[icevi-e-contacts] Second Call for 2016 ICEVI Day Papers - due date extended to 30th September 2015

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Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2015 17:43:34 +0200

From: Frances Gentle <Frances.Gentle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 - 4:44:38 π.μ. EEST
To: "exco@xxxxxxxxx" <exco@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Exco] Second Call for 2016 ICEVI Day Papers - due date extended to 30th September 2015

Dear ICEVI members, friends and colleagues

The ICEVI Day Programme Committee is pleased to announce that the due date for ICEVI Day abstracts has been extended to 30th September 2015. Please note that the email address for submissions as oficevi@xxxxxxxxx, as shown in the attached Second Call for Papers and Official Abstract Form.

The ICEVI Day forms an essential part of the WBU-ICEVI General Assemblies that will be jointly held at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida, USA, from 18th to 25th August 2016. The overall theme for the General Assemblies is "Human rights and the CRPD: What lies ahead".

The Schedule for the WBU-ICEVI General Assemblies is as follows:
- Thursday, August 18 - Meetings of the WBU Executive meeting and other WBU Assembly Committees
- Friday, August 19 to Monday, August 22 - WBU Assembly proceedings
- Monday, August 22 - ICEVI Opening Ceremony, ICEVI Paper Presentations
- Tuesday, August 23 - Joint WBU-ICEVI concurrent sessions
-Wednesday, August 24 - Joint WBU-ICEVI concurrent sessions, ICEVI Regional Committee meetings, WBU/ICEVI Closing Ceremony and Gala Dinner
- Thursday, August 25 - ICEVI General Assembly and Executive Committee meeting

The ICEVI Day on Monday 22nd August 2016 will be dedicated to conference-style papers and workshops. The ICEVI Day Programme Committee invites you to respond to this Second Call for Papers by submitting an Abstract for consideration, no later than September 30th 2015. The theme of the ICEVI Day is "Education for All Children with Visual Impairment: Beyond 2015". The programme for the ICEVI Day program will include dedicated time for parent and family presentations and workshops. The ICEVI Day Call for Papers (see attachment) includes guidelines for abstract submission, types of presentations accepted, and a list of potential presentation topics relating to education for children and youth with visual impairment.

We would greatly appreciate your help with distributing this Call for Papers to your colleagues who may be interested in submitting an abstract for the ICEVI Day and attending the joint Assemblies.

Key Dates:
Deadline for abstract submission - extended to 30th September 2015
Programme Committee feedback to authors: 31st January 2016

Please email, post or fax your completed ICEVI Day Official Abstract Form (see attachment) by September 30th 2015 to:
Dr. Frances Gentle
Chairperson of the ICEVI Day Programme Committee, c/o The ICEVI Secretariat
Email: oficevi@xxxxxxxxx
Fax: 91 422 2693 414
Or Postal address:
Professors' Colony, Palamalai Road, S R K Vidyalaya Post, Coimbatore 641 020 Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Information about the WBU-ICEVI General Assemblies is available on the website, http://www.worldblindunion.org/English/general-assembly/Pages/default.aspx. Updates on the ICEVI Day will also be sent out via ICEVI's journal, The Educator, and E-News. I look forward to receiving your abstracts and meeting you in Orlando in August 2016.

With best wishes,
Frances Gentle

Dr Frances Gentle
Lecturer, RIDBC Renwick Centre & The University of Newcastle NSW; President, South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment (SPEVI); and 2nd Vice President, International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)

Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC)
361-365 North Rocks Road
North Rocks NSW 2151
AUSTRALIA

Phone: + 61 2 9872 0808
Fax: + 61 2 9873 1614
E-mail: frances.gentle@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.ridbc.org.au/renwick
RIDBC Renwick Centre for Research and Professional Education is administered by the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children in affiliation with The University of Newcastle, Australia (CRICOS Provider Number: 00109J)

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