Calendar of Old Events
February 2002
Friday, February 8, 2002 - Monday, February 11, 2002
National Association of Home Builders' 2002 International Builders' Show and TecHOMExpo at the Georgia World Congress Center, in Atlanta, GA. Includes workshops on Visitability and home modifications.
Monday, February 11, 2002 - Friday, February 15, 2002
Access to Outdoor Recreation and Interpretive Environments, Cocoa Beach, FL - sponsored by the National Center on Accessibility. Deadline to register January 11.
Contact: nanasmit@indiana.edu
March 2002
Thursday, March 7, 2002 - Saturday, March 9, 2002
Universal Design Summit, St. Louis, Missouri. Sponsored by The Accessible Housing Clearinghouse, Paraquad, Inc.; Maryville University; City of St. Louis; and East-West Gateway Coordinating Council. For more information contact Michael Stathopulos of Paraquad at 314-567-1559.
Friday, March 8, 2002 - Sunday, March 10, 2002
American Foundation for the Blind's (AFB) Josephine L. Taylor Leadership Institute conference: "Facing the Future: Learning from Legends, Preparing New Leaders." Washington Marriott, Washington, DC. For more information, please call 212-502-7654
Contact: gsmith@afb.net
Website: http://www.afb.org 
Monday, March 18, 2002 - Saturday, March 23, 2002
CSUN 17th Annual International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, Los Angeles, CA. Sponsored by California State University at Northridge.
Website: http:www.csun.edu/cod
Sunday, March 31, 2002
Abstracts due for participation in International Conference for Universal Design in Yokohama, Japan.
Website: http://www.ud2002.org
April 2002
Monday, April 22, 2002
'Flexible, Accessible Interfaces, More Usable by Everyone,' one day tutorial at the Computer and Human Interface conference in Minneapolis. Gregg Vanderheiden and Shawn Lawton Henry are co-instructors.
Website: http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi2002
May 2002
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Student entries for the IDSA/ Library of Congress National Library Service are due at the IDSA offices by 5:00 p.m. EST. See the IDSA web site and click on Digital Talking Book Playback Machine Competition.
Website: http://www.idsa.org
June 2002
Monday, June 17, 2002 - Tuesday, June 18, 2002
Tampere, Finland. 'Easytex' - 1st International Conference on Clothing and Textiles for Disabled and Elderly People. Good looking, functional clothing and other textile products make daily life easier for disabled and elderly people and help in their integration in society.
Thursday, June 27, 2002 - Monday, July 1, 2002
Minneapolis, MN. RESNA Annual Conference research Symposium on 29th June, State of the Science of Universal Design Research.
Website: http://www.resna.org
July 2002
Monday, July 22, 2002 - Thursday, July 25, 2002
'Designing for Usability, Flexibility, & Accessibility,' in Madison, Wisconsin.
Website: http://trace.wisc.edu/training
September 2002
Thursday, September 5, 2002 - Saturday, September 7, 2002
Common Ground: Design Research Society International Conference at Brunel University's Design campus at Runnymede, London, near Heathrow Airport. Sponsored by: European Academy of Design; Japanese Society for the Science of Design; Korean Society of Design Studies; Brunel University; and Staffordshire University.
October 2002
Friday, October 18, 2002 - Sunday, October 20, 2002
Design + Technology + Uses: Design that Works for Everyoneat Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI. Co-sponsored by Adaptive Environments and RISD.
Contact: lkuit@adaptenv.org
Sunday, October 27, 2002 - Wednesday, October 30, 2002
6th Global Conference on Maturity Matters, Perth, Western Australia. Sponsored by the International Federation on Ageing.
Contact: IFA@congresswest.com.au
November 2002
Saturday, November 9, 2002 - Tuesday, November 12, 2002
International Society for Gerontechnology's 4th International Conference on Gerontechnology at the Wyndham Miami Beach Resort Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. Local committee includes Florida State University; University of Miami; and Georgia Institute of Technology.
Website: http://psy.fsu.edu/~isg
Saturday, November 30, 2002 - Wednesday, December 4, 2002
International Conference for Universal Design in Yokohama, Japan.
Website: http://www.ud2002.org
December 2002
Monday, December 2, 2002 - Friday, December 6, 2002
A Universal Approach to Interpretive Planning, Programs, and Design. New Orleans. A National Center on Accessibility training course that focuses on programs and facilities that are accessible to all users.
Website: http://www.ncaonline.org
Tuesday, December 3, 2002
International Disability Day at the World Bank. Bengt Lindqvist, UN Special Rapporteur on Disability and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, and panels of speakers will examine the links between disability and poverty and the role the World Bank and other development agencies can play in alleviating poverty.
Contact: socialprotection@worldbank.org
Website: http://www1.worldbank.org/sp/
January 2003
International Conference on the Elimination of Architectural Barriers
Friday, January 17, 2003 - Saturday, January 18, 2003
The conference will be held in Pamplona, Spain at the Navarre Public University. Sponsored by the Technical Secretariat, Congresos Navarra. Presenters are experts from Finland, France, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.
Contact: congresos@congresosnavarra.com
February 2003
Branding, Wayfinding, and Environmental Graphic Design for Non-Profits, Hospitals, Museums, Zoos
Friday, February 7, 2003
Talbott Hotel
Sponsored by APCO Graphics, Inc. and MC Sign Company, in Chicago, IL.
