TDI

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
July 11-13, 2005

Conference Program
(Tentative - subject to change)

Excerpted from TDI-L eNotes 5/27/05

"Access Today! Big Easy Tomorrow..."
TDI Conference Updates

Partial Program Schedule with Confirmed Presenters/Panelists for 16th Biennial TDI International Conference at Wyndham New Orleans at Canal Place
July 11-13, 2005 - (Program Schedule Subject to Change)

"Access Today! Big Easy Tomorrow..."

Come to New Orleans, Louisiana, the site of the 16th Biennial TDI International Conference and Expo, at the Wyndham New Orleans at Canal Place* on July 11 to 13, 2005. For more information, go to www.tdi-online.org and click on TDI CONFERENCE in the left hand menu. On the conference introductory page, you will find links to the following web pages:
- Conference Registration**
- Conference Information

Stay tuned for the final program and our GA-SK newsletter within two weeks.

NOTES:
* Room availability at the Wyndham New Orleans at Canal Street at special TDI Conference rates will be honored up until June 8, 2005. The hotel website is at www.wyndham.com
** Online credit card payment for Conference Registration is now available at www.tdi-online.org

Visit the TDI website frequently for NEW CONFERENCE PROGRAM INFORMATION - ALL ONLINE AT www.tdi-online.org

Conference Registration begins on Sunday afternoon and continues each day until Wednesday.

Exhibits ARE open to the public

All workshops offered by CEPIN (Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network) are open to the public.

All other conference events require registration.

ATTENTION GOLFERS:
Golf Outing will be arranged at a local golf course. Stay tuned for further details.

ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES
Except for the Golf Outing on Sunday afternoon, TDI is not sponsoring any evening entertainment activities for this conference. For more entertainment activities in and around New Orleans, go to the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau website at www.neworleanscvb.com

Sunday, July 10
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration

Golf Outing - TBA

Monday, July 11
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration

Exhibits open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
** (Open to public)

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Opening Ceremonies

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. William Faulkner Workshops

Internet Protocol Relay Panel Discussion
Moderator:
- Judy Viera
Panelists:
- Alana Beal, MCI
- Dixie Ziegler, Hamilton
- Mark Stern, GoAmerica
- Eric Emmons, Sorenson Communications

"Software Accessibility for People who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened, and Deaf-Blind"
Moderator:
- Ted Hart
Panelists:
- Marylyn Howe, MATP

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Plenary Session (Internet Access)
"Internet-Enabled Technologies: Access to the Future" -
- Karen Peltz-Strauss, KPS Consulting
- Cary Barbin, Gallaudet University Technology Access Program

2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Plenary Session (Regulatory)
An Update on the Disability Rights Office at FCC
- Tom Chandler, Chief, Disability Rights Office, FCC

4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Plenary Session (Pagers)
"The Latest in the Market with Pagers, PDAs, & Other Mobile Devices"
Moderator:
- Lori Breslow, TDI Board Treasurer
Panelists:
- Dave Dougall, RIM
- Mary Brooner, Motorola
- Mark Stern, GoAmerica

Tuesday, July 12
· 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration

Exhibits open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
** (Open to public)

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Keynote Address (Wireless Accessibility)
"Expanding Access in the Wireless Frontier"
- K. Dane Snowden, Vice President, Strategic Relations,
CTIA: The Wireless Association

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Plenary Session (Hearing Aid Compatibility)
"Wireless Phones & Hearing Aids: What Consumers Should Know"
Moderator:
- Dr. Judy Harkins
Panelists:
- Susan Mazrui, Cingular
- Tom Chandler, DRO, FCC

11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Telecommunications and Media Professionals Luncheon
- Claudia Gordon, Attorney Advisor,
Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Mark Twain Workshops

"The Birth of A Civil Right:
An Historic Overview of the Quest for Telecommunications Equality by Deaf & Hard of Hearing Americans"
- Karen Peltz-Strauss, KPS Consulting

"Serving Deaf & Hard of Hearing People in Emergencies -
A Primer for First Responders"
- Lise Hamlin, CEPIN Regional Specialist, NVRC, Fairfax, VA
- Stephanie Clark, CEPIN Regional Specialist, DEAF, Inc., Allston, MA
** (Open to public)

4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Anne Rice Workshops

"Maintaining An Active Online Presence for CEPIN",
- Trudy Suggs, National Public Relations Specialist, CEPIN
** (Open to public)

5:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Plenary Session (Video Relay Services)
Consumer-Industry Forum on Video Relay Services
Moderators:
- Sheri Farinha
- Sherri Collins
Panelists:
- Dixie Ziegler, Hamilton/BIS
- Jim Sorenson, Sorenson/Gallaudet
- Ron Obray, HOVRS

Wednesday, July 13
· 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Registration

Exhibits open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
** (Open to public)

9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Plenary Session (Emergency Preparedness)

"DHHCAN/NVRC Report on Emergency Preparedness
and Emergency Communication Access"
- Cheryl Heppner, Executive Director,
Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons, Fairfax, VA
"Community Emergency Preparedness Information Project",
- James D. House, National CEPIN Coordinator, TDI

11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. - Jeane-Baptiste le Moyne Workshops

"Perspectives on the Joint Petition for TV Captioning Quality"
Moderator:
- Jerald Jordan, DHHCAN Secretary-Treasurer
Panelists:
- Danielle Burt, Swidler Berlin

"Telecommunications & Media Access for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Louisianians"
- W. Fred Roy, Executive Director, Louisiana Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. -- Louis Armstrong Workshops

"The Big Easy: CAP "Waves" Its Hands for Communication Accessibility"
- Paul Singleton, Director of the Pentagon's Client Accommodations Program,
U.S. Department of Defense

"Adoption of Video over Internet Protocol (VIDEOoverIP) by Deaf people in the Workplace"
- Philip Harper, Australia

"How to Prepare for Emergencies - A Primer for Consumers"
- Kristina Hakey, CEPIN Regional Specialist, CSD, Tulsa, OK,
- Christine Seymour, CEPIN Regional Specialist, DCARA, San Leandro, CA
** (Open to public)

4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Plenary Session (Telecommunications Relay Services)
"Achieving Functional Equivalence: CapTel Brings Voice Recognition into Our Daily Experience"
- Robert Engelke, Ultratec
- Pam Holmes, Ultratec

5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Plenary Session (TV Captioning)
"Reflecting on the First 25 Years & Projecting the Future of TV Closed Captioning"
- Jeff Hutchins, Accessible Media Industry Coalition

** = Only Exhibits and CEPIN Workshops are open to the Public.
For all other TDI Conference events, you must be a registered participant.

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Sincerely,

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