Events

• Audio Description International (ADI) Conference
• The Accessibility Show
• CHI 2002 Conference
• WWW2002 Conference
• 17th Annual Conference "Technology and Persons with Disabilities"

Audio Description International (ADI) Conference

The Kennedy Center
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

March 23 - 24, 2002

Audio Description International would like to extend an invitation to all interested in Audio Description to attend the rescheduled ADI conference March 23- 24, 2002 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. If you were registered for the September 14-15, 2001 ADI conference which was canceled, you do not need to register again.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This conference is open to any parties (individuals or organizations) interested in the field of Audio Description for the performing arts, museums, media, and myriad other applications.

PURPOSE
The purpose is to gather all parties with an interest in Audio Description in order to:
· Nominate and vote in a new Board for Audio Description International
· Focus on Standards, Training, & Certification for AD
· Focus on Audience development for AD

REGISTRATION FEES
· Early Registration (prior to January 31, 2002) : $50
· Late Registration (after January 31, 2002): $100
Your registration fee entitles you to attend all conference events and covers a one-year membership in Audio Description International with voting privileges (one vote per membership). The Kennedy Center will provide breakfast and lunch on meeting days. Attendees are responsible for their own transportation, hotel and per diems.

TO REGISTER
Contact The Kennedy Center Accessibility Program - 202- 416-8727 (V); 202-416-8728 (TTY) or email at
access@kennedy-center.org
Accessibility Program
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
P.O. Box 10808
Arlington, VA 22210

The Accessibility Show

May 3-4, 2002
York Expo Center - York, Pennsylvania

This is the only show of its kind between New Jersey and Florida!

For more information, contact:
Central PA Promotions
P.O. Box 3764
York, PA 17402
717-747-0507
www.TheAccessibilityShow.com

CHI 2002 Conference

The annual CHI conference is the leading international forum for the exchange of ideas and information about computer-human interaction (CHI), also known as human-computer interaction (HCI).

Featuring:
April 22- Full day tutorial: "Flexible, Accessible Interfaces More Usable by Everyone" by Gregg Vanderheiden and Shawn Henry
Demonstration: "Prototype Implementations for a Universal Remote Console Specification" by Gottfried Zimmerman and Gregg Vanderheiden.

Throughout the conference, CHI 2002 will highlight specific areas of interest that relate to the conference theme: Changing the World, Changing Ourselves. This theme draws our attention to the profound changes interactive technologies have made and will continue to make in the way we work, play, communicate, and think.

These areas of interest include:

• Radical visions of computing in the future, from nanotechnology to spiritual computing
  
• How such new visions will change the way we work, play, and think
  
• How HCI as a body of knowledge and practice will change
  
• Retrospectives on how technology has transformed individuals and society in the past
  
• Reflection on how HCI research and practice have changed as new technologies have emerged and been adopted
  
• Case studies of design and usability in practice
  
• New, integrative, or forward-looking perspectives on HCI
  
• HCI and its social and economic implications
  
• Analysis, design, and evaluation methods
  
• Theoretical foundations of HCI
  
• Devices and display systems, tools, and interaction techniques
  
• Critical reviews of HCI work
  
• Guidelines and design heuristics