Developing a corporate brand and then building that brand through signs, exhibits, and interiors is not just the realm of large corporations. The non-profit world is also rapidly developing a distinct brand – and using it for signs and interior graphics. This workshop will focus on branding and identity issues specifically related to the non-profit facility. Starting with general issues related to establishing an identity for non-profit institutions, delve deeper in leveraging that identity to improve wayfinding and interpretation.
This is a high-level workshop for professional designer and fabricators with a strong interest in building identity, wayfinding, and the development of sign systems, as well as clients in non-profit institutions. Space is limited.
Sponsored by APCO Graphics, Inc. and MC Sign Company, in Chicago, IL.
Developing a corporate brand and then building that brand through signs, exhibits, and interiors is not just the realm of large corporations. The non-profit world is also rapidly developing a distinct brand – and using it for signs and interior graphics. This workshop will focus on branding and identity issues specifically related to the non-profit facility. Starting with general issues related to establishing an identity for non-profit institutions, delve deeper in leveraging that identity to improve wayfinding and interpretation.
This is a high-level workshop for professional designer and fabricators with a strong interest in building identity, wayfinding, and the development of sign systems, as well as clients in non-profit institutions. Space is limited.
Contact: craig@segd.org
Caring Communities for the 21st Century: Imagining the Possible
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY. International conference sponsored by International Council for Caring Communities will address the "Age of Connectivity."
Contact: icccworld@earthlink.net
March 2003
Dichotomy: Critical Dialogues
Saturday, March 1, 2003
A journal published by the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture invites papers and projects that explore and examine the issues of accessibility and approach positioned outside the traditional limits and definitions of “barrier-free.” Papers due no later than March 1, 2003. Details on submission on website.
Contact: dichotomy@ware-house.com
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 91st Annual Meeting
Friday, March 14, 2003 - Monday, March 17, 2003
The premise of the 2003 Annual Meeting will be to survey the degree to which shifts between practices, places, and disciplines traditionally understood to be at the margins of professional design culture have begun to challenge, and even dominate, what we have understood to be at the center. In 1996, the Boyer Report encouraged a broadening of professional architectural discourse as a means of enriching architecture's place in the world around us. As we recalibrate the central and marginal spaces of our practices and pedagogies, how close have we come to achieving those goals? Includes Special Focus Session: Frameworks of Social Justice in Design Education: Creating Inclusive, Sustainable and Affordable Communities. Location: Louisville, Kentucky.
Contact: hbatliboi@acsa-arch.org
Website: http://www.acsa-arch.org/
Technology and Persons with Disabilities
Monday, March 17, 2003 - Saturday, March 22, 2003
This is the 18th International Conference sponsored by CSUN, Center on Disabilties. Held at Hilton Los Angeles Airport and Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotels. Ray Kurzweil is keynote speaker.
Website: http://www.csun.edu/cod/
INCLUDE 2003
Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - Friday, March 28, 2003
Royal College of Art, London, UK. The second inclusive design conference, this bi-annual event presents the world's leading figures in inclusive design on topics ranging from fashion to workplace design; from transport to domestic interiors.
Contact: include@rca.ac.uk
Interior Design Educators Council Annual Meeting
Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - Sunday, March 30, 2003
The 2003 Annual meeting will be held in San Diego, CA and includes a meeting of the Universal Design Network on Thursday March 27, 2003.
Structures for Inclusion 3
Saturday, March 29, 2003 - Sunday, March 30, 2003
Structures for Inclusion 3 seeks to illustrate the potential for achieving quality, innovative design serving clients who would not otherwise have access to affordable architecture services.
Organized by the Design Corps and the University of Virginia School of Architecture, the conference will be held at the U of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. Like its two predecessors, Structures for Inclusion: Designing for the 98% without Architects and Structures for Inclusion 2: Good Deeds/Good Design, this conference will draw together students, young designers and professionals in a forum to examine current work, as well as to illustrate opportunities and methods for pursuing alternative community-based design strategies.
Organized by the Design Corps and the University of Virginia School of Architecture, the conference will be held at the U of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. Like its two predecessors, Structures for Inclusion: Designing for the 98% without Architects and Structures for Inclusion 2: Good Deeds/Good Design, this conference will draw together students, young designers and professionals in a forum to examine current work, as well as to illustrate opportunities and methods for pursuing alternative community-based design strategies.
April 2003
Reverse Mortgage Educational Forum
Tuesday, April 8, 2003 - Wednesday, April 9, 2003
As the demand for reverse mortgages has increased over the past year, so has the number of inquiries from originators - including brokers, mortgage lenders and bank branches - over how the program works. In response, the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association is hosting the Reverse Mortgage Educational Forum, April 8-9 in Miami Beach, FL.
NRMLA is the authoritative resource for the resource mortgage business. Our expert speakers will provide you with the information you need to become successfully involved with reverse mortgages.
The conference will begin with a three-hour introductory course on the basics of reverse mortgage lending designed for reverse mortgage lenders who may want to send newly hired staff for basic training, companies new to the reverse mortgage business, or those considering entering this market.
NRMLA is the authoritative resource for the resource mortgage business. Our expert speakers will provide you with the information you need to become successfully involved with reverse mortgages.
The conference will begin with a three-hour introductory course on the basics of reverse mortgage lending designed for reverse mortgage lenders who may want to send newly hired staff for basic training, companies new to the reverse mortgage business, or those considering entering this market.
