Calendar of Events in Disability,
Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology
Conferences in 2008
January 18-20, 2008
Technology, Knowledge and Society 2008
Boston, Mass., USA
Contact:
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.Technology-Conference.com
January 24-26, 2008
Technology, Reading & Learning Diversity, 26th Annual Conference
San Francisco, CA
Contact: Linda Hoening
Don Johnston Incorporated
26799 W. Commerce Dr.
Volo, IL 60073
Tel: 847/740-0749
FAX: 847/740-7326
TTY:
E-mail: trld@donjohnston.com
WWW: www.trld.com
January 26, 2008
First Annual Disability Awareness Event
Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA
Contact: Community Functionality Facilitation Inc.
9 Lamoreaux St.
Hamilton, Ontario L8R 1T9
Tel: 905-961-6728
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: benb@communityfunction.org
WWW: www.communityfunction.org
January 28-29, 2008
Disability-Disaster Conference 2008
Orissa, India
Contact: Prof. Asha Hans
Coordinator, Disability-Disaster Conference 2008,
Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre,
108D Master Canteen Building,
Station Square, Unit III,
Bhudaneswar - 751 001, Orissa, India
Tel: 91-674-2300274
FAX: 91-674-2580020
TTY:
E-mail: smrc_bbsr@hotmail.com
WWW: www.smrcorissa.org
January 28 - February 2, 2008
Web Directions North
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Contact: Derek Featherstone
1485 Laperrière Avenue
Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7S8 Canada
Tel: 613 798 5291
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: north@webdirections.org
WWW: north08.webdirections.org
January 30 - February 2, 2008
ATIA 2008 Conference
Orlando, Florida, USA
Contact:
Tel: 877-687-2842
FAX: 312-673-6659
TTY:
E-mail: info@atia.org
WWW: www.atia.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=3468
February 4-5 2008
Techshare India 2008
New Delhi, India
Contact: BarrierBreak Technologies
Tel: 91-22-26860485
FAX: 91-22-26860486
TTY:
E-mail: techshare@barrierbreak.com
WWW: www.barrierbreak.com/techshareindia.php
February 7, 2008
Vision in
Action: Accessibility for All to Next Generation Networks
Brussels, BELGIUM
Contact: Patrick Roe
Scientific Research Unit, RNIB
105 Judd Street
London, U.K. WC1H 9NE
Tel: +44 20 7391 2244
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: patrick.roe@epfl.ch
WWW: www.tiresias.org/cost219ter/mtgs.htm
February 9 -12, 2008
3rd International Workshop - International Centre for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies
Preston, United Kingdom
Contact: University of Central Lancashire
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: CLPerdomo1@uclan.ac.uk
WWW: www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/class/edustud/deafcentre/clslr3/index.html
February 20-23, 2008
International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Contact: Gwendolyn Mann
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.icadi.phhp.ufl.edu
February 24-27, 2008
21st
Annual Research Conference - A System of Care for Children's Mental
Health: Expanding the Research Base
Tampa, Florida
Contact: Catherine Newman
Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health
MHC2328
Department of Child and Family Studies
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute University of South Florida
13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33612-3807
Tel: 813-974-4661
FAX: 813-974-6257
TTY:
E-mail: rtckids@fmhi.usf.edu
WWW: rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/rtcconference
February 27-29, 2008
Asia Pacific DIsability Forum (APDF)
Dhaka, BANGLADESH
Contact: Dr. Nafeesur Rahman
8/9 Block, A Lalmatia
Dhaka -1207
Bangladesh
Tel: +880-2 9124487
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: nfowd@bdmail.net
WWW: www.nfowd.com
February 27 - March 1, 2008
Learning
Disabilities Association of America 45th Annual Conference
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Contact: Andrea Turkheimer
Tel: 412-341-1515 x203
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.ldaamerica.org/conference/index.asp
February 28 - March 2, 2008
CTEVH "Ready toGO!"
49th Annual Conference
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Contact: Jeannine Tieri
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: exhibits@ctevh.org
WWW: www.ctevh.org/conference.htm
March 5 - 8, 2008
24th International Seating Symposium
Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Contact: Yolande Chang
Tel: 1-604-822-7524
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: ipad@interchange.ubc.ca
WWW: www.interprofessional.ubc.ca
March 6, 2008
Aging at Home Summit
Woodbridge, Ontario, CANADA
Contact: Carol McCormick
Tel: 905-833-6200 ex.23
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.agingathome.ca
March 10-12, 2008
REHAB Dubai 2008
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Contact: Engr. Hana A. Aziz Abu Holy
INDEX Conferences and Exhibitions Organisation Est.
