2006 Coleman Institute Conference on Cognitive Disability and Technology
- presentations by outstanding scientists and engineers, disability leaders, government officials, and business executives
- overview of cognitive technologies research at CU and other major universities
- CU system-wide faculty research poster session
Agenda (PDF)
Distinguished Speakers include:
- Temple Grandin, Ph.D., Professor, Colorado State University; NY 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
- John Kemp, Esq., noted disability rights advocate and former CEO, United Cerebral Palsy Associations
- Ramesh Rao, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UCSD
- Michael Wehmeyer, Ph.D., Professor, Special Education, University of Kansas; Director of KU’s Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities; principal investigator for KU’s RERC projects
- Alice Elliott, Academy Award nominee, will show a sneak preview of the new film Diana and Kathy: Beyond Words, a documentary about community living, friendship, and technology
- Maja J Mataric´, Professor of Computer Science and Neuroscience, Founding Director, Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Other Speakers include:
- Cathy Bodine, Ph.D., Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, UCDHSC
- David Braddock, Ph.D., Associate Vice President, University of Colorado System and Executive Director of the Coleman Institute
- Claudia and Bill Coleman, Founding Donors of the Coleman Institute
- Clayton Lewis, Ph.D., Department of Computer Science, UCB and Scientist in Residence, Coleman Institute