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Volume 5 Number 4.5, April - May 2004

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CALENDAR

May 7, 2004: ‘Design for All in Public Transport’ and ‘Design for All in Education,’ Stockholm, Sweden. The conferences are intended to inspire present and future work on ‘Design for All’ within public transport and education policy for designers, architects, and educators by giving an exposé of current initiatives on a national, Nordic and European level. The conferences are being held in conjunction with the EIDD Annual General Meeting in Stockholm, 8-9 May 2004. 

Details: http://www.nsh.se/Conferences_7May.htm

May 7, 2004: Indoor Air Quality Symposium: Design, Construction and Management of Buildings, A National Symposium," Boston, MA. Workshops on EPA's IAQ Design Tools for Schools, VOCs and construction materials, the new residential ventilation standards, guidelines for construction, construction practices designed to prevent mold, the Building America program, operations and maintenance for public buildings including schools, and ventilation standards. Though not an ADA requirement, a "hot topic." 

For more information, see: http://www.architects.org/shaping_communities/index.cfm?doc_id=129

May 9-19, 2004: ‘Urban Management inclusive of disability issues,’ Guatemala City, Guatemala, organized by the World Bank. For the first time disability will be included in several of the presentations and there will be a half day session on universal design which is open to external participants. The training, in Spanish language, is addressed to city managers, local government officials, NGOs, DPOs and academia of medium and large municipalities in Central America. A selected number of disabled people, expert in different areas, will participate to the training with the aim of raising issues and solutions during the Q&A sessions. 

For more information, contact: John Saville jsaville@worldbank.orgor Ana Maria Carvajal acarvajal@worldbank.org

May 12, 2004: Universal Design Institute, Going Beyond the ADA: Meeting the Needs of the Emerging 21^st Century Demographics and Customers, College of Design, NCSU, Raleigh, NC. This one-day institute will offer a new look at how to design for a changing client and customer base. Architects and designers in all disciplines are increasingly called upon to develop environments that are more supportive, safer and will foster independence. This seminar will introduce the fundamentals of universal design and raise awareness of how to create aesthetic, efficient, and marketable spaces and buildings that still comply with accessibility codes. 

Details: www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed

May 15, 2004: Entrant registration deadline for Architecture + Awards 2004 ‘Design for a New World, Humanizing our cities. For you. For me. And for our neighbor.’ Dubai, UAR. The Awards are open to architects, landscape architects, urban designers and planners, and students from across the globe to enter, for projects successfully completed in the Middle East, Africa or Asia pacific region. 

Details: www.arcplusawards.com

May 17-22, 2004: WWW 2004, "The 13^th World Wide Web Conference," New York City, New York, sponsored by The International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Beginning with the first international WWW Conference in 1994, this prestigious series, organized by the International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2), has provided a public forum for the WWW Consortium (W3C) through the annual W3C track. 

See: http://www2004.org/

May 20-24, 2004: Early Childhood Outdoors Design Institute: Design For Active Childhoods, Raleigh, North Carolina, sponsored by the Natural Learning Initiative, College of Design, NC State. The goal of Design for Active Childhoods is to help designers, recreation professionals, and educators bring back the richness of the outdoors as a resource for education and healthy child development. 

See: www.naturalearning.org or www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed

May 23-26, 2004: Transed 2004. Hamamatsu, Japan. ‘Universal Transportation And Road Design: Strategies For Success.’The 10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for the Elderly and Disabled is being organized under the general auspices of the Transportation Research Board. TRANSED 2004 serves the purpose of enabling international delegates to exchange experiences of strategies. By bringing out the successful accessible transportation implementation strategies and plans, all participants will be able to apply the knowledge gained in their country. 

See: http://transed.jp/

May 25-27, 2004: A Universal Approach to Interpretive Planning, Programs and Design. Sacramento, CA. The National Center on Accessibility will conduct this 3-day workshop. The course is presented in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and registration is open to professionals from all federal, state and local agencies. Individuals from non-profit agencies, private facilities, universities, and advocacy organizations are also invited to attend. 

