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January 21-23, 1999
ACCESS NOW: Technology for People with Disabilities
Portland, Oregon
Contact: WWW: www.tam.uconn.edu/t99.html
February 21-25, 1999
Pan American Congress of the International Association of
Gerontology
San Antonio, Texas
Contact: Dr. Roger McCater,
University of Texas Health Science Center,
San Antonio, Texas,
Tel: 210-567-4317
FAX: 210-567-4410
February 22-23, 1999
Internation Conference on Smart Homes and Telematics
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Contact: Tel: 31-497514984
Fax: 31-497518542
Email: info(at)smart-homes.nl
WWW: www.smart-homes.nl
February 1999
Adapting Abilities-21rst Century Approaches to Employing
Persons with Disabilities
Victoria, B.C.
Contact: Canadian Workability Services
Tel: 250-758-0381
Fax: 250-758-0391
Email: info(at)workability.com
WWW: www.workability.com/conferen.htm
March 3-6, 1999
Fifteenth International Seating Symposium
Orlando, Florida
Contact: Linda Szczepanski,
UPMC Health System,
Center for Continuing Education,
Medical Arts Building, Suite 220,
200 Lothrop Street,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2582
Tel: 412-647-8257
Fax: 412-647-8222
email: szczepanski(at)msx.upmc.edu
March 16-20, 1999
14th Annual CSUN Conference: Technology and Persons with
Disabilities
Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Contact: Harry Murphy, Center on Disabilities,
California State University-Northridge,
18111 Nordhoff Street-DVSS,
Northridge, CA 91330
Tel: 818-885-2578
Email: ltm(at)csun.edu
March 25-27, 1999
Opportunity Works
Winnipeg Manitoba
Contact: Opportunity Works,
210-500 Portage Avenue,
Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3C 3X1
Tel: 204-786-1607
FAX: 204-789-9850
March 25-27, 1999
International Conference on Learning Disablities
Montreal, Quebec
Contact: Learning Disabilities Association of Quebec
Tel: 514-847-1324
April 26-29, 1999
Asia-Pacific Regional Conference for the International Year of
Older Persons
Contact: Mrs. Eliza Leung,
Hong Kong Council of Social Service,
G.P.O. Box 474 Hong Kong
Tel: 852 2864 2929
FAX: 852 2865 4916
Email: coucil(at)hkcss.org.hk
May 26-28, 1999
11th European Conference of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Goteborg, Sweden
Contact: Gunnar Grimby,
Kongresshuset AB,
Massans gat 14, 4 tr, S-41251
Goteborg Sweden,
Tel: 46-31-708-8430
FAX: 46 31 81 2695
April 26-30, 1999
20th Annual Conference on Learning and Developmental
Disabilities "New Horizons in Developmental
Disabilities"
New York, New York
Contact: National Institute for People with Disabilities,
460 West 34th Street,
New York, New York 10001-2382,
Tel: 212-563-7474
Fax: 212-268-1083
WWW: www.yai.org
April 27-28, 1999
Virginia AHEAD Spring Conference- Honoring the Past, Planning
the Future
Roanoke, Virginia
Contact: Scott Lissner, Director of Academic and Disability
Services,
201 High Street, Longwood College,
Farmville, Virginia
Tel: 804-395-2392
Fax: 804-395-2252
TTY: 800-828-1120
email: slissner(at)longwood.lwc.edu
May 9-12, 1999
Third National Conference on Injury Prevention and
Control
Brisbane, Australia
Contact: Intermedia Convention and Event Management,
PO Box 1280, Milton, Queensland, Australia, 4064
Tel: 07-617-3369-0477
Fax: 07-617-3369-1512
Email: ipc99(at)im.com.au
WWW: www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/aipn/3ncipc/
May 14-16, 1999
Abilities Expo
Anahiem, California
Contact: Advanstar Communications,
Tel: 203-882-1300 ext:105
Email: mholland(at)advanstar.com
May 15-17, 1999
Research to Action: Working Together for the Integration of
Canadians with Disabilities
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Contact: Francine Vezina, Atlantic Health Promotion Research
Centre,
Dalhousie University, Room 5200 Dentistry Building
5981 University Avenue,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5
Tel: 902-494-2240
Fax: 902-494-3594
Email: francine.vezina(at)dal.ca
May 15-20, 1999
