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” |
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