INDEX Holding FZ LLC.
P.O. Box: 13636, Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Dubai Health Care City. Block B-Office nos. 202-303
Tel: +971 4 3624717 - Ext:120
FAX: +971 4 3624718
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: rehab.ae
March 10-15, 2008
Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Contact: Center on Disabilities Conference
CSU Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street, BH 110
Northridge, CA 91330-8340
Tel: 1-818-677-2578
FAX: 1-818-677-4929
TTY:
E-mail: conference@csun.edu
WWW: www.csun.edu/cod/
March 11 - 13, 2008
ACCESS Abu Dhabi 2008 "Inclusion for better lives for all"
Abu Dhabi, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Contact:
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: eman.gaad@buid.ac.ae
WWW: www.buid.ac.ae/accessAD2008/
Internet Event
March 26, 2008 (12 months)
OcuSource Expo 2008
Contact: Louis Lipschultz
Tel: 888-299-6657 ext.701
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: loul@letsgoexpo.com
WWW: letsgoexpo.com
March 31 - April 2, 2008
8th International WorkCongress
Durban, SOUTH AFRICA
Contact: Jacki De Beer
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: jacki.debeer@lexisnexis.co.za
WWW: www.uj.ac.za/wc2008
April 03 - 04, 2008
Inclusion - Inclusion - Walking the Talk (A Working Conference on innovative services for people with disabilities)!
Brussels, Belgium
Contact: Dorina IUGA
EASPD
Oudergemlaan 63
1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: 0032 2 282 46 10
FAX: 0032 2 230 72 33
TTY:
E-mail: dorina.iuga@easpd.eu
WWW: www.easpd.eu
April 3-5, 2008
eVITA 2008
Budapest, Hungary
Contact: Edina Nemeth
Tel: +36-1-630-1795
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: Edina.Nemeth@ist.hu
WWW: www.ivsz.hu/engine.aspx?page=evita-english
April 3-6, 2008
2008 AFB National Conference (JLTLI)
Burlingame, California, USA
Contact: Barbara Jackson LeMoine
American Foundation for the Blind
1660 L Street,N.W., Suite 513
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: 202-822-0831
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: blemoine@afb.net
WWW: www.afb.org/jltli.asp
April 4 - 5, 2008
You Are The Expert Conference 2008: "Celebrating Families, The Heart of Success"
Lynnwood Convention Center - Lynnwood, Washington
Contact: Karen Anderson
6316 S 12th St.
Tacoma, WA 98465
Tel: 800-572-7368
FAX: 253-566-8052
TTY: 800-572-7368
E-mail: wapave9@washingtonpave.com
WWW: www.washingtonpave.com/YATE/YateConference.html
April 16-18, 2008
IASTED International Conference on Assistive Technologies
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Contact: IASTED Secretariat
Building B6, Suite #101
2509 Dieppe Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T3E 7J9
Tel: +1 403 288 1195
FAX: +1 403 247 6851
TTY:
E-mail: calgary@iasted.org
WWW: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/home-619.html
April 21-22, 2008
International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility
Beijing (China)
Contact: Simon Harper or Yeliz Yesilada
Information Management Group,
School of Computer Science,
University of Manchester,
Kilburn Building,
Oxford Road, MANCHESTER,
M13 9PL, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 0599
FAX: +44 (0) 161 275 6236
TTY:
E-mail: organisation-at-w4a.info
WWW:www.w4a.info/
May 2-3, 2008
WORLD OF
POSSIBILITIES: disABILITIES, HEALTHY AGING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING EXPO
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Contact: Mona Freedman RN
5360- Enterprise Street
Eldersburg, MD 21784
Tel: 410 549-5707
FAX: 410 549 6467
TTY:
E-mail: Mona@caringcommunities.org
WWW: expo.caringcommunities.org/
New event
May 6-7, 2008
AccessU 2008
Austin, Texas, USA
Contact:
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.knowbility.org/conference
May 8, 2008
Creating a Solution Expo 2008
Wollongon, Australia
Contact: Victoria Velozo
2/4 Ralph Black Drive,
North Wollongong,
NSW 2500
Tel: 02 42292666
Fax: 02 42264929
TTY:
E-mail: victoriav@greenac.com.au
WWW: www.disabilityservices.com.au
May 9-10, 2008
Connections 2008, Resource Fair for Persons with Disabilities
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Contact: Matthew Fleet, c/o Coalition for Persons with Disabilities
10 Kingsbridge Garden Circle, Ste. 300
Mississauga, ON L5R 3K6
Tel: 905-890-0140, Ext. 24
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: coalition.pwd@sympatico.ca
WWW:
May 12, 2008
3rd Annual CADA Conference - Aging in the Home
