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| 8:30 - 10:30 | Conference registration, exhibition set-up, coffee |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Welcome - An Introduction to the Conference Professor Helen Petrie, Director National Centre for Tactile Diagrams, University of Hertfordshire |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Ben Challis & Alistair Edwards, University of York "Good Tactile Diagrams Can Look Bad" |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Yvonne Eriksson, Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille "Visual and Tactile Representation" |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Constance Craig & Lucia Hasty, Canadian Braille Authority
and Canadian National Institute for the Blind Library "GRASPing Tactile Clarity" |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Ann Gardiner, University of Manchester / SPG Consultants "The 'Blue Peter' Approach to Tactile Map Production" |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Sue King, RNIB Maps & Diagrams "Introduction to the RNIB Maps & Diagrams Service" |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Lunch and Exhibition |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Workshops (running simultaneously): (1) Ben Challis & Alistair Edwards, University of York, "WEASEL: A Musical Notation System for Blind People" (2) Bogoslaw Marek, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, "Exercises in Tactile Graphics for Young Learners" |
| 2:45 - 3:05 | Caro Howell, Tate Modern |
| 3:05 - 3:25 | Bláithín Gallagher, National Council for the Blind of Ireland "TANDEM - TACIS (Tactile Acoustic Computer Interaction System) - Applications with Nordic Design for Education and Mobility" |
| 3:25 - 3:45 | Marion Ripley, ClearVision Project |
| 3:45 - 4:10 | Coffee Break & Exhibition |
| 4:10 - 4:30 | Colin Antwis, Fieldsman Trails "Pictures Giving You a Sense of Nature" |
| 4:30 - 5:15 | Panel Discussion: Standardisation in Tactile Diagrams, Maps and Pictures - How Close Are We? |
| 5:15 - 5:30 | Closing Session. |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Registration, coffee & Exhibition |
| 9:30 - 9:50 | Ben Challis & Alistair Edwards, University of York "An Approach to Measuring Tactile Aptitude" |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Ann Chapman & Helen Brazier, UKOLN and the National Library
for the Blind "Revealing Resources" |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Julia Cassim, The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, Royal College
of Art "The Muse Print - Creating Cognitive & Tactile Accessibility for Two-Dimensional Artworks" |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Simon Ungar, London Guildhall University and Anglia
Polytechnic University, UK "How do you Read a Tactile Map? The Role of Strategies" |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Coffee and Exhibition |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Adrian Farnsworth & Peter Lumley, Derby City Council
Education Dept. "The Contents of the New RNIB Pre-Braille Scheme Snow-White Books" |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Graeme Douglas, University of Birmingham "The Use of the Concept Keyboard Technology for Supporting the Teaching of Early Tactual Reading Skills" |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Chris Perkins, University of Manchester "Touching the Campus: Student-Led Tactile Mapping" |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Bogoslaw Marek, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland "Making Sense of Spatial Relations: Tactile Graphics for First Time Users" |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Lunch and Exhibition |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Workshops (running simultaneously): (3) Constance Craig, Canadian National Institute for the Blind Library for the Blind, "Thermoform Techniques - the Foil and Sculpture Methods" (4) Sue King, RNIB Maps & Diagrams, "Concepts and Principles in Tactile Map Design" |
| 2:45 - 3:05 | Julia Ionides & Peter Howell, Dog Rose Trust |
| 3:05 - 3:25 | Nick Tasker, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office "DOTS Before Your Eyes: A Tactile Map Design Resource" |
| 3:25 - 3:50 | Coffee and Exhibition |
| 3:50 - 4:10 | John Gardner, ViewPlus Technologies Inc "The TIGER Advantage Tactile Graphics and Braille Embosser" |
| 4:10 - 4:45 | Panel Discussion: Getting Tactile Diagrams to End Users: issues of copyright, design, production and support |
| 4:45 - 5:00 | Keynote Speaker: Kevin Carey, "Laser and Diamond Knives: Tactile Graphics & Models in the 21st Century" |