[gps-talkusers] Announcing Blindness Tech Fair For Those In Central United States
- From: "Kane Brolin" <kbrolin65@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kbrolin65@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:07:51 -0400
Greetings.
This message is being copied to several lists, but it is not
automatically generated.
I wish to make an announcement that might be of interest for many who
live in the Great Lakes region of the United States: A
blindness-oriented technology fair known as Vision Impaired Solutions
for Total Access (V.I.S.T.A.) is to be held on the campus of the
University of Notre Dame in northern Indiana on Thr., 16 October,
2008, from 12:00-7:00 PM, Eastern Daylight Time. Admission is free of
charge, but seating is limited and pre-registration is therefore
strongly encouraged.
V.I.S.T.A. is not the outreach of any pre-existing governmental body
or blindness networking alliance, or political organization. Instead,
it welcomes those with a variety of different viewpoints and ways of
getting things done. It will feature presentations on a number of
topics, including how those who partially or totally lack eyesight can
efficiently leverage technology and other resources to gain employment
and thrive in a diverse workplace. A presentation at 2:00 PM will
demonstrate how even someone with no eyesight can function
independently in a scientific laboratory. In addition, V.I.S.T.A.
will feature hands-on exhibits from several leading organizations and
will highlight a wide array of notetakers, Daisy/MP3 players,
classroom tools, accessible medical monitoring devices, and accessible
GPS and wireless phone solutions. Several affordable low vision
products will be featured as well. Representatives of HumanWare,
Freedom Scientific, Code Factory, GW Micro, the American Printing
House for the Blind, LevelStar, and the iLAB project from Penn State
University will appear, among others.
I am advertising V.I.S.T.A. widely because this appears to be the
first event of its kind ever to have been orchestrated for Michiana:
that is, the region which encompasses northern Indiana and
southwestern Michigan. Detailed information, along with contact
information and a registration link, may be found on my personal Web
page: http://kanebrolin.com/.
Feel free to contact me about this off-list at kbrolin65@xxxxxxxxxx
If you heard about this from a mailing list, please take care not to
respond directly to the list, out of courtesy to those who archive
list content or who do not wish to participate in or hear about
V.I.S.T.A.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Best regards,
Kane Brolin
Mishawaka, Indiana USA
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