Details at: http://www.ncaonline.org/training/univdesign04.shtml

May 29-30, 2004: Confluence and Coalition in Community: Creating Dialogue within Disability Studies. The inaugural meeting of the Canadian Disability Studies Association/ Association Canadienne d'Etudes sur le Handicap at the Congress of the Social Sciences Federation of Canada. Winnipeg, Canada. Papers and panels exploring questions fundamental to disability pedagogy, including: How can professors mentor students toward becoming disability studies scholars? What issues are at stake when disabled/non-disabled professors teach disability studies classes? 

Details at: http://www.disabilitystudies.ca/eduproj.htm#call

May 31, 2004: Closing Date for Call for Papers. The 7th International Conference of Human Services Information Technology Applications ‘Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Social Inclusion,’ Hong Kong, sponsored by HUSITA (Human Services Information Technology Applications) an international association of information technology (IT) innovators in human services dedicated to promoting ethical and effective use of IT to better serve humanity. The conference, to be held August 24-27, 2004, will revolve around four major sub-themes. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Social Services, ICT in Rehabilitation, IT Education and Training in Human Service Professionals, and ICT in Community and the Information Society. 

See: http://www.hkcss.org.hk/husita7/

June 1, 2004: Submission deadline for Include 2005 to be held April 5-8, 2005, Royal College of Art, UK. Inclusive design is a process whereby designers and manufacturers ensure that their products and services address the needs of the widest possible audience. Don't miss this opportunity to discuss your work on inclusive design at one of the key research and design business conferences of 2005, adding to the cutting-edge approaches, case studies and real world achievements described at Include 2001 and 2003. 

For the call, see: http://www.hhrc.rca.ac.uk/programmes/include/2005/call.html

June 2-6, 2004: EDRA 35, ‘Design with Spirit,’ Albuquerque, New Mexico, sponsored by Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). Conference celebrates the awareness, passion, oneness, and surrender to higher influences in our creative processes of conceiving, shaping, and evaluating our built and natural environments. Taken in the broadest of connotations, spirit not only infuses us with enthusiasm, connection, and original thought in our process, but also manifests in our products. 

See: http://home.telepath.com/~edra/home.html

June 14-18, 2004: ‘Towards full Citizenship’. The 8th International Congress on Including Children and Youth with Disabilities in the Community. Stavanger, Norway. These Congresses have given people from both developing and developed nations the chance to share policies and programs that promote the inclusion of children and youth with disabilities in their everyday lives at their home communities. Congresses have focused on building self-determination and self-reliance at the local level for children and adults of all abilities. 

See: http://www.statped.no/congress2004/

June 16-17, 2004: ‘The Universal Package: designing packaging for everyone’ Lansing, Michigan, sponsored by The School of Packaging. Welcome to this innovative event, a first for the industry. Pharmaceutical, personal care, consumer goods, food and beverage packages are being held to a similar standard by consumers: they must have great utility. Packages that save time, thinking, and work, making life easier, are in demand. 

See: http://www.universalpackage.msu.edu/welcome/welcome.htm

June 19-22, 2004: RESNA 2004, ‘Technology & Disability: Research, Design, Practice and Policy,’ Orlando, FL, sponsored by RESNA, Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Association of North America. This year’s conference has seven main topic areas: Computer Access and Communication, Job and Environmental Accommodations, including Ergonomics, Seating and Wheeled Mobility, Technology for Cognitive and Sensory Impairments, Public Policy, Outcomes and Quantitative Measurement, and Other which includes Technology Transfer, Rural Rehab, Robotics, Telerehab and more. 

See: www.resna.org

June 19-22, 2004: Evaluation in Progress: Strategies for Environmental Research and Implementation. Vienna, Austria. Conference organized by The Institute for Spatial Interaction and Simulation. The design and functioning of housing, building and urban environments and their surroundings continues to be increasingly difficult and ambivalent, therefore rendering decision making an unpopular and criticized task. This conference is research and practice in progress - it will provide a forum for scientists, professional practitioners, and policy makers.

http://info.tuwien.ac.at/iaps2004/

June 21 - August 1, 2004: 'Building Careers in Design' is a new college level online course for career and vocational counselors. This 6-week 30 CRC credit course begins June 21 and is offered through the Interwork Institute of San Diego State University, in cooperation with Adaptive Environments, Boston, MA. The course fee is $175. 