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Contact: Richard W. Taylor
Tel: 416-480-9420
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.cadaonline.ca
May 13-15, 2008
2nd
International Convention for Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology
Bangkok, Thailand
Contact: Vera Yang
Kaki Bukit TechPark II
49 Kaki Bukit View
Singapore 415973
Tel: 65 67430262
FAX: 65 67430263
TTY:
E-mail: icreate2008@start-centre.com
WWW: www.start-centre.com/i-create2008/index.php
May 15, 2008
The
International forum on e-accessibility: a chance for the integration of disabled
Tunis, TUNISIA
Contact: Mohamed JEMNI
ESSTT
Research Laboratory UTIC
5 Av. Taha Hussein, 1080,
Montfleury, Tunis, TUNISIA
Tel: +216 71 49 60 66
FAX: +216 71 391 166
TTY:
E-mail: mohamed.jemni@fst.rnu.tn
WWW: http://www.attr.org.tn/en/default.htm
May 20-23, 2008
6th International
Conference on Genrontechnology
Pisa, ITALY
Contact:
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: micera@sssup.it
WWW: www.gerontechnology.info/
May 27-29, 2008
International Conference on Self-Determination
Detriot, Michigan, USA
Contact: The Center for Self-Determination
35425 Michigan Avenue West
Wayne, MI 48148 USA
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.self-determination.com
New event
June 6-7, 2008
People in Motion 2008
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Contact: PO Box 147
Port Severn, Ontario L0K 1S0
Tel: 877-745-6555
FAX: 705-538-1988
TTY:
E-mail: sales@people-in-motion.com
WWW: www.people-in-motion.com
June 19-21, 2008
NHS 2008 - Beyond Newborn Hearing
Screening: Infant and Childhood Hearing in Science and Clinical Practice
Cernobbio, Como, Italy
Contact: Piazza del Sole e della Pace 5
35031 Abano Terme - Padova
Italy
Tel: +39 049 8601818
FAX: +39 049 8602389
TTY:
E-mail: meet@meetandwork.com
WWW: www.nhs2008.org
June 27-28, 2008
American Association for Klinefelter Syndrome Information & Support (AAKSIS) - 9TH National Conference
Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota
Contact: Roberta Rappaport
AAKSIS
Conference 2008
2945 W. Farwell Ave.
Chicago, IL 60645-2925
Tel: (888) 466-KSIS
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: KSinfo@aaksis.org
WWW: www.aaksis.org/
June 29 - July 5, 2008
2008 NFB Convention
Dallas, Texas, USA
Contact: NFB
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland USA 21230
Tel: 410-659-9314
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.nfb.org
July 2-6, 2008
CHHA - IFHOH, Congress 2008
Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
Tel: 1-800-263-8068
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: congress2008@chha.ca
WWW: www.chha-ifhohcongress2008.com/
July 7-10, 2008
Vision 2008, 9th International
Conference on Low Vision
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Contact:
Secretariat of the 9th International Conference on Low Vision
Opus3 Inc.
417 saint-Pierre Street, Suite 203
Montreal Quebec H2Y 2M4
Tel: 514-395-1808
FAX: 514-395-1801
TTY:
E-mail: vision2008@opus3.com
WWW: www.vision2008.ca
July 9-11, 2008
ICCHP 2008 - 11th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
Linz, AUSTRIA
Contact:
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.icchp.org
August 2-7, 2008
Conference of the International Society for
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC)
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Contact: ISAAC 2008 Conference Secretariat - JPdL
1555 Peel, Suite 500
Montréal (Québec) H3A 3L8, Canada
Tel: +1 (514) 287-1070
FAX: +1 (514) 287-1248
TTY:
E-mail: isaac2008@jpdl.com
WWW: www.isaac2008.org/
August 11-13, 2008
International
Conference on Diverse Abilities & Innovative Supports
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Contact:
Tel: 888-542-8555
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: lifelibertyandthepursuitof@craconferences.com
WWW: www.lifelibertyandthepursuitof.com
August 20-23, 2008
Info Vision 08 - World Blind Union
Geneva, SWITZERLAND
Contact: Hans Keller
Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Gutenbergstrasse 40b
CH-3011 Bern
Switzerland
Tel: +41 +31 390 88 00
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: info@info-vision.ch
WWW:
August 25-28, 2008
21st RI World Congress
Québec City, Québec, CANADA
Contact: Rehabilitation International (RI)
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.riquebec2008.org
September 1 - 4, 2008
Third ICOH-WOPS International Conference "Psychosocial Factors at Work: From Knowledge to Action"
