Agenda Highlights

  The Business of International Depositions 

Ian Hardy

Founder & CEO, Optima Juris

Learn about an exciting new way to apply your court reporting skills, by going international! In this interactive seminar, Ian Hardy will discuss the market and unique requirements for reporting depositions in foreign countries. He will also cover important practical tips, rules, and best practices for reporting abroad, whether it be for in-person, travel jobs, or remote assignments. If you’ve ever wanted to fuse your court reporting skills with your passion for travel and love of foreign cultures, this seminar is for you.

 

  What's New At Stenograph: Overview 

Dan Denofsky

VP of Marketing at Stenograph

Keep up to date with the latest in court reporting technology. Stenograph is making innovations in CATalyst software, CaseViewNet, remote deposition platforms, editing and proofing systems, digital transcription and speech recognition.  Learn how you can best apply Stenograph’s latest products to make your work hours more efficient and productive using technologies for today’s court reporting professionals.

 

  Keynote: Can't We All Just Get Along?  

Andrea Wecker, CSR, RDR, CRR, CRC

Learn about an exciting new way to apply your court reporting skills, by going international! In this interactive seminar, Ian Hardy will discuss the market and unique requirements for reporting depositions in foreign countries. He will also cover important practical tips, rules, and best practices for reporting abroad, whether it be for in-person, travel jobs, or remote assignments. If you’ve ever wanted to fuse your court reporting skills with your passion for travel and love of foreign cultures, this seminar is for you.

• Session open to everyone regardless of registration for STARTECH23

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  The GTMO Commissions Trials:  An Update 

William Weber, RDR, CRR

Bill Weber will provide an update on the progress of this trial, the longest in U.S. history, along with other trials (including the attack of the USS COLE in Yemen).  You will learn how the trials are handled and about the work of the court reporters who provide daily transcripts to the world.

  Grammar Rules and Punctuation Evolves! 

Margie Wakeman Wells

This session by Margie Wakeman Wells will focus on classifying the multitude of comma rules into two categories: commas that separate grammar elements so that they do not pile up on each other and commas that surround/set off grammar elements so that they can be isolated from other elements in the sentence. Margie will discuss some of the more recent rule changes -- removing periods and apostrophes from abbreviations, transcribing elements so that they are compatible with searchable documents.  As time permits, she will also discuss some of the dilemmas that surface when dealing with the spoken rather than the written language.