Calendar: Past Events

See www.qac.ac.uk/sightvillage/6-1.html for further details.

Pirates, Thieves and Innocents:

Perceptions of Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age

THEME: Exploring the ways in which we think and talk about copyright infringement in our digital age; focusing on issues relevant to the higher education community and the delivery of third-party copyrighted content.

REGISTRATION: Early registration ends May 16, 2005. Space is limited. Download a registration form: https://nighthawk.umuc.edu/CIPReg.nsf/Application?OpenForm. Some affiliation discounts apply.

AGENDA: Visit http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/agenda.html to see the topics to be addressed by our speakers and panelists who are experts in their fields.

ROSTER: Speakers/panelists are available at http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/speakers.html

SPONSOR: the Center for Intellectual Property http://www.umuc.edu/cip/

ENTERTAINMENT: DC After Dark Tour -- Have dinner in DC and then see some of the city's monuments and memorials. Details at: http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/DC_After_Dark.html.

For details, go to www.aes.org/events/118/.

More information and free registration at http://www.euain.org/modules/wfsection/index.php?category=212.

Access to information and using it efficiently are key areas for business but also for all citizens in an open Information Society. The EUAIN Workshop intends to bring together key stakeholders interested in modern information design and to discuss how new possibilities of dealing with information will influence their activities. This Workshop is aimed at the publishing industry; public information services; design industry; software and web designers; service provision for people with disabilities. The workshop is based on the generic idea that focusing on well-structured design from scratch will be of enormous benefit for all stakeholders. These interests converge in having well structured and semantically enriched information. The main themes are:

* What is structure? Structured document design (meta data concepts and definitions, design guidelines) for text, audio, graphics, moving pictures, uses of accessible metadata

* The benefits for industry: towards multi channel publishing:

* Copyright issues and digital rights management (DRM)

* The benefits for people with special needs: freedom to choose

* From unstructured to structured: methods and tools to enrich information

* Accessibility and usability from scratch

* Content and Knowledge Management Systems

Contributions for the Workshop are invited from all those working in the publishing industries and all those with an interest in accessibility. We are particularly keen to welcome new ideas, approaches and technologies, as well as to provide a platform for well-established solutions. You can submit your contribution as a conference paper or a practical demonstration. Closing date for contributions: 29th April 2005.

Visit the organization's Web site at www.nationalbraille.org/NBA-Events.htm for more details.

This is among the largest assistive technology conferences in the world. To find out more about it, go to http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/index.htm.

The theem for this year is "View from Here: Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future."

CTEVH holds an ANNUAL CONFERENCE with... 700-900 enthusiastic participants; well over 80 different workshops conducted over 3 days, with skilled workshop leaders and panelists covering the varied interests of our membership; outstanding speakers of national and international repute; outstanding and extensive exhibits of both new and traditional technology; workshop-style product demonstration-presentations by exhibitors; unparalleled opportunity for informal personal contact and sharing with others, both professionals and volunteers, in all the areas of service with the goal of continuing to improve the education of students with visual impairments.