The 4th Annual Coleman Institute Conference
Enhancing The Quality Of Life For People With Cognitive Disabilities Through Technology
October 4-5, 2004
Hilton Denver Tech Center
Denver, Colorado
Hilton Denver Tech Center
Denver, Colorado
| Monday, October 4 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Opening Reception and Keynote Speaker | Vinton Cerf, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy, MCI, Co-designer of the protocols and architecture of the Internet. "Disability and the Future of the Internet" |
| 5:30 p.m. | Cocktail Reception |
| 6:15 p.m. | Conference Dinner |
| Distinguished Guest Speaker | |
| Mary Woolley, President and CEO, Research! America | |
| "Biomedical Research and Advocacy in the 21st Century: A National View" | |
| Remarks by: | |
| University of Colorado President Elizabeth (Betsy) Hoffman, PhD., | |
| Bill and Claudia Coleman, Founding Donors of the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, | |
| David Braddock, PhD., Coleman-Turner Chair in Cognitive Disability, Executive Director of the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities and Associate Vice President, CU System | |
| Tuesday, October 5 | |
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks, David Braddock, PhD, |
| 8:45 a.m. | Keynote Panel: “Enhancing the Quality of Life Through Technology” |
| Robert Schalock, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Hastings College and Past President, American Association on Mental Retardation. "Enhancing the Quality of Life for People with Intellectual Disabilities through Technology" | |
| Eric Dishman, Director, Intel Proactive Health Research and National Chair, Center for Aging Services Technology (CAST) "The Intel Aging and Technology Initiative Part I: Research and Development " | |
| Respondents: | |
| Allan Bergman, Immediate Past President and CEO, Brain Injury Association of America, President, Anixter Center. Presentation | |
| Michael Rogers, Member, President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break, Poster Session, Vendor Exhibits |
| 11:00 a.m. | Developing and Marketing Cognitive Technologies: “The Marketplace” |
| Moderator and Respondent: Bill Coleman | |
| Dan Davies, President, AbleLink Technologies. “R&D and the Market for Cognitive Technologies” |
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| Eric Dishman, Director, Intel Proactive Health Research, and National Chair, Center for Aging Services Technology "The Intel Aging and Technology Initiative Part II: The Marketplace" | |
| Clayton Lewis, PhD., Professor, Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder and Scientist in Residence, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities. “Industry Standards and Cognitive Technologies” |
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| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch with Poster Session, Vendor Exhibits |
| 1:15 p.m. | Developing and Marketing Cognitive Technologies: “Emerging Technology” |
| Moderator and Respondent: David Braddock, PhD, Presentation | |
| Tim Mills, PhD., Managing Director, Sanderling Biomedical Venture Capital. “A Primer on Commercialization of University Intellectual Property” |
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| David Drake, Executive Director, University Licence Equity Holdings, Inc., CU Technology Transfer. “Emerging Technologies and Commercialization” | |
| 2:15 p.m. | What’s Happening in Washington? |
| Moderator: Claudia Coleman | |
| Madeleine Will, Chair, President’s Committee on People with Intellectual Disabilities | |
| Steven J. Tingus, M.S., C.Phil., Director, The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Presentation (pdf) | |
| Allan Bergman, Immediate Past President and CEO, Brain Injury Association of America, President, Anixter Center. Presentation | |
| Respondent: Mary Woolley, President and CEO, Research! America | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Break, Poster Session and Vendor Exhibits |
| 4:00 p.m. | President’s Dialogue: |
| Enhancing the Quality of Life for People with Cognitive Disabilities Through Technology | |
| Moderator: CU President Betsy Hoffman, PhD | |
| Panelists: Bill Coleman, Eric Dishman, and Robert Schalock | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks: David Braddock, PhD |
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