Abstract for Tactile Graphics 2005

Open Meeting B: Standards, good practice, and a future research agenda for tactile graphics and maps.

Chair: Dr. Sarah Morley Wilkins, Director, RNIB National Centre for Tactile Diagrams, UK

17:00 – 18:30
Friday, Room B

• Discuss issues arising from the conference in more depth with colleagues.
• Identify ways in which the industry can work together to progress and disseminate our findings.
• Scope topics requiring future research.

Format: Questions and discussion with presenters and meeting participants following 15-minute presentations from:

Hiroshi Fujimoto: Japanese action – standardization of display method for tactile guide maps for buildings, stations and other public facilities. Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Japan.

Lucia Hasty and Diane Spence: An Overview of BANA/CBA Tactile Graphics Guidelines. Lucia: chair, Braille Authority of North America (BANA) Tactile Graphics Committee; co-chair, BANA/CBA Joint Committee on Tactile Graphics; chair, National Braille Association (NBA) Tactile Graphics Committee; committee member, ICEB Tactile Graphics committee. Diane: member BANA and BANA/CBA Tactile Graphics committees; President Elect and Tactile Graphics committee member, National Braille Association; USA.

Jonathan Rowell: Scoping the Future Research Agenda. Chair of the ICA Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Partially Sighted People, and Tactile Inkjet Mapping Project, Department of Geography, Anglia Polytechnic University, UK.

This meeting is open to all conference participants (delegates, exhibitors and presenters).

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