Québec City, Québec, CANADA
Contact:
Faculté de Médecine / Faculty of Medicine Université Laval
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.icoh-wops2008.com
September 4-7, 2008
Expo Ageing & Design
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Contact: Ageing Design Montréal
4398, Boul. St-Laurent, Suite 302
Montréal, Québec, H2W 1Z5 Canada
Tel: +1 514 387 8859
FAX: +1 514 396 3378
TTY:
E-mail: info@vdm-adm.ca
WWW: www.ageingdesignmontreal.ca/en/page.php
New event
September 5, 2008
Colloque IRSC Québec 20083rd Canadian Congress on Research on Mental Health and Addiction in the Workplace
Québec City, Québec, CANADA
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail:
WWW: www.cgsst.com/eng/acceuil-sante-psychologie-travail.asp
September 8-11, 2008
International Conference Series On Disability, Virtual Reality And Associated Technologies
Maia & Porto, Portugal
Contact: The University of Reading
Paul Sharkey (ICDVRAT)
The University of Reading School of Systems Engineering
Whiteknights Reading Berkshire
RG6 6AY UK
Tel: +44(0)118 378 6704
FAX: +44(0)118 378 8220
TTY:
E-mail: p.m.shhttp://www.icdvrat.reading.ac.uk/
September 22-24, 2008
4th International Forum on Disability Management
Berlin, GERMANY
Contact: Katrin Volkland
Intercongress GmbH
Berlin Dusseldolf Freiburg Weisbaden
Wilhelmstrabe 7
65185 Weibaden Germany
Tel: +49 611 977 16-35
FAX: +49 611 977 16-16
TTY:
E-mail: katrin.volkland@intercongress.de
WWW: www.intercongress.de
New event
September 25-26, 2008
AAATE Seminar 2008
Milano, ITALY
Contact:
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: aaate@hmi.dk
WWW: www.aaate.net/uploaded/81/aaate_workshop_2008_draft_programme.doc
October 5-7, 2008
Employment Now! (Diversity Planning for Inclusive Employment)
St. John's, NL, CANADA
Contact: Carole J Barron
The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW)
401-111 Richmond Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 2G4
Tel: Toll Free: 1 800 664 0925 x222 or 416 260 3060 x222
FAX: 416 260 3093
TTY: 416 260 9223
E-mail: cjbarron@ccrw.org
WWW: www.ccrw.org
October 13-15, 2008
Tenth
International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact: General Chair: Simon Harper
The University of Manchester (UK)
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: gc-assets08@sigaccess.org
WWW: www.acm.org/sigaccess/assets08/
November 6 - 8, 2008
Spinal
Cord Injury Rehabilitation: Innovation, Impact and Future Directions
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Contact:
Tel: +1 416-597-3422 ext.3693
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: conferences@torontorehab.on.ca
WWW: www.torontorehab.com/education/scic08abstracts.htm
November 11-14, 2008
Accessing Higher Ground Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Contact: Howard Kramer, AT Conference Coordinator
Disability Services
CU-Boulder,
107 UCB Boulder, Co 80309
Tel: 303-492-8671
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: hkramer@colorado.edu
WWW: www.colorado.edu/ATconference
November 14-16, 2008
NEADS National Conference 2008 - Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
Contact: Frank Smith
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: frank.smith@NEADS.ca
WWW: www.neads.ca
November 18-21, 2008
International Autism Conference and Expo
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Contact: Simon Buehrer
Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI)
5220 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43214
Tel: 1-614-410-0995
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: exhibit@ocali.org
WWW: www.nattapconference.org
December 3-5, 2008
International Rehab Conference 2008
Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Contact: Dr. Sheila Christopher
Tel:
FAX:
TTY:
E-mail: siljub2008@gmail.com
WWW:
January 2009
January 22-24, 2009
Technology, Reading & Learning Diversity, 27th Annual Conference
San Francisco, CA
Contact: Linda Hoening
Don Johnston Incorporated
26799 W. Commerce Dr.
Volo, IL 60073
Tel: 847/740-0749
FAX: 847/740-7326
TTY:
E-mail: trld@donjohnston.com
WWW: www.trld.com
January 28-31, 2009
ATIA 2009
Orlando, Florida, USA
Contact: Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)
401 North Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60611-4267, USA
Tel: 877-2842 (Toll free) / 312-321-5172
FAX: 312-673-6659
TTY:
E-mail: info@ATIA.org
WWW: www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3280
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