Assistive Technology meetings & conferences

Second International Workshop on Design & Implementation of Independent & Assisted Living Technology – DIILT ’12

At 26th Annual HCI Conference of the British Computer Society HCI 2012 - People and Computers XXVI

Birmingham, U.K, 10th-14th September 2012

The aim of this workshop is to bring together experts, academics and practitioners to share experiences and expertise of assisted living technology, telecare or telehealth implementations and evaluations.

Discussions will focus on the challenges and best practices in evaluating the impact of practical and pragmatic implementations and large scale roll-out of health technologies 'in the wild' (i.e outside of the lab and beyond pilot studies).

The workshop will review case studies, trials, design, development and implementations of technologies reaching end-users in their homes to support, tele-care, telehealth, independent or assisted living. The aim is to assess how technologies can be integrated into people's homes and communities and how resulting benefits or disbenefits on people's health and wellbeing can be objectively measured and evaluated.

American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association 2013 Conference

May 29 – June 1, 2013 Bloomington, Minnesota

Goal of the Conference

The American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) is pleased to announce the 2013 ADARA Conference, a national conference to be hosted in Minnesota. Our conference theme is “Blazing New Trails” which refers to “doing something different,” “doing early or pioneering work that others will follow up on,” and “doing something that no one has done before, especially something important for other people.”

This conference seeks to provide training and networking opportunities for mental health professionals, vocational rehabilitation counselors, independent living service providers, educators, interpreters, transition specialists, community-based rehabilitation providers, and any support staff in the helping professions.

Possible Areas and Topics

• Interfacing education and mental health
• Working with trilingual families
• Testing demonstrations
• Olmstead, recovery, peer support
• Supporting community living options
• Drug/alcohol abuse treatment strategies
• Trauma informed care
• Working with low functioning/language dysfluent consumers
• Developing cultural competency
• Therapeutic techniques/theories & effective counseling techniques & strategies (e.g., EMDR, DBT)
• Mental health/chemical dependency interpreting

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing cross-cultural conflicts
• Professional management
• Public policy
• Using technology in therapeutic settings
• Navigating the new health care environment
• Client-centered approaches/ Early interventions
• Career assessments
• Residential programming
• Levels of care: residential, outpatient, intensive, group homes
• Job coaching/Job placement
• Transition
• Autism
• Vocational evaluations
• Work adjustment

11th Asia Pacific Congress on Deafness

26th-28th July 2012 Singapore

Target Audience: ENT surgeons, Audiologists, Speech Language Therapists, Deaf Educators.

The 11th Asia Pacific Congress on Deafness 2012 will he held 26-28 July 2012 (www.apcd2012.com) for the first time in Singapore. This 11th APCD 2012 will be held in conjunction with the 6th National University Singapore – National University Hospital ENT Conference.

The theme will be "Changing Perceptions, Increasing Effectiveness, Embracing Advocacy". We are engaging multi-organizational professionals and the community to collectively work towards:

(1) Changing negative perceptions and stereotypes which deter individuals from seeking professional help and integrating more fully into the community (2) Addressing current challenges and setting future directions to increase the effectiveness of medical-surgical, audiological and educational services (3) Engaging policy makers, encouraging advocacy and ensuring community support for the community with hearing impairment.

We are planning for over 600 attendees from the Asia Pacific region mainly and renowned faculty worldwide. We warmly invite participation from all professionals and industry partners with an interest in Deafness and hearing-related disorders. This congress will include focuses that are often under-addressed. The tsunami of elderly hearing loss in our rapidly graying populations worldwide. Noise-induced deafness, Auditory Processing Disorders in both children and adults, Vestibular Balance Disorders and Tinnitus. Whilst celebrating the rapid advances in hearing devices and hearing implants, we want to practice evidence-based and cost-effective medicine. Technology to improve the listening environments in public and private spaces can be improved. Education and rehabilitation therapy must be individualized yet comprehensive, and adapt to advances in treatments and local challenges.

More professionals need to be trained to cope with the burgeoning demand. In collaboration, governmental, non-governmental organizations and individuals can improve the care for families and patients in schools, workplaces and at home. Working closely together with policy makers, we can integrate and improve the overall quality of hearing healthcare.

The congress is intended to be a forum for us all to meet up again, exchange ideas and initiate future collaborations. The social and public awareness events will be fruitful and enjoyable.

5th Annual Assistive Technology Across the Lifespan Conference (ATALC)

Announcing the 2012 Assistive Technology Across the Lifespan Conference. This years conference will again be held at the Glacier Canyon Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI, December 6 & 7, 2012.