Contact: lhampton@dworbell.com,
May 2003
IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects) World Congress 2003
Sunday, May 25, 2003 - Thursday, May 29, 2003
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) invites landscape architects from around the world to join us in Calgary, May 25th to 29th, 2003 for a celebration of our profession. Hosted jointly with the Alberta Association of
Landscape Architects (AALA), this gathering, the first of its kind to be held in
North America in the new Millennium, offers to be as exciting as it is stimulating
to all that attend. This conference is about landscapes on the edge. Edge, in the sense of places on the edge of territorial transformation as well exemplar solutions that are on
the cutting edge of theory, practice and technology, at a range of scales.
This conference will bring together leading practitioners and theorists from
around the world to consider together ways of providing new or proven
processes and solutions to today's design and planning issues. It will challenge
the boundaries of the profession and invite critical thinking and promote
intellectual enrichment.
Landscape Architects (AALA), this gathering, the first of its kind to be held in
North America in the new Millennium, offers to be as exciting as it is stimulating
to all that attend. This conference is about landscapes on the edge. Edge, in the sense of places on the edge of territorial transformation as well exemplar solutions that are on
the cutting edge of theory, practice and technology, at a range of scales.
This conference will bring together leading practitioners and theorists from
around the world to consider together ways of providing new or proven
processes and solutions to today's design and planning issues. It will challenge
the boundaries of the profession and invite critical thinking and promote
intellectual enrichment.
Website: http://www.ifla2003.com/home.htm
June 2003
Early Childhood Design Institute
Thursday, June 5, 2003 - Saturday, June 7, 2003
The Design Institute will be held at the College of Design, NC State University, 200 Pullen Road, Raleigh, NC, June 5-7, 2003. Sponsored by the Natural Learning Initiative, the goal of the Early Childhood Outdoors Design Institute is to help designers, recreation professionals, and educators bring back the richness of the outdoors as a resource for education and healthy child development.
The Design Institute features site visits, presentations, discussions, and interactive sessions. Participants will include architects, landscape architects, designers, childcare owners and directors, early childhood education teachers, extension agents, master gardeners, parks and recreation professionals, horticultural therapists, public health professionals, and other individuals interested in creating healthier environments for young children. For presenters, more details and registration, see website.
The Design Institute features site visits, presentations, discussions, and interactive sessions. Participants will include architects, landscape architects, designers, childcare owners and directors, early childhood education teachers, extension agents, master gardeners, parks and recreation professionals, horticultural therapists, public health professionals, and other individuals interested in creating healthier environments for young children. For presenters, more details and registration, see website.
Contact: nilda_cosco@ncsu.edu
Website: http://www.naturalearning.org
July 2003
AHEAD 2003 Conference
Tuesday, July 8, 2003 - Saturday, July 12, 2003
Advancing Our Profession: Refining Our Vision is the 26th Annual Conference of AHEAD. It will be held at The Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion in Dallas Texas. Registration opens March 15, 2003 on the website.
September 2003
"Strategies for a new demand . The new elderly people
Friday, September 26, 2003 - Saturday, September 27, 2003
Architects Norma Sharovsky and Eduardo Frank from Argentian are offering another version of the over-subscribed seminar - the first post- graduate course of Third Age Architecture - "From the Habitat for Elderly Adults to the Universal Design."
They will duplicate their efforts and have organized the course for September, sponsored by Sociedad Central de Arquitectos.
They will duplicate their efforts and have organized the course for September, sponsored by Sociedad Central de Arquitectos.
Contact: cedu@socearq.org
October 2003
11th International Conference — Greening of Industry Network
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - Wednesday, October 15, 2003
The Greening of Industry Network provides a platform for people from diverse backgrounds to share ideas and experiences and to strengthen relationships, visions and practices for sustainability. Features of the Network conference include keynote speeches, plenary debates, breakout sessions, research paper workshops, and ad hoc or poster presentations. The Work-in-Progress Day and First Plenary Session will take place on Sunday, October 12, 2003. The conference will open officially on Monday, October 13 and close Wednesday afternoon, October 15.
The GIN2003 conference venue will be the Hotel Nikko San Francisco, with full facilities for the conference, breakout sessions, small group meetings and exhibitions.
The GIN2003 conference venue will be the Hotel Nikko San Francisco, with full facilities for the conference, breakout sessions, small group meetings and exhibitions.
Contact: GIN2003@greeningofindustry.org
Website: http://www.greeningofindustry.org/
November 2003
2020 Vision - a diversity conference for design professionals
Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - Thursday, November 20, 2003
2020 Vision” is the national conference on diversity, November 19–20, and it is a centerpiece of Build Boston 2003. Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of Architects and the AIA National Diversity Committee, the conference is intended to challenge the design profession's status quo, to spark candid national dialogue, to introduce new research and theory, and to examine diversity issues from societal and ethical perspectives. Programs that share best practices for application in real-world settings to increase significantly the diversity of the design profession by the year 2020 will be included.
Contact: njenner@architects.org
Website: http://www.architects.org/diversity
December 2003
International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence
Thursday, December 4, 2003 - Saturday, December 6, 2003
The International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence will focus on issues relating to aging, independence, and quality of life. The conference will include sessions related to research and development, practice, products and services, and policy. The goal is to bring together researchers, practitioners, business leaders, and people involved in aging policy to focus on issues related to maintaining independence in the later years of our lives. It will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA.
March 2004
19th Annual International Conference "Technology and Persons with Disabilities"
Monday, March 15, 2004 - Saturday, March 20, 2004
Los Angeles, CA. The longest-running and largest annual university sponsored conference on technology and persons with disabilities. This annual conference serves as a major training venue for professionals around the world involved in the field of disability and technology.
