June-August
Various Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) Training Workshops.
Locations throughout the United States.
Contact:
California State University, Northridge, Center on Disabilities; phone: 818-677-2578; web site: www.csun.edu/codtraining.
June 1-5
Inclusion By Design International World Congress.
Montreal, Canada. The conference is hosted by the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work.
Contact:
Inclusion By Design, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work, 302-500 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V7, Canada; phone: 416-260-3060, extension 231, or 800-664-0925, extension 231; e-mail: info@ccrw.org; web site: www.ccrw.org/ccrw/worldcongress/sum-eng.htm.
June 22-26
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) 2001 Annual Conference.
Reno, NV.
Contact:
RESNA; phone: 703-524-6686; fax: 703-524-6630; e-mail: info@resna.org; web site: www.resna.org.
June 25-30
Ed-Media: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications.
Tampere, Finland.
Contact:
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education; phone: 757-623-7588; e-mail: info@aace.org; web site: www.aace.org.
June 30-July 7
American Council of the Blind 2001 Convention.
Des Moines, IA.
Contact:
American Council of the Blind; phone: 800-424-8666 or 202-467-5081; web site: www.acb.org.
July 1-7
National Federation of the Blind National Convention 2001.
Philadelphia, PA. Note that the conference venue has changed from a hotel in Detroit, MI to the Philadelphia Mariott.
Contact:
National Federation of the Blind; phone: 410-659-9314; web site: www.nfb.org.
July 9-13
Interact 2001: 8th Annual Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.
Tokyo, Japan.
Contact:
Interact 2001 Secretaraiat, NOVAS, 9-5 Shinsen-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0045, Japan; phone: 011-81-3-5489-7471; fax: 011-81-3-5489-7472; e-mail: interact2001@eie.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp; web site: www.interact2001.com.
August 3-5
2001: A Technology Odyssey.
Sponsored by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER). Pittsburgh, PA.
Contact:
Mark Uslan, AFB, co-chair; phone: 212-502-7638; e-mail: muslan@afb.net. Barbara McCarthy, AER, co-chair; phone: 804-371-3661; e-mail: mccartbn@dvh.state.va.us.