CHI99 Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Contact: CHI99 Office,
703 Giddings Avenue, Suite U-3,
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Tel: 410-263- 5382
Fax: 410-267-0332
Email: chi99-help(at)acm.org
WWW: www.acm.org/sigchi/chi99
May 19, 1999
A Universal Design Technology Access
Conference
Baltimore, Maryland
Contact: National Federation of the Blind,
1800 Johnson Street,
Baltimore, Maryland, 21230,
FAX: 410-685-5653
email: drz(at)nfb.cnoffice.com
WWW: www.nfb.org/
May 27-28, 1999
GLADNET AGM
Geneva, Switzerland
Contact: Carl Raskin,
Executive Director,
GLADNET, Box 612, Station B,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5P7
Tel: 613-825=6193
FAX: 613-825-2953
WWW: www.gladnet.org
May 27-29, 1999
The World of Hearing
Brussels, Belgium
Contact: Anne-Marie Wolters,
EHIMA, Bosch 135, B-1780
Wemmel, Belgium,
Tel: 32-2-461- 3752
FAX: 32-2-461-3647
Email: ehima(at)skynet.be
June 2-3, 1999
Spinal Injury: New Horizons Putting the Science into
Rehabilitation
London, England
Contact: The Event Organiztion Company,
8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square,
London, United Kingdom, SW11 3RA
Tel: 44-20-7228 8034
FAX: 44-20-7924-1790
Email: eventorg(at)event- org.com
WWW: www.ucl.ac.uk/spinal-injury-conference/
June 3-5, 1999
10th Annual Forum on Physical Activity and Disability
FORUM 99
Ottawa, Ontario
Contact: Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a
Disability,
1101 Prince of Wales Drive, Suite 230,
Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3W7
Fax: 613-723-1060
email: disability.alliance(at)activelivng.ca
June 4-5, 1999
People in Motion
Toronto, Ontario
Contact: People in Motion,
Suite 1, 550 Queen St.W.,
Brampton, Ontario,
Tel: 905-455-4141
FAX:905-455-4262
June 6-9, 1999
4th International Congress on Medical-Legal Aspects of
Work Injuries
Toronto, Ontario
Contact: Greer Palloo,
Events Coordinator,
Institute for Work and Health,
250 Bloor Street East, Suite 702,
Toronto, Ontario M4W 1E6
Tel: 416-927-2027 ext 2131
FAX: 416-927-4167
Email: gpalloo(at)iwh.on.ca
June 8-11, 1999
Wheels of Change
Windsor, Ontario
Contact: Gord Crompton,
St. Clair College,
2000 Talbot Road,
Windsor, Ontario, N9A 6S4
Tel: 519-972-2727 ex 4707
FAX: 519-966-8358
June 10-12, 1999
1999 CHHA Conference- Here's to the Future
Moncton, New Brunswick
Contact: Tel: 1-800-575-7711
Fax: 506-853-5177
Email: chha1999(at)nbnet.nb.ca
June 21-23, 1999
InterMed'99
Toronto, Ontario
Contact: MPE Events Inc.
2340 Lucerne Road, Suite 26
Montreal, Quebec, H3R 2J8
Tel: 514-731-1015
Fax: 514-731-1645
Email: mpalmer(at)mpe.ca
WWW: www.mpe.ca/intermed
June 25-29, 1999
RESNA 99
Long Beach, California
Contact: Meetings Director, RESNA,
1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1540,
Arlington, VA 22209.
Tel: 703-524-6686,
Fax: 703-524-6630
TTY: 703-524-6639
June 27-30, 1999
International Association for Cognitive Education (IACE) 7th
International Conference
Calgary, Alberta
Contact:
Tel:403-686-9300
WWW: www.cadvision.com/pcgenie/iace.html
June 30-July 1,1999
Accessibility Design of Information Technology and
Telecommunications Products and Services
Long Beach, California
Contact: AAES,
P.O. Box 678,
Medway, MA, 02053,
Tel: 800-896-2783
WWW: www.narte.org/aaes
June 30-July 6,1999
National Federation of the Blind Conference
Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: Mr. Cobb,
National Federation of the Blind,
1800 Johnson Street,
Baltimore, Maryland, 21230,
Tel: 410-659-9314
WWW: www.nfb.org/conblt98.htm
July 1-2, 1999
International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics,
ICORR 99
Stanford, California
Contact: Machiel van der Loos,
Rehabilitation R&D Center,
3801 Miranda Avenue MS-153
Palo Alto, California, 94304
Tel: 650-493-5000 ext: 65791
email: vdl(at)roses.stanford.edu
July 3-9, 1999
American Council of the Blind
Los Angeles California
Contact:
July 8-10, 1999
Talking to Computers II
Sheffield, U.K.
Contact:ENABLE
Post Box, Department of Human Communications Sciences.
