The 2nd Annual Coleman Institute Conference
Research Frontiers and Partnerships in Cognitive Disability and Technology II
September 26-27, 2002
4001 Discovery Drive, Suite 210
Boulder, Colorado2
| Thursday, September 26 | |
| 3:00 p.m. | POSTER SESSION - Lobby at 4001 Discovery
Drive, Boulder JOHN LANGDON DOWN SCHOOL ART EXHIBIT |
| 7:00 p.m. | “WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS” – David Braddock, PhD
Elizabeth Hoffman, President, University of Colorado System Dinner at Omni Hotel at Interlocken, Centennial Ballroom “ TECHNOLOGY & THE FUTURE” (pdf) Keynote Speaker: John Seely Brown, PhD, Chief Scientist for Xerox Corporation |
| Friday, September 27 | |
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast – Lobby at 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder |
| 8:15 a.m. | “ WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS AND OVERVIEW” |
| David Braddock, PhD, Executive Director, Coleman Institute
Bill and Claudia Coleman, Founding Donors “The Convergence of Technologies” – Bill Coleman |
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| 9:15 a.m. | “THE COLLECTOR OF BEDFORD STREET,” Alice Elliott, Director
Screening of an Aspen Film Festival award-winning documentary on the life of an individual with a cognitive disability |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | “Review of Current Research on Cognitive Disability &
Technology"
Moderator: Michael Lightner, PhD, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Steven J. Tingus, M.S., C. Phil.,Director, The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Greg Vanderheiden, PhD, Director of the Trace Research and Development Center, University of Wisconsin, Presentation Helena Mitchell, PhD, Director of the Mobile Wireless Technologies for Persons with Disabilities Center, Georgia Institute of Technology. Presentation William C. Mann, PhD, Director of the Technology for Successful Aging Center, University of Florida. Presentation |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. | “WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON IN COGNITIVE
DISABILITY?”
Paul Marchand, Assistant Executive Director for Policy and Advocacy, The Arc of the United States |
| 2:00 p.m. | “SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES IN COGNITIVE DISABILITY”
Moderator: Curt Freed, MD, Professor and Head, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Imaging Science: Francois Meyer, PhD, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Bioinformatics: Lawrence Hunter, PhD, Director, Center for Computational Pharmacology, Professor, Pharmacology, Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Nanotechnology: Roop Mahajan, PhD, Director, Micro Electronic Devices in Cardiovascular Applications, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Cognitive Disorders:Christopher Filley, MD, Director, Behavior Neurology Section, Professor, Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center |
| 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 4:00 p.m. | “COGNITIVE DISABILITY, TECHNOLOGY & THE FUTURE”
PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Cathy Bodine, PhD, Director, Assistive Technology Partners, Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center John Seely Brown, PhD, Chief Scientist for Xerox Corporation Bill Coleman, Founding Donor Gerhard Fischer, PhD, Director, Center for LifeLong Learning and Design (L3D), Professor, Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder Stephen Greenspan, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado |
| 5:00 p.m. | CLOSING REMARKS |
| 5:30 p.m. | RECEPTION FOR THE “ARTISTS WITHOUT
BORDERS” EXHIBIT
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th Street, featuring paintings by exceptional artists with cognitive disabilities from the John Langdon Down School in Mexico City. This event is co-sponsored by the Coleman Institute and the Museum. |
