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3-5 December 2008
Birmingham, UK


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Day 2 Programme - Friday 5 December 2008

08:30-10:30 Conference registration at Jurys Inn.
  Room A Room B Room C Exhibition Rooms 1 and 2
Exhibition and Posters
09:00-09:30

Time to visit Exhibition Rooms 1 and 2

08:00-09:00 Exhibition and poster set-up time
09:30-10:10 Educating young children using tactiles -
Debbie Sitar
Audio-Tactile Graphics: impacts of hand movements on graphic design -
Christopher Power
Tactile and large print London Underground station plans: design and evaluation -
Sarah Morley Wilkins

Exhibition and Posters Open
09:00-16:30

Full list of Posters

Full list of Exhibitors

10:30-11:10 A graphics editor for blind people -
Christiane Taras

Exploring tactile graphics - which strategies work? -
Heather Cryer
Tactual profile, an observation instrument for charting tactual functioning -
Ans Withagen
11:10-11:40 Refreshments in Exhibition Room 1
Time to visit Exhibition Room 1 and 2
11:40-12:20 The influence of aging on perceptibility of tactile map symbols -
Kouki Doi
GraSSML: a new approach for Accessible Web Graphics for All -
Zaineb Ben Fredj
Dissecting complex graphics: Strategies for planning and editing -
Lucia Hasty
12:20-13:40

Lunch in Restaurant on Ground Floor
Time to visit Exhibition and Posters, Rooms 1 and 2

  Room A Room B Room C Exhibition Rooms 1 and 2
Exhibition and Posters
13:40-14:20 From traditional tools to computer devices: a tactile perception study to adapt teaching aids. -
Loïc Deschamps
Good, Better, Best: how to organise a tactile book competition - and how to win one! -
Marion Ripley
An automated procedure for production of tactile maps with 3D printing technology -
Roman Rener

Exhibition and Posters Open
09:00-16:30

Full list of Posters

Full list of Exhibitors

14:20-14:50 Refreshments in Exhibition Room 1
Time to visit Exhibition Rooms 1 and 2
14:50-15:30 The use of tactile audio-graphics in foreign language teaching -
Boguslaw Marek
Tactileview - fast access to tactile diagrams -
Jaap Breider
Development of three-dimensional geometrical models for tactile teaching materials -
Y. Teshima
15:50-16:30 Pre-maps: a primary of tactile maps -
Helinä Hirn
Pop-ups for mathematic education -
Akiyoshi Takamura
Tactile Chart Generation Tool - Cagatay Goncu
16:30

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