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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Next week is the <a
href="http://ahead.org/training/2006.php">annual meeting</a> of the Association
on Higher Education and Disabili</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>ties</span></font>. <font color=navy><span style='color:
navy'>The Access Technologist Higher Education Network (ATHEN) </span></font>will
be well represented at the conference both in attendance and presentation. Here
is a list of sessions by ATHEN members - note that several of these are
non-technology specific which lends support to the fact that you do not have to
be a techie per-se to join and enjoy the benefits of ATHEN. Folks asterixed [*]
are not ATHEN members - but we're working on them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Pre-Conference #1: New Directions for Campus
Accessibility: The AHEAD Institute on E-Text Production</font></b></strong><br>
Ron Stewart, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
(ATHEN President)<br>
Mary Cheng, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">East</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
Gaeir Dietrich, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">High</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tech</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Training Unit<br>
Khaki Wunderlich, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tompkins</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Corland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Community
College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
Dann Berkowitz, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Boston</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Pre-Conference #5: Designing and Managing an Effective
Assistive Technology Program for Your Campus</font></b></strong><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></b>James Bailey, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Concurrent Session #1.6 DAISY: A Stylish Marriage of
Audio and Navigation</font></b></strong><br>
Gaeir Dietrich, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">High</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tech</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Training Unit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Concurrent Session #1.7 Students with Disabilities: The
Work and School Transition</font></b></strong><br>
Eileen Berger, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (ATHEN
Treasurer)<br>
* <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Stephen</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shore</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Boston</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Concurrent Session #2.6 E-text Roundtable</font></b></strong><br>
* <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Sam Goodin</st1:PersonName>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
* Rick Bowes, Thomson Publishing<br>
* Elizabeth A. Delfs, Pearson Education Inc<br>
Gaeir Dietrich, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">High</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tech</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Training Unit<br>
* George Kersher, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic<br>
Ron Stewart, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
Khaki Wunderlich, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tompkins</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cortland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Community
College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Concurrent Session #3.3 Creating Accessible PDF
Documents Using Adobe Acrobat and MS Office</font></b></strong><br>
Sean Keegan, High Tech Center Training Unit (ATHEN webmaster)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Concurrent Session #3.5 The Basics of Captioning:
Videos, Classes, and CART</font></b></strong><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></b>* Kathy Furlan, Rapidtext, Inc.<br>
Gaier Deitrich, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">High</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tech</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Training Unit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Concurrent Session #3.10 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Current</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
of Practice in Distance Education</font></b></strong><br>
Laurie Vasquez, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Santa Barbara</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
(ATHEN Secretary)<br>
Ron Stewart, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
Lyla Crawford, Program Coordinator for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">DO-IT</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Concurrent Session #4.6 Low-Vision Students: Serving the
Needs of a Unique Population</font></b></strong><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'><br>
</span></b>Dann Berkowitz, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Boston</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Poster Session #1 - ACCESS to Postsecondary Education
through Universal Design for Learning</font></b></strong><br>
Marla C. Roll, ACCESS Project, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Colorado</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
* Cathy Schelly, ACCESS Project, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Colorado</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Symposia #6 - Access Technologies for Electronic
Materials</font></b></strong><br>
Presenters: James Bailey, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>; *Paul
Thompson, Dolphin; *Jackie Wheeler, Kurzweil Education; *Annemarie Cooke,
RFB&D<br>
Facilitator: Ron Stewart, AHEAD Technology Advisor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Symposia #16 - The Effective Management and Production
of Accessible Electronic Materials</font></b></strong><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></b>Presenters: *Paul Thompson, Dolphin Audio Publishing; Norm Coombs
and Dick Banks, EASI; Sean Keegan, High Tech Center Training Unit for the
California Community Colleges; Representatives from the Alternative Format
Production Center (AFPC), Alternative Materials Access Center (AMAC), High Tech
Center Training Unit (HTCTU), and Center for Accessible Media (CAM)<br>
Facilitator: Ron Stewart, AHEAD Technology Advisor<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
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--<br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=gray><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Posted
by D. Berkowitz to <a
href="http://athenpro.blogspot.com/2006/07/ahead-2006-athen-presentations.html">Access
Technologists Higher Education Network</a> at 7/11/2006 08:19:00 AM</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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