EBU Commissions and Steering
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8 – 9 – 10 May 2009
LONDON (United Kingdom)
Mobility Commission
Contact : Jill Allen King
Email
:
jill.allenking@tiscali.co.uk
14 May 2009
DUBLIN (Ireland)
Commission for Liaising with the European Union
Contact : Rodolfo Cattani
inter@uiciechi.it
23-24 May 2009
St Petersbourg (Russia)
EBU Board
Contact: EBU Office
ebu@euroblind.org
26 – 27 May 2009
MOSCOW (Russia)
Capacity Building Working Group
Contact : Alexander Neumyvakin
Email :
oms@vos.org.ru
4-5 September Astana (Kazakhstan)
Commission on Rehabilitation, Vocational Training and Employment
Contact: Stig Eriksson
stig.eriksson@srf.nu
21-22 September Sinegallia (Italy)
Deafblind Steering Group
Contact: Sergey Sirotkin
sukhov@vos.org.ru
Other organisations
Until 25 May 2009
Paris (France)
AMAZING CETACEANS Exhibition
This exhibition held at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle
focuses on marine mammals. A tactile visit is available to the
visually impaired public, in French or English, and the exhibition
includes sound effects as hearing is the most highly developed sense
in whales, dolphins and porpoises. The tactile visit requires a
booking by contacting
handicap@mnhn.fr .
http://www2.mnhn.fr/cetaces/en/index.php
18 - 20 June 2009
COUPVRAY (France)
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT 2009
The Congress is organised by CINAL in Coupvray, the birth place of
Louis Braille and in the Disneyland Convention Centre in Marne-la-Vallée.
The programme will cover independence, social inclusion and access
to knowledge. The Congress will result in the publication of 10 key
political proposals to promote visually impaired people’s rights.
http://www.cinal-dv2009.com/fr/le-congres-international-dv2009.html
5 - 10 July 2009
DUBLIN (Ireland)
ICEVI 7th EUROPEAN CONFERENCEThis Conference is organised by ICEVI, the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment. Under the conference theme of 'Living in a Changing Europe', topic areas such as children, rehabilitation of adults, multi disabled, deaf blind, children and youth with Batten's Disease are included.
http://www.icevidublin2009.org
18 - 25 July 2009
MUSCYNA (Poland)
INTERNATIONAL ESPERANTO CONGRESS OF THE BLIND
The Congress is organised by the Ligo Internacia de Blindaj
Esperantistoj (LIBE) which is also hosting its General Assembly on
the occasion. Further information from Arvo Karvinen,
esperantisto@o2.pl
19 September 2009
BONN (Germany)
ARTIFICIAL VISION 2009
2nd International Symposium on Artificial Vision is organised by the
German Retina Implant Foundation. Following the success of the first
Symposium on Artificial Vision in 2006, this year’s scientific
meeting aims to create a forum to share and discuss ideas, issues
and possible solutions for developing visual prostheses for the
blind. The programme covers the whole spectrum of artificial vision
from basic science to clinical trials, with the participation of
scientists from Australia, China, Germany, Japan, the US and other
countries.
The Programme is available on
www.stiftung-retina-implant.de
21 - 27 September 2009
LEIPZIG (Germany) ok
DAISY 2009 – Conference
DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) is the new standard for
Digital Talking Books : it is a groundbreaking information technology for
all people with reading difficulties, including the visually impaired and
people with dyslexia and other handicaps. The Conference brings together
users, developers and experts of DAISY and offers a technical strand, a
public user forum and several workshops.
The programme is available in German and English on
http://www.daisy2009.de/
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