Contact: ctrdis@csun.edu
HEAT 2004
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - Wednesday, March 17, 2004
University of York, Yorkshire, UK. Electronic Assistive Technology (EAT) can support people with disabilities and the elderly to increase their independence and quality of life, but to do so it must be dependable. The HEAT workshop provides a forum for discussion and debate on issues of dependability as they apply to the different types of EAT in the home.
Contact: g.baxter@psych.york.ac.uk
Visual Design for an Aging Population
Friday, March 19, 2004
St. Louis, Missouri, USA. What questions should public policy makers, social service agencies and businesses ask to better meet the changing needs for information of our older population? This conference will address some of the challenges we face as a society in dramatic realignment of demographics toward an older profile.
Website: http://designandaging.org/
2nd Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology
Monday, March 22, 2004 - Wednesday, March 24, 2004
University of Cambridge, UK. "Designing a More Inclusive World" -- Reflecting the spirit of recent moves to extend the rights for universal accessibility, these workshops are aimed at a broad range of interests, although with a general focus on product/solution development. It is intended that the principal requirements for the successful design of assistive technology shall be addressed. The range of requirements extends from identifying and capturing the needs of the users, through to the development and evaluation of truly usable and accessible systems for users with special needs. Such users include, but are not limited to, those with functional impairments and the elderly.
Contact: cwuaat-enquiries@eng.cam.ac.uk
Structures for Inclusion 4: Choosing Relevancy
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - Friday, March 26, 2004
Atlanta, GA. Organized by the Association for Community Design (ACD), a professional support network, and Design Corps, a design service program, this national design conference will explore methods and means for reaching out to underserved populations with professional design assistance.
As the need for public interest design work grows, so does the importance of dialog among practitioners who are in the “trenches” of community design service and young designers interested in pursuing similar careers.
As the need for public interest design work grows, so does the importance of dialog among practitioners who are in the “trenches” of community design service and young designers interested in pursuing similar careers.
Contact: shendler@chrcatlanta.org
April 2004
"The Road Ahead, Taking the Journey Together"
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - Saturday, April 17, 2004
San Francisco, CA, USA. Sponsored by The American Society on Aging and the National Council on the Aging. These two organizations are collaborating again to offer the most dynamic educational conference and networking opportunity in North America for professionals in the field of aging.
Contact: registrar@asaging.org
Barrier Free 2004
Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Saturday, April 24, 2004
Osaka, Japan. International Trade Fair on Barrier Free Equipments & Rehabilitation for the Elderly & the Disabled organized by the Osaka Prefecture Council on Social Welfare and Television Osaka, Inc.
This show focuses on Japanese healthcare and welfare sectors that are rapidly enlarged in the past decade. The first show was in 1995, and the next BARRIER FREE will be the 10th event in its history. The show provides wide variety of information about equipment, service, and welfare system in the region.
This show focuses on Japanese healthcare and welfare sectors that are rapidly enlarged in the past decade. The first show was in 1995, and the next BARRIER FREE will be the 10th event in its history. The show provides wide variety of information about equipment, service, and welfare system in the region.
Contact: infobf@itp.gr.jp
CHI 2004, "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems"
Saturday, April 24, 2004 - Thursday, April 29, 2004
Vienna, Austria. Conference sponsored by ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction. The CHI2004 vision emphasizes connections: between traditional and new forms of interaction, between HCI and many different fields and domains. We are keenly interested in expanding the boundaries of HCI and highlighting its importance and relevance to the world.
Contact: chi2004-office@acm.org
Website: http://www.chi2004.org/
May 2004
Indoor Air Quality Symposium: Design, Construction and Management of
Friday, May 7, 2004
Boston, MA. Workshops on EPA's IAQ Design Tools for Schools, VOCs and construction materials, the new residential ventilation standards, guidelines or construction, construction practices designed to prevent mold, the Building America program, perations and maintenance for public buildings including schools, and ventilation standards. Though not an ADA requirement, a 'hot topic.'
'Design for All in Public Transport' and 'Design for All in Education'
Friday, May 7, 2004
Stockholm, Sweden. The conferences are intended to inspire present and future work on 'Design for All' within public transport and education policy for esigners, architects, and educators by giving an exposé of current initiatives on a national, Nordic and European level. The conferences are being held in conjunction with the EIDD Annual General Meeting in Stockholm, 8-9 May 2004.
Contact: nsh@nsh.se
Urban Management inclusive of disability issues
Sunday, May 9, 2004 - Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Organized by the World Bank. For the first time disability will be included in several of the presentations and there will be a half day session on universal design which is open to external participants. The training, in Spanish language, is addressed to city managers, local government officials, NGOs, DPOs and academia of medium and large municipalities in Central America. A selected number of disabled people, expert in different areas, will participate to the training with the aim of raising issues and solutions during the Q&A sessions.
Contact: jsaville@worldbank.org
Going Beyond the ADA: Meeting the Needs of the Emerging 21st Century Demographics and Customers
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Raleigh, NC. This one-day Universal Design Institute will offer a new look at how to design for a changing client and customer base. Architects and designers in all disciplines are increasingly called upon to develop environments that are more supportive, safer and will foster independence. This seminar will introduce the fundamentals of universal design and raise awareness of how to create aesthetic, efficient, and marketable spaces and buildings that still comply with accessibility codes.
