31st Silent Weekend
Over 300 registered! Regular registration deadline is by midnight March 15!*

Name Badge Sponsor		Nationwide Interpreter Resource Sign Language Interpreting Services
Coffee Break Sponsor		Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Entertainment Sponsor Peter Cook		callVRS by Keith Wann and associates
In progress		ASL Services, Inc.
CEU Sponsor		CEUs on the Go!
You can be here!	(your logo here)	(click this to see how you can be recognized as a sponsor!)

In order to give sponsors lead time to plan their budgets for future years and presenters time to block out their schedules, we are posting future Silent Weekend dates at Florida Hotel at the Florida Mall in Orlando.
This may be the only venue that consistently offers you FREE PARKING (some recent conferences had $35 per day parking), FREE INTERNET (some hotels charge $12.95 per day for this!) and there is a HUGE FOOD COURT offering COMPLETE MEALS for less than the price of a hot dog at many conferences! Accessible with a DIRECT EXIT OFF INTERSTATE 4 in Orlando!

For more details and registration information, click this link.
For group registration, click this link
NEW! For complete list of topics and presenters proposed, click this link
To see registered participants, click this link
For exhibit information and to see exhibitors
For sponsorship opportunities, click this link.
To apply as a presenter, click this link for 2011 PRESENTER APPLICATIONS CLOSED FOR 2010
Participants seeking room-mates, click this link

        The 30th Silent Weekend, sponsored by ASL Services, Inc. , Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Gallaudet University Regional Center, Innovative Communication Services for the Deaf, LLC, Nationwide Interpreter Resources, Inc., and Time to Sign, had more than 600 in attendance with 52 workshops offering CEUs and 50 others for ITP and ASL students from 24 states.
      The 31st Silent Weekend is June 24-27, 2010 at the Florida Hotel at the Florida Mall with an anticipated enrollment of 800+ (there is room for 1,500!) including interpreters, ITP and ASL students and teachers. A Medical Interpreting Track and a Mental Health Track is being planned in addition to the regular classes. A unique feature is the addition of a NOVICE track for those knowing no sign language at a much reduced rate! This will allow interpreters and ASL students and teachers to bring friends and family members to enjoy the conference. This special track will have 12 unique classes in a very supportive and encouraging environment.
      Can't make it for 2010? For the dates of the Silent Weekends in 2011 through 2020, click this link
     For those who never attended a silent weekend before, we had, from 2000 to 2009, two to three concurrent sessions in a ballroom, with each session facing a corner. This allowed participants to easily switch from one workshop to another instead of going to another room, possibly to find a "FULL" sign on it. However, with much more additional space for 2010, all advanced/interpreter classes will be in their own rooms..

*The original March 1 deadline was changed to March 15 due to an error in a Deaf Digest ad.

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