2016 News Archive

Do you have any Guest Speaker ideas for ATA58? Proposals for Guest Speakers will be due in early January, so now is the time to email us at divisionS_TD@atanet.org. Our new Blog Editor, Patrick Weill, has posted three new articles on the blog: “Review of Tapani Ronni’s Session on CRISPR at the ATA 57th Annual Conference,” by Brooke A. Cochran “Review of the Lecture Given at ATA 57 by the S&T Division’s Guest Speaker, Dr. Carl Haber: ‘Seeing Voices: Using Light to Restore and Preserve Early Recorded Sound’,” by Patrick Weill “Introducing: New Blog Editor,” by Patrick Weill New contributors …

Thank you to everyone who attended our division events during ATA57! The division held a reception, its Annual Meeting, and a networking dinner during the conference. Over 30 members attended our Annual Meeting, which included a round of member introductions and several announcements: We would like to publish reviews of the S&TD presentations on the blog. If you are interested in writing one, please contact us ASAP at divisionS_TD@atanet.org. The 2017 Nominating Committee will be formed by Patricia Thickstun and Steve Marzuola, who will have a full year to select candidates for the 2017 S&TD elections. Questions about the nominating …

ATA’s 57th Annual Conference in San Francisco (November 2-5, 2016) is fast approaching! Join us for the following division events: Welcome Celebration at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2 Annual Meeting at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, November 4 Dinner at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4 Guest Presentation by Dr. Carl Haber at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 5: “Seeing Voices: Using Light to Restore and Preserve Early Recorded Sound” (ST-4 and ST-5) Payment for the S&TD dinner must be received by October 24. Please see the S&TD dinner registration website for details. We are looking for a few volunteers: …

Early registration for ATA’s 57th Annual Conference in Miami (November 2-5, 2016) ends on September 23. ATA members can save $160 over the standard registration fee. Please note that ATA will not be recording sessions this year, as sales of the recordings did not cover expenses in recent years. New at the ATA conference this year: * Advanced Skills and Training (AST) Day on Wednesday, November 2 — Sixteen specialized half-day courses on topics including using OCR and advance formatting in Word, advanced technical writing, Trados Studio, marketing to direct clients, and voice recognition software. * Job Fair on Thursday, …

The Science & Technology Division will hold a networking dinner during the ATA’s 57th Annual Conference in San Francisco. Please join us for dinner at Delancey Street Restaurant to see old friends again and to meet new ones. WHEN: Friday, November 4 at 8 p.m. WHERE: Delancey Street Restaurant 600 Embarcadero San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 957-9800 delanceystreetfoundation.org/enterrestaurant.php MENU: Please visit ATA57 SciTech Dinner Menu for details RESERVATION AND PAYMENT: Price (includes five-course dinner, one soft drink, tax, and gratuity): $56.00 per person through Paypal or credit card. Payment must be received on or before Monday, October 24. Seating is …

Help us promote the ATA’s 57th Annual Conference in San Francisco! Add the clickable conference button to your website. Registration opens later this month. In the meantime, you can already book your hotel room at the Hyatt or find a roommate through the ATA Roommate Blog. ATA57 presentation topics that will be of interest to S&TD members include: preserving sound recordings using light, satellite applications, environmental topics, mathematics and chaos, gene editing, chemical regulations, intellectual property trends, patent litigation, Export Administration Regulations, digital security, CAT tool user demos, cochlear implants, Spanish scientific terminology, and artificial intelligence. There will also be …

Proposal acceptances for ATA 57 are beginning to arrive. Some topics that will be of interest to S&TD members include: “English for Environmental Content: Working with NGOs and Financial/Multilateral Institutions,” by Melissa Harkin “Beyond Navigation – Established and Emerging Satellite Applications,” by Karl Pfeiffer “Translating Poincaré: French, Mathematical-Physics and Chaos,” by Bruce Popp “CRISPR gene editing – from tailored gene therapy to species engineering,” by Tapani Ronni “What goes there? The inception and development of chemical regulatory legislation,” by Matthew Schlecht Thank you to those of you who have volunteered to help organize a division dinner during ATA 57. We …

We are delighted to have Guest Speaker Carl Haber confirmed for ATA 57 in San Francisco. Dr. Haber’s two-part presentation, “Seeing Voices: Using Light to Restore and Preserve Early Recorded Sound,” will discuss his use of techniques developed for particle physics research to scan and preserve some of the earliest known sound recordings, including Alexander Graham Bell’s restored voice (1885) and Native American voices from the early 20th century. Part one will focus on the techniques, while part two will focus on the audio collections themselves. Dr. Haber is a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and was named …

The preliminary website for ATA57 is now online! Plan now to attend in San Francisco, California, November 2-5, 2016, along with 1,800 attendees from more than 60 countries, go to www.atanet.org/conf/2016/. Thank you to everyone who submitted proposals—it looks like the S&TD track will have some excellent presentations. We will be posting updates about the conference program as they become available. Have you seen the new ATA Antitrust Compliance Policy? Be sure to read the Commentary attached to the policy; it contains helpful background information and some practical examples. ATA has revitalized its YouTube channel! It now contains all free …

Last call for ATA57 presentation proposals! The deadline for submission is March 4. Go to www.atanet.org/events/proposal.php and submit your proposal today. The application deadline for the 2016 ATA Mentoring Program is March 5. To learn more about becoming a mentor or a mentee, watch ATA’s free webinar and read the webinar’s question-and-answer handout. Have you seen the 2015 ATA Compensation Survey? To access the Executive Summary, go to www.atanet.org/publications/compensation_executive_summary_2016.pdf. For details, go to www.atanet.org/publications/compensation_survey.php and log in to the ATA website (members only).