The 6th Annual Coleman Institute Conference Advances in Cognitive Disability and Technology
October 24, 2006
OMNI Interlocken Hotel
Broomfield, Colorado
| 7:45 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Remarks David Braddock, PhD Associate Vice President, University of Colorado System and Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities Alice Elliot, Academy Award Finalist, presents a World Premier Private Screening of her new film on technology, personal independence and cognitive disability: “BODY AND SOUL: Diana and Kathy” |
| 9:45 a.m. | Poster Session: Selected Interdisciplinary Research Projects Involving CU Faculty, Graduate Students, Academic and Commercial Partners, and Exhibitors |
| 11:00 a.m. | Keynote Session: Advances in Robotics and in Repurposing Commercial Technologies Maja Mataric, PhD Professor, Computer Science and Neuroscience, Founding Director, Center For Robotics and Embedded Systems, University of Southern California School Of Engineering “Assistive Interactive Human-Centered Robotics for People With Cognitive Disabilities” Ramesh Rao, PhD Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director, California Institute For Telecommunications And Information Technology, University Of California At San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering “Repurposing And Leveraging Commercial Technologies for People with Cognitive Disabilities” |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch and Continuing Poster Session |
| 2:00 p.m. | Distinguished Guest Speaker John Kemp, Esq. Principal at Powers, Pyles, Sutter and Verville, P.C. Noted Disability Rights Advocate and Former CEO, United Cerebral Palsy Associations “What’s Happening In Washington?” Introduced by Claudia Coleman, Founding Donor, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | Distinguished Guest Speaker Michael Wehmeyer, PhD Professor of Special Education And Director of The Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, University of Kansas, A RERC-ACT Collaborating Organization “Technology to Promote Decision-Making Skills, Self-Determination, and Health for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities” Introduced by Cathy Bodine, PhD, Principal Investigator, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for the Advancement of Cognitive Technologies (RERC-ACT), University of Colorado Respondent: Michael Rogers, Division of Developmental Disabilities, State of Washington and Self-Advocate |
| 3:45 p.m. | Cognitive Accessibility on The Web Moderated By: Clayton Lewis, PhD, Coleman Institute Scientist-In-Residence and Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder Panelists: Richard Appleyard, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medical Informatics, Oregon Health and Sciences University Judy Brewer, Director, Web Accessibility Initiative of The World Wide Web Consortium and Research Associate, MIT Bill Coleman, CEO, Cassatt and Founding Donor, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities Laurie Powers, PhD, Professor and Director, National Center For Self-Determination, Portland State University Jutta Treviranus, Director, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto Nancy Ward, Oklahoma Disabilities Law Center and Self-Advocate |
| 5:00 p.m. | Final
Poster Session and Reception
Special Guest: Hank Brown, President of The University of Colorado System |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner
Temple Grandin, PhD, Dinner Speaker Professor, Colorado State University; New York Times Best-Selling Author of “Thinking In Pictures and Other Reports From My Life With Autism,” And “Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior” “How to Develop the Abilities of People Who Think Differently” |