The 7th Annual Coleman Institute Conference on
Cognitive Disability and Technology
In collaboration with the RERC-ACT State of the Science Conference
October 24-25, 2007
Westin Hotel, Westminster, Colorado
| Wednesday, October 24 | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 1:30 p.m. | Welcome and Remarks |
| David Braddock, PhD | |
| Associate Vice President, University of Colorado and Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities | |
| 1:45 p.m. | Opening Keynote Session |
| An International Perspective | |
| Michael Stein, JD, PhD | |
| Cabell Research Professor of Law, William and Mary School of Law and Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School, Executive Director, Harvard Project on Disability | |
| “UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities: Overview of the UN Convention and Implications for the U.S.” | |
| Glenn Fujiura, PhD | |
| Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Disability and Human Development, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago | |
| “Cognitive Disability in the World Today” | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Poster Session |
| Selected interdisciplinary research projects involving CU faculty, graduate students, academic and commercial partners, and exhibitors | |
| 4:45 p.m. | World Wide Web Accessibility and The Digital Divide |
| Introducer: Claudia Coleman, Coleman Institute Founding Donor | |
| Moderator: Clayton Lewis, PhD, Coleman Institute Scientist in Residence and Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder | |
| Panelists: | |
| Bill Coleman, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Cassatt, Inc. and Founding Donor, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities | |
| Teresa Moore, Arizona Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities and Self-Advocate | |
| Richard Schwerdtfeger, Distinguished Engineer, IBM Emerging Technologies Software Group Architect/Strategist; Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review Board; IBM Master Inventor | |
| Jim Tobias, Co-chair, Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC); Principal, Inclusive Technologies | |
| Gregg Vanderheiden, PhD, Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Director, Trace Center for R & D, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Reception And Continuing Poster Session |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| Distinguished Dinner Speaker | |
| Sue Swenson, Chief Executive Officer, The Arc of the United States | |
| “The Power to Decide: A Personal View" | |
| Thursday, October 25 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Session Convenes: David Braddock, PhD |
| 8:45 a.m. | Technology Transfer and The Coleman Institute |
| Moderator: | |
| David Allen, PhD, Associate Vice President, University Of Colorado; Director, Office Of Technology Transfer. Presentation | |
| Panelists: | |
| Daniel Abrams, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and resident in Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center; founder and CEO, Sierra Puente, Inc. Presentation (pdf) | |
| Henry Kaplan, Chairman and CEO, Mentor InterActive, Inc. Presentation | |
| Karen Newell, PhD, Associate Professor and Markert Endowed Chair of Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Chief Executive and Scientific Director, CU Institute of Bioenergetics. Presentation | |
| Regan Zane, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006 Technology Transfer Office Awardee: Inventor of the Year | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Continuing Poster Session |
| 10:45 a.m. | Remarks: |
| Robert J. Jaeger, PhD, Program Director, Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities, National Science Foundation | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Keynote Speaker |
| Ted Berger, PhD | |
| David Packard Chair of Engineering, Director, Center for Neural Engineering, University of Southern California | |
| “Neural Prostheses for Cognitive/memory Function” | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Boxed Lunches, Hosted by the Coleman Institute |
| 1:00 p.m. | RERC-ACT State of the Science Conference |
| Student Design Competition and Coleman Prizes awarded | |
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