University of Sheffield,
31 Claremont Crescent,
Sheffield, UK, S10 2TN
Email: enable(at)larynx.shef.ac.uk
WWW: www.pmartland.freeserve.co.uk/meeting/meet2toc.htm
July 12-16, 1999
VISION99- Vision Rehabilitation for the 21st Century
New York, New York
Contact: Lighthouse Inc.,
111 East 59th Street,
New York, New York, 10022,
Tel: 212-821-9200
FAX: 212-821-9705
Email: ljensen(at)lighthouse.org
WWW: www.lighthouse.org
July 13-16, 1999
4th International Conference on Communication, Ageing adn
Health - Communications for All Ages
Queensland, Australia
Contact: Conference Secretariat, ACCLAIM,
371 Bowen Terrace,
New Farm, Queensland, Australia,
Tel: 61-7-3254-0522
FAX: 61-7-3254-0406
Email: SeamanPowell(at)bigpond.com
July 14-16,1999
Joint Employment and Training Technology Conference JETT
CON
Washington, D.C.
Contact:Show Management,
2751 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 100,
Fairfax, Virginia, 22031,
Tel: 703-645-9302
FAX: 703-876-2637
WWW: www.jettcon.org
July 23, 1999
Work-Tech 21- the International Seminar on Assistive Technology
for the Visually Disabled
Tokyo, Japan
Contact: Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with
Disabilities
Email: JVDCB(at)infotera.ne.jp
July 25-August 1, 1999
XIII World Congress of the World Federation of the
Deaf
Brisbane, Australia
Contact: WFD Congress,
PO Box 4044 St. Lucia
South Queensland 4067 Australia
Tel: 617 3870 8831
Fax; 617 3371 9514
TTY: 617 3870 8837
Email: wfdc99(at)convqld.org.au
July 30-August 1, 1999
Abilities Expo
Rosemont, Illinois
Contact: Advanstar Communications,
Tel: 203-882-1300 ext:105
Email: mholland(at)advanstar.com
August 5-7, 1999
Strategies to Increase Employment of Women with
Disabilities
San Antonio, Texas
Contact: World Institute on Disability,
Tel: 510-251-4326
FAX: 510-763-4109
Email: Kathy(at)wid.org
August 5-8, 1999
VISIONS 99
Los Angeles, California
Contact: Geoff Sherr,
Foundation Fighting Blindness,
Tel: 800-957-7332
August 16-18, 1999
First International Congress on Telehealth and Multimedia
Technologies
Edmonton, Alberta
Contact:
CRC: R119.95 I61 1999
August 29-September 3, 1999
Interact99 IFIP International Conference on
Human-Computer Interface
Edinburgh, Scotland
Contact: Alistair Kilgour,
Heriot-Watt University,
Riccarton, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 4AS
Tel: +44 131 451 3438 Fax: +44 131 451 3327
Email: kilgour(at)bcs.org.uk
August 30 - September 1, 1999
DISABIILITY in Education
Dunedin, New Zealand
Contact: Donna-Rose McKay,
Disabilities Coordinator, University of Otago,
P.O. Box 56,
Dunedin, New Zealand
Tel: 03-479-8245
FAX: 03-479-8221
email: drmckay(at)gandalf.otago.ac.nz
WWW: www.otago.ax.nz/disabilities
September 5-9, 1999
4th Global Conference of the International Federation On
Ageing: Ageing in a Society for All Ages
Montreal, Quebec
Contact: Secretariat,
Suite 500, 1555 Peel,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A3L8
Tel: 514-287-1070
FAX: 514-287-1248
Email: jpdl(at)jpdl.com
WWW: www.ifa-fiv.org
September 5-10, 1999
Eurospeech 99
Budapest, Hungary
Contact: WWW: tel,ttt,bme.hu/Eurospeech99
September 6-8, 1999
1999 Spinal Cord Injury Annual Conference and Expo
Las Vegas, Nevada
Contact: 75-20 Astoria Bvld,
Jackson Heights, New York, 11370-1177
Tel: 718-803-3782
September 20-22, 1999
The Assistive Technology Conference 99
Topeka, Kansas
Contact: The Capper Foundation,
3500 SW 10th Avenue,
Topeka, Kansas, 66604
Tel: 785-272-4060
Fax: 785-272-1034
Email: dunbar(at)capper.org
September 21-22, 1999
Electronic Book '99
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Contact: Lori Phillips Buckland,
NIST
100 Bureau Dr, Stop 5202 Building 101 Room A807
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-5202 ,
Fax: 301-948-2067
WWW: www.nist.gov.ebook99
September 22-24, 1999
Canadian Seating and Mobility Conference
Toronto, Ontario
Contact: CSMC,
63 West Acres Crescent,
Kitchener, Ontario, N2N 2Y1
Tel: 519-579-5233
FAX: 519-579-5594
