Carl,
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Miriam
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 07:22:04 -0200
Subject: [blind-democracy] ONLINE CONFERENCE ABOUT VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
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Hello everyone
This is Camila, from the International Institute on visual impairment team.
I'm writing to invite you to register for free in the 1ST INTERNATIONAL
ONLINE CONFERENCE ON INCLUSION AND REHABILITATION FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
The online conference will take place from December 11th to 13th, via video
conference and will be translated into english, spanish and portuguese.
There will be over 30 lectures, divided into seven panels and taught by
speakers from countries like USA, Canada, Germany, Israel, India, Chile,
Colombia, Argentina and Brazil.
One of the most important lectures we'll have in this event is the lecture
of Daniel Kish.
Daniel is the Creator of the technique of echolocation as applied
toorientation and mobility for the visually impaired, and the founder of the
World Access for The Blind, a United States-based organization that gives
courses in the area of echolocation.
To know all the schedule, please access:
http://www.deficienciavisual.org/schedule/
We already have more than 600 registered persons, from 33 different
countries and we invite you to be with us in this magnificent interchange of
ideas and experiences on visual impairment living.
The registration is free, and you can register accessing
http://www.deficienciavisual.org/conference/
Please, give us all the information is being required in the registration
form, it's really important we can comunicate you about what's happening
during the conference.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Coordination: Prof. Wagner Alves Ribeiro Maia - educator, a graduate
degree in teaching in higher education, an expert in visually impaired
education, director of the International Institute of Visual Impairment
Editorial coordination: Prof. Ms. Drd. Decio Guimaraes Birth: Master and
doctoral candidate in cognition and language from the State University of
North Fluminense, director of the Culture Institute and Knowledge
International relations: Dr. Camila Gandini - Psychotherapist, member of the
INSS rehabilitation team, and English teacher Visual Disability Portal.
Voiceovers and translations: Harrison Tu - University of California, USA,
and Prof.. Karina Guadalupe Rosales Martinez, Instituto Universitario del
Centro de México Technical manager: Felipe Pereira de Souza Bento - Systems
Analyst
PS: If you know anyone who would be interested on this information, please
forward this message.
About us:
The International Institute on Visual Impairment is an institution thhat
provides face-to-face and online courses around the world, individual
assistance, and training and consultation to people who are blind, low
vision, their families and professionals who work with visually impaired
people.
If you haven't heard of us, please visit:
http://www.deficienciavisual.org/
You can read our website in your language, you just need to select your
favorite language in a combobox you can find in the top of the page.