Contact: jean_livaudais@ncsu.edu
Website: http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed
WWW 2004 "The 13th World Wide Web Conference"
Monday, May 17, 2004 - Saturday, May 22, 2004
New York City, New York, USA. Beginning with the first international WWW Conference in 1994, this prestigious series, organized by the International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2), has provided a public forum for the WWW Consortium (W3C) through the annual W3C track.
Contact: info@www2004.org
Website: http://www2004.org/
"Early Childhood Outdoors Design Institute"
Thursday, May 20, 2004 - Monday, May 24, 2004
Raleigh, NC, USA. Institute sponsored by the Natural Learning Initiative, College of Design, NC State. The goal of Design for Active Childhoods is to help designers, recreation professionals, and educators bring back the richness of the outdoors as a resource for education and healthy child development.
Contact: jean_livaudais@ncsu.edu
Transed 2004 'Universal Transportation And Road Design'
Sunday, May 23, 2004 - Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Hamamatsu, Japan. The 10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for the Elderly and Disabled is being organized under the general auspices of the Transportation Research Board. TRANSED 2004 serves the purpose of enabling international delegates to exchange experiences of strategies. by bringing out the successful accessible transportation implementation strategies and plans, all participants will be able to apply the knowledge gained in their country.
Contact: access@icat-ciat.org
Website: http://transed.jp/
A Universal Approach to Interpretive Planning, Programs and Design
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - Thursday, May 27, 2004
Sacramento, CA. The National Center on Accessibility will conduct this 3-day workshop. The course is presented in cooperation with the USDA Forest service and registration is open to professionals from all federal, state and local gencies. Individuals from non-profit agencies, private facilities, universities, and advocacy organizations are also invited to attend.
Contact: nca@indiana.edu
Confluence and Coalition in Community: Creating Dialogue within Disability Studies
Saturday, May 29, 2004 - Sunday, May 30, 2004
Winnipeg, Canada. Inaugural Meeting of the Canadian Disability Studies Asssocation. Papers and panels exploring questions fundamental to disability pedagogy: How can professors mentor students toward becoming disability studies scholars? What issues are at stake when disabled/non-disabled professors teach disability studies classes? What are the strategies for opening up a dialog in disability theory in 'mainstream' classes? How might taking the access requirements for diverse audience members into consideration result in presentation modalities that are new, exciting, and encourage a richer, participatory dialogue? How might imaginative thinking, spurred on by access requirements, pose new possibilities for intellectual discourse? What is the role of new technologies in teaching disability studies?
Contact: hansenn@ms.umanitoba.ca
June 2004
EDRA 35 "Design with Spirit"
Wednesday, June 2, 2004 - Sunday, June 6, 2004
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Conference celebrates the awareness, passion, oneness, and surrender to higher influences in our creative processes of conceiving, shaping, and evaluating our built and natural environments. Taken in the broadest of connotations, spirit not only infuses us with enthusiasm, connection, and original thought in our process, but also manifests in our products. As we strive to create holistic habitats of power and peace, we account for body, mind, and spirit in our criteria, intentions, and choices.
Contact: edra@telepath.com
Towards full Citizenship
Monday, June 14, 2004 - Friday, June 18, 2004
Stavanger, Norway. The 8th International Congress on Including Children and Youth with Disabilities in the Community. These Congresses have given people from both developing and developed nations the chance to share policies and programs that promote the inclusion of children and youth with disabilities in their everyday lives at their home communities. Congresses have focused on building self-determination and self-reliance at the local level for children and adults of all abilities.
Contact: ess2004@slf.his.no
Website: http://www.statped.no/congress2004/
"The Universal Package: designing packaging for everyone"
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - Thursday, June 17, 2004
Lansing, MI, USA. Welcome to this innovative event, a first for the industry. Pharmaceutical, personal care, consumer goods, food and beverage packages are being held to a similar standard by consumers: they must have great utility. Packages that save time, thinking, and work, making life easier, are in demand. Although improvements that increase utility may add mere “convenience” to the life of an “average” healthy consumer, they can be much more impactful on the lives of the elderly and disabled. We should consider making these people the central concern of designers.
Contact: bixlaura@msu.edu
RESNA 2004 "Technology and Disability: Research, Design, Practice and Policy
Saturday, June 19, 2004 - Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Orlando, FL, USA. Conference sponsored by RESNA, Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Association of North America. This year’s conference has seven main topic areas: Computer Access and Communication, Job and Environmental Accommodations, including Ergonomics, Seating and Wheeled Mobility, Technology for Cognitive and Sensory Impairments, Public Policy, Outcomes and Quantitative Measurement, and Other which includes Technology Transfer, Rural Rehab, Robotics, Telerehab and more.
Contact: conference@resna.org
Website: http://www.resna.org
Evaluation in Progress: Strategies for Environmental Research ...
Saturday, June 19, 2004 - Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Vienna, Austria. Conference organized by The Institute for Spatial Interaction and Simulation. The design and functioning of housing, building and urban environments and their surroundings continues to be increasingly difficult and ambivalent, therefore rendering decision making an unpopular and criticized task. This conference is research and practice in progress - it will provide a forum for scientists, professional practitioners, and policy makers.
Contact: office@bco.co.at
Website: http://info.tuwien.ac.at/iaps2004/
Building Careers in Design
Monday, June 21, 2004 - Sunday, August 1, 2004
is a new college level online course for career and vocational counselors. This 6-week 30 CRC credit course begins June 21 and is offered through the Interwork Institute of San Diego State University, in cooperation with Adaptive Environments, Boston, MA. The course fee is $175.
