Events

Note: This listing is not meant to be comprehensive. The events listed here are for information purposes only. NIH does not endorse any of them.

Title: Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses (AMPHL) Annual Conference

Date:

April 5 - 7, 2013

Location:

Texas School for the Deaf
Austin, Texas

Contact:

E-mail: conference@amphl.org

URL:

http://amphl.org/2013conference.php

Description:

The Association of Medical Professionals With Hearing Losses (AMPHL) provides information, promotes advocacy and mentorship, and creates a network for individuals with hearing loss interested in or working in health care fields.


Title: Tactile Graphics Conference

Date:

April 12 - 13, 2013

Location:

National Federation of the Blind
Baltimore, Maryland

Contact:

E-mail: pmaurer@nfb.org

URL:

https://nfb.org/tactilegraphicsconference

Description:

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute is delighted to present its first conference on tactile graphics. NFB will offer a two-day-long, in-depth look at how tactile graphics can and are being made, and how tactile graphics enhance STEM education for the blind. Presentations will cover 3D, 2D, haptics, high tech, low tech, quick and easy tactiles, complex and layered ones – and beyond. Find out how you can use tactiles in classrooms, offices, campuses, and wherever audio simply isn’t enough.


Title: 11th International Conference On Smart homes and health Telematics

Date:

June 19 - 21, 2013

Location:

Singapore

Contact:

E-mail: biswas@i2r.a-star.edu.sg

URL:

http://www.icostconference.org/

Description:

ICOST is considered as a premier venue for the presentation and discussion of research in the design, development, deployment and evaluation of Smart Environments, Assistive Technologies and Health Telematics systems. ICOST brings together stakeholders from clinical, academic and industrial perspectives and along with end users and their family carers explore how Smart Homes and Health Telematics can foster independent living and offer an enhanced quality of life.


Title: AHEAD Conference 2013

Date:

July 8 -13, 2013

Location:

Hilton Baltimore Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland

Contact:

ahead2013@ahead.org

URL:

http://www.ahead.org/conferences/2013/exhibit

Description:

AHEAD 2013: Challenging and Changing Disability Perspectives. The 36th Conference of the Association on Higher Education And Disability