September 22-25, 1999
9th International Conference on Blind and Visually Impaired
Children
Calgary, Alberta
Contact: Sonja Kolocz,
CNIB Calgary,
15 Colonel Baker Place NE,
Calgary, Alberta T2E 4Z3,
Fax: 403-265-5029
September 24-26, 1999
Abilities Expo
Chantilly, Virginia
Contact: Advanstar Communications,
Tel: 203-882-1300 ext:105
Email: mholland(at)advanstar.com
September 28-29, 1999
Neurotrauma Connections '99
Edmonton, Alberta
Contact: Canadian Paraplegic Association,
Tel: 780-424-6312, 888-654-4444
WWW: www.connections-99.com
September 29-30, 1999
Partnership- the Key to Quality Services
Dublin, Ireland
Contact: European Association of Service Providers for Persons
with Disabilities
Kroonstraat 48, 1750 Lennik, Belgium,
Tel: 32-2-531-0109
FAX: 32-2-531-0120
Email: easpd(at)skynet.be
WWW: users.skynet.be/easpd
September 30-October 1, 1999
Annual Supported Life Conference
Sacremento, California
Contact: Supported Life Institute,
1010 Hurley Way, Suite 195
Sacremento, California, 95825
Tel: 916-263-2253
FAX: 916-263-1155
September 30-October 2, 1999
20th Annual Southeast Augmentative Communication
Conference
Birmingham, Alabama
Contact: SEAC Conference,
2430 11th Avenue N.,
Birmingham, Alabama 35234
Tel: 205-251-0165
FAX: 205-226-9107
Email: ucpgbl(at)aol.com
September 30-October 2, 1999
Students with Disabilities: Empower them by Enabling Access to
Computer and Information Technologies
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Contact: 1999 EASI Workshop OCC,
1277 University of Oregon,
Eugene Oregon, 97403-1222
Tel: 800-280-6218
FAX: 541-0346-3545
WWW: www.tltgroup.org
September 30-October 2, 1999
Universal Design in the City: Beyond 2000
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Contact: Centre on Barrier Free Design,
Susan Shanley, Faculty of Architecture,
University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2
Tel:204-474-6801
FAX: 204-474-7533
Email: pparch(at)cc.umanitoba.ca
October 6-9, 1999
ATIA World Conference 99
Orlando, Florida
Contact: Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA),
526 Davis Street, Suite 217,
Evanston, Illinois, 60201-4686
Tel: 847-869-1282
Fax: 847-869-5689
Email: atia(at)northshore.net
WWW: www.atia.org
October 6-19, 1999
Assistive Technology Training Conference
Orlando, Florida
Contact: Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA),
526 Davis Street, Suite 217,
Evanston, Illinois, 60201-4686
Tel: 847-869-1282
Fax: 847-869-5689
Email: atia(at)northshore.net
WWW: www.atia.org
October 8-10, 1999
US Society for Augmentative and Augmentative
Communications
Orlando, Florida
Contact: Email: ussaac(at)northshore.net
October 10-13, 1999
3rd International Gerontechnology
Conference
Munich, Germany
Contact:IMU-Institut,
Hermann-Lingg-Strasse 10, 80336
Munchen Germany
Tel: 49-0-89-544-1260
FAX: 49-0-89-544-12611
Email: appousinis(at)imu-institut.de
WWW: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/~ba6us1/g99-1.htm
October 13-14, 1999
Interagency Disability Educational Awareness
Showcase
Washington, D.C.
Contact: Marcie Goldstein
Tel: 703-448-6155
Email: marcieg(at)cessi.net
October 13-16, 1999
1999 First Joint BMES/EMBS Conference
Altanta, Georgia
Contact: Web: bmed-embs99.gatech.edu/
October 14, 1999
9th Annual Assistive Technology Expo
Raleigh, North Carolina
Contact: North Carolina Assistive Technology Project
c/o Sandy Baldwin,
2313 Executive Park Circle,
Greenville, NC 27834
Tel: 252-830-7575
FAX: 252-830-8576
Email: nactp(at)coastalnet. com
October 14-17, 1999
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
Orlando, Florida
Contact: Sheila Lee, ACRM,
4700 W. Lake Avenue,
Glenview, Illinois, 60025-1485
Tel: 847-375-4725
Fax: 847-375-4777
Email: info(at)acrm.org
WWW: www.acrm.org/
October 15-17, 1999
Abilities Expo
Santa Clara, California
Contact: Advanstar Communications,
Tel: 203-882-1300 ext:105
Email: mholland(at)advanstar.com
October 22, 1999
Great Expectations... Tools for Success
Vancouver, B.C.
