EBU BOARD AND COMMISSIONS
10 - 13 June 1999 BONN
EBU Commission for the Advancement of the Interests of Blind and Partially Sighted Women
Contact : Birgitta Blokland, c/o Dutch Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted, P.O. Box 2062, 3500 GB Utrecht (Netherlands). Tel : +31 30 299 2878, Fax : +31 30 293 2544, E-mail : federatie@sb-belang.nl
12 - 13 June 1999 CATANIA (Sicily)
EBU Commission on Mobility and Guide Dogs
Contact : Jill Allen-King, c/o Royal National Institute for the Blind, 224 Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AA (UK). Tel : +44 171 388 1266, Fax : +44 171 383 0508, E-mail : peter@fedtalk.demon.co.uk
12 - 13 June 1999 BERLIN
EBU Commission on Education
Contact : Enzo Tioli, c/o Unione Italiana Ciechi, Via Borgognona 38, 00187 Roma (Italy). Tel : +39 06 699 88375, Fax : +39 06 699 88328, E-mail : inter@uiciechi.it
17 - 20 June 1999 MOSCOW
EBU Commission on Technical Devices and Services
Contact : Jaap van Lelieveld, c/o Dutch Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted (see details above).
18 - 19 June 1999 SINAIA (Romania)
EBU Commission on Access to Culture and Information
Contact : Kurt Nielsen, c/o Dansk Blindesamfund, Thoravej 35, 2400 Copenhagen NV (Denmark). Tel : +45 3814 8844, Fax : +45 3814 8800, E-mail : info@dkblind.dk
27 - 29 June 1999 UPPSALA (Sweden)
EBU Commission on Rehabilitation, Vocational Training and Employment
Contact : Andrzej Kaszta, c/o Polish Association of the Blind, Ul. Konwiktorska 9, 00-216 Warsaw (Poland). Tel/Fax : +48 22 635 5793.
8 - 11 July 1999 MADRID
EBU Youth Conference
Contact : Enrique Pérez, c/o Organizacion Nacional de Ciegos de Espana, Calle Jose Ortega y Gasset 18, 28006 Madrid (Spain).
Tel : +34 91 436 5300, Fax : +34 91 436 5354, E-mail :rrii@once.es
10 - 12 September 1999 HURDAL (Norway)
EBU Board
Contact : Norbert Mueller, EBU Secretary General
c/o Deutsches Blindenbildungswerk, Haupstrasse 40, D-79576 Weil-am-Rhein (Germany). Tel : +49 7621 799230, Fax : +49 7621 799231, E-mail : dbbw@stepnet.de or nmueller@stepnet.dew
20 - 23 November 1999 PRAGUE
European Forum of Blind Women
Contact : Birgitta Blokland, c/o Dutch Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted (see details above)
23 November 1999 PRAGUE
EBU Board
Contact : Norbert Mueller (see details above)
23 - 28 November 1999 PRAGUE
EBU 6th General Assembly
28 November 1999 PRAGUE
New EBU Board
23 - 27 February 2000 United Kingdom
EBU Education Conference : "The role of associations and families in the improvement of the status of the education of the blind and partially sighted".
Contact : Enzo Tioli, c/o Unione Italiana Ciechi (see details above).
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OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
30 June - 3 July 1999 HELSINKI
ICEVI International Workshop on Vocational Training and Employment of Persons with Visual Impairment
The seminar, hosted by the Arla Institute, will provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge and know-how about improving the employment opportunities for visually impaired people in Europe.
Contact : Herman A.A. Gresnigt, European Chairman ICEVI, c/o St Elisabethstraat 4, 5361 HK Grave (The Netherlands). Tel : +31 486 471003, Fax : +31 486 420497, E-mail : herman.gresnigt@wxs.nl
12 - 16 July 1999 NEW YORK
Vision '99, International Conference on Low Vision
Hosted by Lighthouse International, Vision '99 will be an opportunity to:
- meet and network with an interdisciplenary group of global experts in vision care and vision rehabilitation,
- learn the latest advances in practice, research, rehabilitation and education,
- get a head start on 21st century solutions and innovative medical treatments for vision loss,
- see and experience state-of-the-art technology and products in hands-on workshops.