For more information see www.careersindesign.org or contact Kristin Schneider at 617-695-1225 ex 35 or kschneider@AdaptiveEnvironments.org

July 9-10, 2004: Tools for Life 2004, A 21^st Century Look at Assistive Technology, Honolulu HI. The Tools for Life Expo and Conference is a collaborative exhibit with concurrent workshops designed to bring information to individuals with disabilities, their families, and advocates regarding civil rights laws and technological support options to maximize independence in society. 

See: http://www.assistguide.com/toolsforlife/

August 24-27, 2004: The 7th International Conference of Human Services Information Technology Applications ‘Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Social Inclusion,’ Hong Kong, sponsored by HUSITA (Human Services Information Technology Applications) an international association of information technology (IT) innovators in human services dedicated to promoting ethical and effective use of IT to better serve humanity. The conference will revolve around four major sub-themes. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Social Services, ICT in Rehabilitation, IT Education and Training in Human Service Professionals, and ICT in Community and the Information Society. 

See: http://www.hkcss.org.hk/husita7/

August 31-September 3, 2004: CBR (Community Based Rehabilitation) Africa Network Conference ‘CBR as Part Of Community Development.’ Conference sponsored by the CBR Africa Network (CAN). CBR Africa Network is a non-government organization, of which the secretariat is based at the Ugandan National Institute of Special Education. CAN was established in 2001 following resolutions made at the previous CBR Africa Regional Conference, ‘CBR as a participatory strategy in Africa.’ CAN aims to facilitate the sharing of information about community-based services for persons with disabilities and their families in African countries. 

See: http://www.disabilityworld.org/11-12_03/news/cbrafrica.shtml

September 5 — 8, 2004: 7th IFA Global Conference on Ageing, titled ‘Global Ageing: Sustaining Development’ organized by: International Federation on Ageing (IFA) & The Singapore Action Group of Elders (SAGE), in Singapore. A forum for debates on ageing issues, an opportunity for consumers, practitioners and policymakers in the field of ageing to exchange knowledge and information, as well as establish and strengthen friendships and partnerships. Models of leading practice will also be highlighted. 

See: http://www.7ifaconference.com

September 6-9, 2004: CI2004, The 18th British HCI Group Annual Conference, Leeds, UK, sponsored by the British HCI Group. Join researchers, practitioners and educators from around the world at HCI2004 where we will be exploring the theme of Design for Life. As designers, evaluators and implementers of interactive systems we have great responsibility. The systems we design impact upon the lives of the people who use them - for good or ill. 

See: http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/hci2004/

September 8-10, 2004: ‘DPI World Summit 2004: Diversity Within,’ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, sponsored by Disabled Peoples’ International. DPI’s World Summit will be an opportunity for national assemblies, disability organizations, NGOs, international development agencies, as well as local and national goods and services providers in the disability field to discuss and share information. The purpose of the Summit is to pursue the issues identified at the DPI 6th World Assembly in Sapporo, Japan, to address the issue of diversity, and to prepare for the next World Assembly in South Africa in 2006. 

See: http://www.dpi.org/en/events/world_summit/06-23-03_summit2004.htm

September 20-22, 2004: ‘5th National NICAN Conference, Out of the Blue: Valuing the Disability Market in Tourism’ Perth, Australia. The Conference will concentrate on making Tourism more inclusive for people with disabilities. At the same time it will present an excellent opportunity for tourism and recreation groups to virtually discover an untapped market. The conference is working on the premise that people with disabilities often find themselves as visitors, sitting on the 'perimeter' of the venue they visit, due to difficult access or lack of information and support options. 