Contact: kschneider@AdaptiveEnvironments.org
Website: www.careersindesign.org
July 2004
EVALUATION IN PROGRESS: Strategies for Environmental Research and Implementation
Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - Saturday, July 10, 2004
Vienna, Austria. Conference organized by The Institute for Spatial Interaction and Simulation. The design and functioning of housing, building and urban environments and their surroundings continues to be increasingly difficult and ambivalent, therefore rendering decision making an unpopular and criticized task. The IAPS membership has the know-how and interdisciplinary competence to act as input specialists, communicators, visualization consultants, and moderators for the negotiation of complex planning projects. This conference is research and practice in progress - it will provide a forum for scientists, professional practicioners, and policy makers to debate ways and means of stimulating new proposals, documenting existing situations and assessing diverse tools and techniques that can promote evaluation and user feedback.
Contact: iaps2004@bco.co.at
Website: http://info.tuwien.ac.at/iaps2004/
Tools for Life 2004, A 21st Century Look at Assistive Technology
Friday, July 9, 2004 - Saturday, July 10, 2004
Honolulu, HI. The Tools for Life Expo and conference is a collaborative exhibit with concurrent workshops designed to bring information to individuals with disabilities, their families, and advocates regarding civil rights laws and technological support options to maximize independence in society.
Contact: atrc@atrc.org
AHEAD -- 27th Annual Conference: Leading the Dance
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - Saturday, July 17, 2004
Miami, FL. The Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) is the premier networking opportunity for disability service colleagues from around the world. Multiple sessions on universal design illustrate AHEAD’s commitment to universal design. These include pre-conference intensives: Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize: Leadership and Management of Disability Services; Working with Faculty Toward Universal Design; Aligning the Pieces: A UDL Approach to Online Learning for All. Concurrent sessions include: Accessibility: More than Ramps and Automatic Doors-Duke University's Collaboration Dance to Accessibility; Creating Accessible Campus Services for Students with Disabilities: Tools for Professional Development; Creating Accessible Distance - Learning Websites; Exploring the Equity and Excellence Universal Design for Learning Tool Kit; Increasing Participation, Performance and Persistence - Universal Design for Learning in Postsecondary Instruction; Making Campus Web Pages Accessible: Policy and Administration; Student and Faculty Perceptions of Inclusive College Instruction; and Universal Design: It's A Big Universe! How Do I Start?
Contact: AHEAD@ahead.org
August 2004
Course: Universal Design and the New ADA/ABA Guidelines
Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - Friday, August 6, 2004
A major revision in the design guidelines for the Americans with Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act this year is changing the way private and government buildings are designed (and the professional responsibilities of the designers). When adopted by the Department of Justice, these guidelines will replace the UFAS and the ADA standards. This seminar offers a thorough presentation of the revised design guidelines, then goes on to propose universal design solutions with measurable benefits for clients.
Contact: execed@gsd.harvard.edu
LEAD (Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability) Conference
Thursday, August 12, 2004 - Saturday, August 14, 2004
Washington, DC. Conference for ADA/504 Coordinators and Accessibility Managers working at Museums, Theaters, Arts and Performing Arts Centers, Entertainment and Concert Venues, and Cultural and Arts Service Organizations, . A unique national professional network devoted to training emerging leaders who are dedicated to, not only complying with Federal laws and legislation, but setting the standards for and engaging in best practices in the field.
7th International Conference of Human Services Information Technology Applications
Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - Friday, August 27, 2004
Hong Kong. "Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Social Inclusion." Conference sponsored by HUSITA (Human Services Information Technology Applications) an international association of information technology (IT) innovators in human services dedicated to promoting ethical and effective use of IT to better serve humanity. The conference will revolve around four major sub-themes. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Social Services, ICT in Rehabilitation, IT Education and Training in Human Service Professionals, and ICT in Community and the Information Society.
Contact: secretariat.husita7@hkcss.org.hk
Website: http://www.hkcss.org.hk/husita7
CBR Africa Network Conference
Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - Friday, September 3, 2004
Lilongwe, Malawi. “CBR as Part Of Community Development.” Conference sponsored by the CBR Africa Network (CAN). CBR Africa Network is a non-government organisation, of which the secretariat is based at the Ugandan National Institute of Special Education. CAN was established in 2001 following resolutions made at the previous CBR Africa Regional Conference, "CBR as a participatory strategy in Africa." CAN aims to facilitate the sharing of information about community-based services for persons with disabilities and their families in African countries.
Contact: opcdisability@sdnp.org.mw
September 2004
7th IFA Global Conference on Ageing, "Global Ageing: Sustaining Development"
Sunday, September 5, 2004 - Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Singapore. A forum for debates on ageing issues, an opportunity for consumers, practitioners and policymakers in the field of ageing to exchange knowledge and information, as well as establish and strengthen friendships and partnerships.
This forum is an important occasion to also learn about the impact of ageing policies and programmes since the United Nations Second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002 and finalization of The International Plan of Action. Models of leading practice will also be highlighted.
This forum is an important occasion to also learn about the impact of ageing policies and programmes since the United Nations Second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002 and finalization of The International Plan of Action. Models of leading practice will also be highlighted.
