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3-5 December 2008
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All presentations are shown by title and main presenter, with a link to the abstract of the presentation. Please note all times and sessions are subject to change.
| 08:30-11:00 | Conference registration at Jurys Inn - in lobby near check-in desk. For all delegates, presenters and exhibitors. After this at conference desk on the first floor. | |||
| Room A | Room B | Room C | Exhibition Rooms 1 and 2: Exhibition and Posters |
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| 09:30-11:00 | Welcome: Stephen King - Director of Access and Innovation Group, RNIB. Plenary presentations by:
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08:00-11:00 Exhibition and poster set-up time | ||
| 11:00-11:30 | Refreshments in Exhibition Room 1 Time to visit Exhibition Rooms 1 and 2 |
Exhibition and Posters Open |
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| 11:30-12:10 | Drawing without sight - Peter Lumley, UK |
Tactile graphics for teaching biology - Yoshiko Toriyama, Japan |
Development of tactile map editing software with embedded symbolization - Amy Lobben, USA |
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| 12:30-13:10 | Perception and discriminability of the human forefinger with textures in tactile maps - Tsutomu Wada |
Harry Potter and the magic of accessible images - Dave Gunn |
Tactile map training: Behavioural and neurological outcomes - Megan M. Lawrence |
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| 13:10-14:10 | Lunch in Restaurant on Ground Floor |
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| Room A | Room B | Room C | Exhibition Rooms 1 and 2: Exhibition and Posters |
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| 14:10-14:50 | Awareness of tactile graphics amongst students and educational professionals - Helen Petrie |
Update on automatic tactile graphics - Dan Comden |
'Cognitive complexity' versus 'perceptual complexity' in tactile graphics - Frances Aldrich |
Exhibition and Posters Open |
| 15:10-15:50 | Workshops for adult blind people to read tactile diagrams - Hoëlle Corvest Morel |
Design of three tactile images representing Japanese woodcuts, a case study. - Bernat Franquesa |
Exploratory procedures in a tactile object matching task - Ans Withagen |
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| 15:50-16:20 | Refreshments in Exhibition Room 1 Time to visit Exhibition Rooms 1 and 2 |
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| 16:20-17:00 | The first book: shapeless images for Swedish pre-braille readers - Jenny Nilsson |
Relief techniques in the DZB and the newest project “world atlas” in two languages - Anke Nordmann |
Tactile graphics for mobility and independence: Exercises for young learners - Boguslaw Marek |
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| 17:00-18:30 | Time to visit Exhibition Rooms 1 and 2 | |||
| 18:30-19:30 | Evening Drinks Reception in Rooms A, B, C for all conference participants | |||
If you are interesting in seeing any of these presentations be sure to book your place at the conference.
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