Calendar: Past Events

This is a pre-conference for IFLA with a focus on the Libraries for the Blind Section.

This year's IFLA pre-conference is being sponsored by the German Institute for the Blind /Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt e.V. (Blista)Germany. The theme is Access Point Library: "Where do the Blind Fit?"

For more information, contact:< Rainer F. V. Witte at witte@blista.de.

The deadline for reserving exhibit space is May 1, 2003.

www.ifla.org/VII/s31/conf/slb-preconf2003.htm

This was a DAISY learning course, sponsored by ONCE Foundation for Latin America (FOAL), and addressed to representatives from different organizations for the blind, as well as producers of material for the blind, from Latin America.

For more information, see: http://www.audiopub.org.

For more information, see: http://www.www2003.org. If you are a Member of the W3C, this link will also be available to you for information about the Advisory Committee Meeting: http://www.w3.org/Member/Meeting/2003ac/May/.

The DAISY Consortium will be holding its next conference in Amsterdam from May 12-14, 2003.

Our next DAISY conference scheduled for 2003 will be held in Amsterdam from May 12 through 14.

The General meeting will be held on the morning of May 12, and the conference will begin at 14:00 that afternoon.

The tentative schedule is:

• Monday, May 12 14:00 to 18:00
• Tuesday, May 13 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 18:00
• Wednesday, May 14 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 18:00

An email call for presentations and papers has been distributed. Exhibit booth space is also available. See the tentative program for more information about the call for papers. Send email to Maarten Verboom at MVerboom@fnb.nl and/or Jorrit Timmermans jtimmermans@theprojectnetwork.nl to request information about exhibiting.

Those of you who attended our last Technical Conference in Los Angeles in the spring of 2001 know what a great learning and sharing experience it was. We are really excited about our plans for the 2003 Amsterdam conference, and we know that it will be a spectacular event.

This conference is the place to learn more about new developments. There will be many opportunities to meet other Members, Friends, and the DAISY staff and to share experiences.

Conference registration is now open, and we encourage you to reserve your accommodations and register as soon as possible. It has been two years since our last conference, and many exciting developments have taken place during that time. We look forward to seeing you at the conference where you will have opportunities to learn and share information with colleagues. For more information about the conference, click on the link below.

This conference is sponsored by BrailleNet, an Associate Member of the DAISY Consortium.

This conference will cover a variety of issues related to technology for people who are blind or visually impaired. Markus Gylling will provide information about the DAISY Consortium and its activities.

For general information about this Associate Member, see: www.braillenet.org.

www.braillenet.org/colloques/bnet2003/prog.htm

This conference is sponsored by the Center on Disabilities at California State University, Northridge and offers DAISY Members and Friends an opportunity to update various stakeholders about the DAISY specification and available technology that supports it.

CSUN's 18th Annual International Conference, Technology and Persons with Disabilities will be held at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport and Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotels, March 17-22, 2003. A Preregistration brochure with complete information about the conference will be available in early January 2003.

The DAISY Consortium will be holding its "DAISY Day" on Friday, March 21.

www.csun.edu/cod/

Vision Loss in the 21st Century, Everybody's Business An International Symposium Addressing the Impact and Understanding the Challenges of Vision Loss on Society is co-sponsored by the American Foundation for the Blind and the Foundation for the Junior Blind. The DAISY Consortium will be sending a member of the staff. For more information, see http://www.visionloss2003.org.