Contact : Vision '99 Registration Office, 1015 Generals Highway, P.O. Box 440, Crownsville, MD 21032 (USA). Tel : +1 410 923 2925, Fax : +1 410 621 7825, E-mail : vision99reg@wwproductions.com
Website :www.lighthouse.org/vision99.html
14 - 16 July 1999 NEW YORK
WBU Conference "Ageing and Vision Impairment : Challenging current world views and practices"
Combined with Vision '99, the Conference will bring together the key people in the field of ageing and vision impairment from across the world to present best practice, current knowledge, programmes and ideas.
Contact : WBU Conference, c/o The Lighthouse Inc., 111 East 59th Street, New York 10022-1202 (USA). Tel : +1 212 821 9482, Fax : +1 212 821 9705, E-mail : ljensen@lighthouse.org
Website : www.lighthouse.org/vision99.html
September 1999 BRATISLAVA
ICEVI International Workshop on Training of Teachers of the Visually Impaired
Contact : Herman A.A. Gresnigt (see details above)
22 - 25 September 1999 CALGARY (Canada)
9th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Blind and Visually Impaired Children
Hosted by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the Conference sessions will focus on :
- Deafblindness
- Education
- Medical and non-medical research
- Rehabilitation
- Technology
- Early intervention
- Family issues
Contact : Sonja Kolacz, CNIB Calgary, Tel : +1 403 261 7215, Fax : +1 403 265 5029, E-mail : skolacz@ab.cnib.ca
6 - 9 October 1999 ORLANDO, Florida
ATIA World '99 Conference
Organized by Assistive Technology Industry Association, the Conference intends to :
- Train attendees on the newest devices and technology applications,
- Educate attendees on the latest clinical procedures and practices being used today,
- Provide attendees with a hands-on lab,
- Teach new computer applications during computer lab sessions.
Contact : IATA, 526 Davis Street, Suite 217, Evanston, IL 60201 (USA), Tel : +1 847 869 1282, Fax : +1 847 869 5689, E-mail : atia@northshore.net
3 - 5 November 1999 WASHINGTON
NetExpo Conference
The conference will explore the latest internet and web products and services through over 50 seminars on electronic commerce, web design, web development, web publishing, advertising/marketing, etc.
Contact : www.newexpo.com/
22 - 24 November 1999 HELSINKI
IST 99, Exploring the Information Society
Contact : IST 99 Conference Secretariat, Rue de la Loi 200 - BU 24-1/33, B-1049 Brussels (Belgium). Fax : +32 2 296 9037, E-mail : ist99@dg13.cec.be
Website : www.ist99.fi
24 - 26 November 1999 BERLIN
Online Educa, 5th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning
Contact : ICEF, Online Educa, Niebuhrstr. 69 A, 10329 Berlin (Germany). Fax : +49 30 3249833
Website : www.online-educa.com
9 - 13 July 2000 CRACOW (Poland)
ICEVI European Conference : "Visions and Strategies for the New Century
Contact : Secretariat ICEVI Europe, St. Elisabethstraat 4, 5361 HK Grave (The Netherlands). Tel : +31 486 471003, Fax : +31 486 420497, E-mail : herman.gresnigt@wxs.nl
2000 RONNEBY (Sweden)
Second European Conference "ClickIT"
The general aim of ClickIT is to spread knowledge and ideas about how information technology can be used to increase information access for people with reading disabilities.
Contact : Eva Nilsson, Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired, Tel : +46 8 39 9144, E-mail : eva.nilsson@srf.iris.se
November 2000 MELBOURNE (Australia)
WBU Fifth General Assembly
Contact : Pedro Zurita, WBU Secretary General, c/o CBC ONCE, La Coruna 18, 28020 Madrid (Spain). Tel : +34 91 571 3685, Fax : +34 91 571 5777, E-mail : umc@once.es
Next issue : September 1999
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