See: http://www.nican.com.au/education/conference.shtml

September 28-October 2, 2004: ‘2^nd Symposium on International Issues in Engineering Design (IIED) as part of the 2004 IDETC (International Design Engineering Technical Conference),’ Salt Lake City, Utah, sponsored by the International Activities Committee of the Design Engineering Division. The three major overall conference categories are: pan-world collaborative design, management of pan-world project design teams, and international drivers and practice for product life cycle with one focus area being ‘Design for the elderly and physically challenged.’ 

See: http://www.detc2004.me.byu.edu/conferences.htm

October 4-7, 2004: NCA Training Course: Retrofitting for Accessibility, Yellowstone, MT. This course provides education on federal legislations and accessibility requirements as applied to park and recreation facilities and programs. Curriculum emphasis will include application of accessibility standards, barrier removal, safety issues associated with accessibility, and ongoing facility maintenance to assure optimum access for visitors including those with disabilities. 

For more info, see: http://www.ncaonline.org/training/retrofit04.shtml

October 20-22, 2004: Child in the City Conference, London, UK, organized by The Child in the City Foundation in association with the National Children's Bureau. The purpose of this two-and-a-half day international conference is to bring together social scientists, policy makers, planners and practitioners to share current thinking and disseminate good practice on one of the most pressing challenges facing urban governments: integrating the play and recreational needs of children within the planning, design and governance of the modern city. 

See: http://www.europoint-bv.com/events/?child2004

October 27-29, 2004: Open Space: People Space: An International Conference on Inclusive Environments, Edinburgh, Scotland, sponsored by OPENspace: the research centre for inclusive access to outdoor environments is hosting a three-day conference in Edinburgh to review recent research and debate current issues surrounding good design for open space and social inclusion, spaces and places for the 21st century. The programme will include contributions from an international array of experts covering the major themes of the conference: children and young people; disability and social inclusion; health and restorative environments and tourism and leisure. 

See: www.openspace.eca.ac.uk

November 17-21, 2004: Design Research Society International Conference, Monash University, Melbourne. The theme is 'FUTUREGROUND', and will feature leading edge design research from the international research community. Supporting the central theme will be discourse around design as both cultural activity and production; mapping the discipline's development; and research in an industrial context. 

See: http://www.futureground.monash.edu.au

December 8-12, 2004: Designing for the 21^st Century III: An International Conference on Universal Design, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sponsored by Adaptive Environments and a number of international groups, including Metropolis Magazine. This is an extraordinary moment. We are more diverse now in ability and age than ever before. It is time for design to catch up. There is an urgent need to exchange ideas about the design of places, things, information, policies and programs that demonstrate the power of design to shape a 21st century world that works for all of us. The conference includes a student design competition, charettes within Rio de Janeiro and an Educator’s Forum. 

See: http://www.designfor21st.org/

July 22-27 2005: HCI International 2005, including: 11^th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction jointly with Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2005, 6^th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, 3^rd International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, 1^st International Conference on Virtual Reality, and 1^st International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The conference objective is to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of HCI, usability, internationalization, virtual reality, universal access and cognitive ergonomics. 

See: http://www.hci-international.org/

November 16-18 2005: World Summit on the Information Society. Tunis, Tunisia. The first phase of WSIS took place in Geneva and the second phase will take place in Tunis. A fundamental change from an industrial to information-based society is taking place. This information revolution affects the way people live, learn and work and how governments interact with civil society. Development themes will be a key focus in the second phase in Tunisia and it will assess progress that has been made and adopt any further Action Plan to be taken. 

See: http://www.itu.int/wsis/

May 30-June 2 2006: IFA 8^th Global Conference on Aging, Copenhagen, Denmark. The Copenhagen conference aims to highlight cross-cultural co-operation to meet the challenges of global aging, and at the same time address important region-specific issues of ageing. The conference will be built up around the following themes and dimensions: The Economics of Aging, The Challenges of Aging, Active Aging - Aging Well, and Empowerment — participation. 

See: http://www.global-ageing.dk/

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Center for Universal Design, College of Design, North Carolina State University

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