translation; • The users of diamesic translation; • The teaching and training of diamesic translation; • Other related topics.

Abstracts of approximately 1000 characters are welcome via email to c.eugeni@leeds.ac.uk by 15 July 2023, mentioning ”Diamesic 6” as the email object.

Participation

We would appreciate your live participation in Bordeaux very much through the formulas of participation at your choice below.

However, speech proposals from remote speakers are also welcome. By doing so, speakers do not need to physically come to Bordeaux but can both attend the conference and speak at the conference (either live or as a prerecorded video) via the Internet.

• Full participation at the event, including 2 dinners, 2 lunches, visit Saint-Emilion, boat trip Garonne, participation at Diamesic 6 conference: 315 EUR package offer (265 EUR for accompanying partners).
  Registrations are closed.
• (online) participation at the Diamesic 6 conference only: 50 EUR.
  Link to registration Diamesic 6 Conference only

For any questions about registration for Diamesic 6 Conference only, just contact Carlo Eugeni.