Contact: Learning Disabilities Association of BC,
3rd Floor, 210 West Broadway,
Vancouver, BC, V5Y 3W2
Tel:604-873-8139
FAX: 604-873-8140
EMail: LDA_Van(at)bc.sympatico.ca
WWW: www.learning-disabilities.vancouver.bc.ca
November 1-4, 1999
AAATE Assistive Technology on the Threshold of the New
Millennium
Dusseldorf, Germany
Contact: AAATE Conference 1999,
Forchungsinstitut Technologie-Behindertenhilfe,
Grundschotteler Strasse 40, D-58300
Wetter (Ruhr), Germany
Tel: 49-23-35 968111
Fax: 49 23 35 96 8119
Email: aaate99(at)ftb-volmarstein.de
WWW: www.fernuni-hagen.de/FTB/AAATE99/
November 3-6, 1999
MEDTRADE 99
New Orleans, Louisiana
Contact: Semco Medical Expositions,
1130 Hightower Trail,
Atlanta, Georgia 30350-6202
Tel: 770- 998-9800
November 3-6, 1999
REHA International
Dusseldorf, Germany
November 4-7, 1999
Canadian Association on Gerontology
Ottawa, Ontario
Contact: CAG,
100-824 Meath Street,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Z 6E8
Tel: 613-728-9347
FAX: 613-728-8913
Email: cagacg(at)magi. com
November 16-19, 1999
ASHA Conference 99
San Francisco, California
Contact: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association,
10801 Rockvill Pike,
Rockville, Maryland, 20852-3279
Tel: 301-897-5700
FAX: 301-571-0454
November 17-19, 1999
Second Annual Assistive Technology in Higher Education
Conference
Boulder, Colorado
Contact: Howard Kramer, AT Lab Coordinator,
University of Colorado, Campus Box 107,
Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0107,
Tel: 303-492-8671
Email: dsinfo(at)colorado.edu
WWW: www.colorado.edu/sacs/ATconference99
November 18-19, 1999
SETTT Conference
Toronto, Ontario
Contact: SETTT Conference
c/o Lena Roccasalvo,
Bloorview MacMillan School,
360 Rumsey Road,
Toronto, Ontario M4G 1R8
Tel: 416-424-3831
WWW: snow.utoronto.ca/set3c/index.html
November 19-23, 1999
52nd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of
America
San Francisco, California
Contact: GSA,
1275 K Street,
Washington, D.C. 20005-4006
Tel: 202-842-1275
FAX: 202-842-1150
Email: geron(at)geron.org
WWW: www.geron.org
November 25-27, 1999
Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta 20th Annual
Provincial Conference
Calgary, Alberta
Contact: Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta, Calgary
Chapter,
745B N Street NW,
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4T1
Tel: 403-283-6606
FAX: 403-270-4043
Email: ldaacc(at)cadvision.com
November 29 - December 3, 1999
Workshop and Seminar on Environmental Accessibility: Issues in
Planning and Design of Accessible Urban Development
Beirut, Lebanon
Contact: Clinton Rapley,
UN Division for Social Policy and Development,
Two UN Plaza-DC2- 1370 UN,
New York, 10017
FAX: 212-963-3062
Email: rapley(at)un.org
December 2-4, 1999
Promoting an Independence and Quality of Life for Older
Persons
Arlington, Virginia
Contact: RERC on Aging,
University of Buffalo,
515 Kimball Tower, 3435 Main Street,
Buffalo, New York, 14214-3079
Tel: 800-628-2281 or 716-829-3141
WWW: wings.buffalo.edu/ot/cat/conference
December 4, 1999
8th Annual Learning Disabilities Conference: Pathways to
Success
Tarrytown, N.Y.
Contact: Jamie Welsh,
YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities
Conferences,
Tel: 212- 273-6255
Email: jwelsh(at)yai.org
WWW: www.yai.org
December 13-15, 1999
ECE Conference on the Status of the Older Population; Prelude
to the 21rst Century
Sion, Switzerland
Contact: 1999 Conference,
Population Activities Unit,
Office 353, UN/ECE, Palais des Nations, CH-1211
Geneva 10, Switzerland
Tel: 41 22 917-1324
email: nikolai.botev(at)unece.org
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