ATALC is planning a 2 day agenda with one full day of 3 hour intensive workshop sessions and a second full day of breakout sessions.

ATALC will be hosting Wisconsin’s largest Free Exhibit hall where everyone is welcome to attend and see the newest in assistive technology software and devices for persons with disabilities.

Primary Contact:

Cindy Nankee
Email: info@atacrosslifespan.org
Phone: 734-735-0838

Child Development and Dyslexia

November 15-17, 2012 Larnaca, Cyprus

An International Symposium to bring together a group of researchers and other parties who have an interest in various aspects of learning difficulty in children.

We are pleased to invite you to attend the international symposium entitled "Child Development and Dyslexia" at the Lordos Beach Hotel in Larnaca, Cyprus on November 15-17, 2012.

The symposium will cover topics related to recent advances in dyslexia using psychology, cognitive science, developmental science, clinical neuroscience, brain imaging, neurophysiology, and information technology. Our aim is to bring together researchers, individuals and organizations who have interest in various aspects of learning difficulty in children.

Easy Conferences is appointed as the official local company responsible for all land arrangements. For any inquiries related to registrations, hotel reservation, social events and transportation, please contact

by email: info@cyprusconferences.org
by post: P.O.Box 24420, 1704 Nicosia, Cyprus
by phone: + 357 - 22 - 591900
by fax: + 357 - 22 - 591700

American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists 39th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium

February 20-23, 2013 Orlando, Florida

The Academy Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium is a yearly forum for O&P professionals to join with colleagues to explore and discuss the current and future prospects for the O&P profession. The Annual Meeting program offers clinical, technical and professional development programming with a focus on evidence-based practice. The Academy Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall provides a wonderful opportunity for O&P practitioners to see and experience the latest in O&P technology.

Fourteenth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

ASSETS 2012 will be held in Boulder, Colorado, USA (October 22-24, 2012)

The ASSETS conference explores the design, evaluation, and use of computing and information technologies to benefit people with disabilities and older adults. ASSETS is the premier forum for presenting innovative research on mainstream and specialized assistive technologies, accessible computing, and assistive applications of computer, network, and information technologies. This includes the use of technology by and in support of:

Individuals with hearing, sight and other sensory impairments
Individuals with motor impairments
Individuals with memory, learning and cognitive impairments
Individuals with multiple impairments
Older adults with diverse capabilities
Professionals who work with these populations

29th International Seating Symposium

March 5 – 9, 2013
(March 5 to 6 Pre-Symposium & March 7 to 9 Main Symposium)

Nashville, Tennessee

The symposium will include scientific and clinical papers, a research forum, in-depth workshops, panel sessions, and an extensive exhibit hall. Presentations should address the seating and wheeled mobility issues of people with disabilities across the lifespan such as neuromuscular disorders, spinal cord injury and diseases of the spinal cord, orthopedic conditions, systemic conditions, obesity, or polytrauma.

Interactive Technologies and Games: Education, Health and Disability 2012 (ITAG)

The “Interactive Technologies and Games: Education, Health and Disability 2012″ (ITAG) conference takes place this year on 23-24 October 2012 at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and practitioners working with interactive technologies to explore and innovate within the areas of Education, Health and Disability. We have a particular focus on the use of gaming hardware and software to implement accessible solutions, interaction design using new input/output devices and the increasing impact of ubiquitous computing on our everyday well being.

The conference provides an excellent opportunity to showcase practice and to mainstream research ideas and outcomes. It introduces a wider audience to key findings and products from research and illustrates how practice feeds back into and informs research. The conference creates a forum for two-way communication between the academic and practitioner communities and particularly welcomes user led presentations and workshops.

The programme includes presentations of papers, workshops, and an exhibition space for demonstrations and posters. This event is held in partnership with GameCity – the World’s best-loved videogame festival (http://gamecity.org/) and delegates are welcome to attend all GameCity events including the opening drinks reception.

Wireless Health 2012

October 22-25, 2012 San Diego, California

The Wireless Health 2012 conference series convenes the vanguard international research communities in Wireless Health technology and medical research with the rapidly expanding Wireless Health product and service industry, government leadership and policy makers. This conference provides the highest profile academic and industrial research forum for the new field of Wireless Health. Wireless Health 2012 is the third in this annual conference series.

Conference Program Manager: Andrea Jackson, Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance, ajackson@wirelesslifesciences.org

Conference Marketing & Events Manager: Molly Cogan, Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance, mcogan@wirelesslifesciences.org