Contact: ifa04@ctmapl.com.sg
Website: http://www.7ifaconference.com
HCI2004 "The 18th British HCI Group Annual Conference"
Monday, September 6, 2004 - Thursday, September 9, 2004
Leeds, UK. Join researchers, practitioners and educators from around the world at HCI2004 where we will be exploring the theme of Design for Life. As designers, evaluators and implementers of interactive systems we have great responsibility. The systems we design impact upon the lives of the people who use them - for good or ill.
Contact: hci2004admin@leedsmet.ac.uk
Website: http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/hci2004/
Ageing Societies and Ageing Sociology: Diversity and Change in a Global World
Tuesday, September 7, 2004 - Thursday, September 9, 2004
Conference is sponsored by ISA Research Committee on Sociology of Aging, RC11, Inter-Congress Conference, Roehampton, UK. Ageing societies are a historically unique and global phenomenon, which calls for intensified scientific research into the consequences of this worldwide development in the years to come: What will ageing societies look like? In which regards will they differ from contemporary societies? How does ageing affect social institutions and social structures? What are the implications of ageing societies in different regional, national, and international contexts?
Contact: m.davidson@surrey.ac.uk
DPI World Summit 2004: Diversity Within
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - Friday, September 10, 2004
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. DPI’s World Summit will be an opportunity for national assemblies, disability organizations, NGOs, international development agencies, as well as local and national goods and services providers in the disability field to discuss and share information. The purpose of the Summit is to pursue the issues identified at the DPI 6th World Assembly in Sapporo, Japan, to address the issue of diversity, and to prepare for the next World Assembly in South Africa in 2006.
Contact: summit@dpi.org
5th National NICAN Conference, "Out of the Blue"
Monday, September 20, 2004 - Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Perth, Australia. The Conference will concentrate on making Tourism more inclusive for people with disabilities. At the same time it will present an excellent opportunity for tourism and recreation groups to virtually discover an untapped market. The conference is working on the premise that people with disabilities often find themselves as visitors, sitting on the 'perimeter' of the venue they visit, due to difficult access or lack of information and support options.
Contact: info@nican.com.au
2nd Symposium on International Issues in Engineering Design as part of 2004 IDETC
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - Saturday, October 2, 2004
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. , sponsored by the International Activities Committee of the Design Engineering Division. The three major overall conference categories are: pan-world collaborative design, management of pan-world project design teams, and international drivers and practice for product life cycle with one focus area being “Design for the elderly and physically challenged.”
Contact: magleby@byu.edu
October 2004
NCA Training Course: Retrofitting for Accessibility
Monday, October 4, 2004 - Thursday, October 7, 2004
Yellowstone, MT. This course provides education on federal legislations and accessibility requirements as applied to park and recreation facilities and programs. Curriculum emphasis will include application of accessibility standards, barrier removal, safety issues associated with accessibility, and ongoing facility maintenance to assure optimum access for visitors including those with disabilities.
Contact: nca@indiana.edu
New Design Cities
Wednesday, October 6, 2004 - Friday, October 8, 2004
Montreal, Canada. Founded on the assumption that design is an activity involving conception, creation, planning and management that shapes the quality of our environment and contributes to the competitiveness of our economy and the cultural expression of our country, our region, our city and our businesses, this symposium aims to discuss cities’ different positioning and development strategies based on design, and then to assess their impact.
Contact: nsymposium@ville.montreal.qc.ca
Child in the City Conference
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - Friday, October 22, 2004
London, UK, organized by The Child in the City Foundation in association with the National Children's Bureau. The purpose of this two-and-a-half day international conference is to bring together social scientists, policy makers, planners and practitioners to share current thinking and disseminate good practice on one of the most pressing challenges facing urban governments: integrating the play and recreational needs of children within the planning, design and governance of the modern city.
Contact: svanbeek@europoint-bv.com
EBRA 2004 "An Agreeable Spatial Environment for Human Beings"
Friday, October 22, 2004 - Monday, October 25, 2004
Tianjin, China. The symposium will explore in-dept how to create a comfortable living environment and the theme is “An Agreeable Spatial Environment for Human Being.” Some suggested topics are: Housing and Community Environment, Urban Environment Consciousness and Recognition, History & Culture in the Built-Environment, and Public Space Landscape and Relaxation. See the web site for the full list of suggested topics.
Contact: ebra@tju.edu.cn
OPEN SPACE: PEOPLE SPACE: An International Conference on Inclusive Environments
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - Friday, October 29, 2004
OPENspace: the research centre for inclusive access to outdoor environments, is hosting a three-day conference in Edinburgh to review recent research and debate current issues surrounding good design for open space and social inclusion, spaces and places for the 21st century. The programme will include contributions from an international array of experts covering the major themes of the conference: children and young people; disability and social inclusion; health and restorative environments and tourism and leisure.
Contact: c.ward-thompson@eca.ac.uk
Website: http://www.openspace.eca.ac.uk.
November 2004
Assistive Technology and Accessible Media Conference
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 - Friday, November 12, 2004
In collaboration with EASI, AHEAD & others, CU - Boulder will be sponsoring the seventh annual Assistive Technology and Accessible Media in Higher Education Conference. highlights include: Creating eBooks using Adobe PDF, Microsoft LIT and Daisy Format, Aligning the Pieces: A UDL Approach to Online Learning for All, Achieving Web Accessibility with Section 508, Digital Collections of Historical Documents and Accessibility, Assistive Technology: The Key to Learner Centered Teaching, and Evaluating Text to Speech Software for College Students with Learning Disabilities.
