Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired presents

 

2011 Regional Conferences

                          

         Featuring the AER Information & Technology Division

       Conference Within a Conference

       Crowne Plaza City Centre, Cleveland, Ohio ~ October 28-30

 

            Just Announced Keynote Speaker!                                                    

                            

       "Raising the Floor"

            Jim Fruchterman
       CEO & Founder, Benetech

       Saturday, October 29, 2011

We hope you will join us as Jim Fruchterman, CEO & Founder of Benetch discusses how the technology landscape is changing dramatically for all of society, and it’s crucial that all people with visual impairments around the world fully benefit from these changes. Through advances in mobile and cloud-based technology, this objective of full inclusion is coming within reach.

Jim Fruchterman is social entrepreneur and CEO of Benetech, a nonprofit technology company based in Palo Alto, California. A technology entrepreneur and engineer, Fruchterman has been a rocket scientist, founded two of the foremost optical character recognition companies, and developed reading machines for people with disabilities. Fruchterman founded Calera Recognition Systems and RAF Technology, Inc. both of which were based on optical character recognition technology. 

In 1989, Fruchterman founded Arkenstone, a nonprofit social enterprise, to produce reading machines, based on the Calera technology, for people who are blind.  Arkenstone changed its name to Benetech in 2000 and began creating new technology for people with disabilities, the human rights and environmental conservation communities. Benetech’s programs include Bookshare, the world’s largest accessible online library for people with print disabilities. Fruchterman received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2006 in recognition of his work as a pioneering social entrepreneur. He believes that technology is the ultimate leveler, allowing disadvantaged people to achieve more equality in society.                              
     

Registration deadline: October 11, 2011 - Register today!!

 

 

 

 

                         Featuring the AER Vision Rehabilitation Therapy Division

                         Conference Within a Conference

                         Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts ~ August 12-14

                        AER is pleased to be partnering with MACRT - Mid America Conference of

                        Rehabilitation Teachers - and welcome them to the 2011 Regional Conference in Boston!

 

Registration is open for the Cleveland meeting!

Click here to register today and take advantage of lower registration rates!

**ACVREP and CECC Continuing Education Credits will be applied for.