2026 NMTIA Conference Preview

February 27–March 1, 2026
CNM Workforce Training Center
5600 Eagle Rock Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113

This three-day event will feature approximately 30 in-person seminars. Participants attending the full duration of the conference can earn up to 19 CEUs, including 2 Ethics CEUs.

Click here to register for the conference and the social events scheduled for Friday and Saturday. We encourage you to register early to take advantage of the early bird specials (through February 18).

Our planning committee has been busy securing incredible presenters, including:

Mara Brenner

  • Secondary Trauma: Working with At-Risk Communities

Thomas E. Chávez

  • The Franklin Documents in the Archives of Spain Project

Timothy W. Cornish

  • Reforma procesal penal en México – vocabulario nuevo

Nora Díaz

  • Mobile AI – Productivity on the Go
  • AI and Technology for Terminology Management
  • AI for Language Skill Development

Hope Eckert

  • Interpretation for Litigation Mediation

Luna Filipović

  • Language and Culture as Sources of Inequality in US Police Interrogations
  • Eyewitness Memory in Different Languages: Can Language Differences Affect Evidence?
  • Comparisons Between Different Interpreting Provisions and Record-Taking: Insights from Police Contexts in California and England

Rebecca García and Nohemí Hinojosa-López

  • A Refresher in Courtroom Team Interpreting in the Post-Pandemic Era: Performance, Practices, and Protocol

Armida Hernandez

  • US Federal Courts – An Insider’s Look: What Are They and What Goes On in There?
  • Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! Taking Team Interpreting to the Next Level
  • Lots About LOTS: When the Party Speaks a Language Other Than Spanish

Lisa O’Grady and Teresa Salazar

  • Successful Teaming: Making Team Interpreting Work When Working Conditions Are Not Optimal

Virginia Pérez-Ortega and Chearie Alipat

  • Language Justice and Access

Dorothee Racette

  • Confronting a Business Slump
  • Long-Term Productivity
  • Freelancing in a World of Distractions

Joseline Segovia

  • Albuquerque Police Department: Reducing Communication Barriers Through Meaningful Language Access

Ruth Warner

  • Preparing for Success: Terminology Search

Ellen Wingo

  • OMG, WTF? Textspeak in the Courtroom
  • Witness Management
  • Demystifying Symbols: An Analytical Look at Note-Taking Symbols for Consecutive Interpretation