Contact: dsinfo@colorado.edu
Website: www.colorado.edu/Atconference
"Futureground" -- Design Research Society International Conference
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - Sunday, November 21, 2004
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. The conference will feature leading edge design research from the international research community. Supporting the central theme will be discourse around design as both cultural activity and production; mapping the discipline's development; and research in an industrial context. Particular emphasis will be on the opportunities this presents for reconsidering the nature of design and an exploration of the scope for future research.
Contact: futureground@artdes.monash.edu.au
December 2004
Heritage, Globalization and the Built Environment
Monday, December 6, 2004 - Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Kingdom of Bahrain. Cities are caught between opposing polarities of global and local, foreign and indigenous, cultural hybridisation and identity, acceptance and resistance, economic benefit and social and environmental integrity. Moreover, in the rush to acquiring a world city status, many important social, cultural and environmental aspects have been overlooked. This conference is meant to discuss the complexity of these issues. One suggested theme area is The Built Environment in a Global Age and includes some of the following suggested topics: Globalization and Cities: Debates, Concerns and Visions, Re-humanising the Built Environment: the Role of Heritage and Tradition, Built Environment & Globalization: Dilemmas of Sustainability, Heritage and Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities, and Children and Women in a Global World: the Struggle for Space.
"Designing for the 21st Century III: An International Conference on Universal Design
Tuesday, December 7, 2004 - Sunday, December 12, 2004
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is an extraordinary moment. We are more diverse now in ability and age than ever before. It is time for design to catch up. There is an urgent need to exchange ideas about the design of places, things, information, policies and programs that demonstrate the power of design to shape a 21st century world that works for all of us.
Whatever you call it - universal design, inclusive design, design-for-all, lifespan design - the worldwide movement for human centered design with everyone in mind is gaining momentum. The Designing for the 21st Century III Conference is fueled by that momentum and will offer a platform for the next stage of development. The conference includes a student design competition, charettes within Rio de Janeiro and an Educator’s Forum.
Whatever you call it - universal design, inclusive design, design-for-all, lifespan design - the worldwide movement for human centered design with everyone in mind is gaining momentum. The Designing for the 21st Century III Conference is fueled by that momentum and will offer a platform for the next stage of development. The conference includes a student design competition, charettes within Rio de Janeiro and an Educator’s Forum.
Contact: agomez@AdaptiveEnvironments.org
Website: http://www.designfor21st.org/
March 2005
The Changing Face of Aging: 5th Joint Conference of the American Society et al
Thursday, March 10, 2005 - Sunday, March 13, 2005
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. As current social, political, and economic forces intersect a burgeoning medical and technological revolution, what will the face of aging look like? In the spirit of 1776, the conference will examine the themes of independence, choice, evolution and revolution in light of this diversity.
Contact: registrar@asaging.org
April 2005
Include 2005
Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - Friday, April 8, 2005
London, UK. Inclusive design is a process whereby designers and manufacturers ensure that their products and services address the needs of the widest possible audience. Don't miss this opportunity to discuss your work on inclusive design at one of the key research and design business conferences of 2005, adding to the cutting-edge approaches, case studies and real world achievements described at Include 2001 and 2003.
Contact: john.bound@rca.ac.uk
May 2005
The 5th Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology - Gerontechnology 2005
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Nagoya, Japan. This conference held about every 3 years will focus on the following topics: Health & Self-esteem, Housing & Daily Living, Mobility & transport, Communication & Governance, Work Condition & Work Ability, Geriatrics & Dementia Cares, Leisure, Robotics for Human Support, Universal Design and Standards for the elderly & disabled people.
Contact: sagawa-k@aist.go.jp
July 2005
HCI International 2005
Friday, July 22, 2005 - Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Las Vegas, NV, USA. 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) jointly with: Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2005, 6th International Conference on Engineering Psychology & Cognitive Ergonomics, 3rd International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, 1st International Conference on Virtual Reality, 1st International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, 1st International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, and 1st International Conference on Augmented Cognition.
The conference objective is to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of HCI, usability, internationalization, virtual reality, universal access and cognitive ergonomics.
The conference objective is to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of HCI, usability, internationalization, virtual reality, universal access and cognitive ergonomics.
Contact: hcii2005@ecn.purdue.edu
Website: http://www.hci-international.org/
September 2005
TESTING
Thursday, September 15, 2005 - Friday, September 30, 2005
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Contact: bruce@ap.buffalo.edu
Website: http://crl.ap.buffalo.edu
November 2005
World Summit on the Information Society
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - Friday, November 18, 2005
Tunis, Tunisia. The first phase of WSIS took place in Geneva and the second phase will take place in Tunis. A fundamental change from an industrial to information-based society is taking place. This information revolution affects the way people live, learn and work and how governments interact with civil society. Development themes will be a key focus in the second phase in Tunisia and it will assess progress that has been made and adopt any further Action Plan to be taken.
Contact: wsis@itu.int
Website: http://www.itu.int/wsis/
May 2006
IFA 8th Global Conference on Aging
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - Friday, June 2, 2006
Copenhagen, Denmark. The Copenhagen conference aims to highlight cross-cultural co-operation to meet the challenges of global aging, and at the same time address important region-specific issues of ageing. The conference will be built up around the following themes and dimensions: The Economics of Aging, The Challenges of Aging, Active Aging - Aging Well, and Empowerment – participation.
Contact: global-ageing@ics.dk
Website: http://www.global-ageing.dk/
