Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities

University of Colorado
Boulder · Colorado Springs · Denver

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

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” 
   
  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
   
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
   
  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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