Hi everyone

sorry the list has been a little quiet of late but I thought some people
might be interested in the advance notice of this CiB meeting in Italy. I am
not sure if it will be open to people/organisations who are not CiB members,
I will be going to will be happy to report back on the event. Also please do
not shoot the messenger regarding the title of the working group, I believe
that representation was being made by Keith Bright on changing the name of
it after the meeting held in Reading two and  half years ago, but apparently
the cogs in the system move very slowly and it still bears the name from a
previous era. I did raise this point at the last meeting held at Salford one
year ago, but as far as I am aware it still bears the same title. Please see
full details below.

regards
marcus

From: Dr. Luigi Biocca
CNR ITC Roma
Vilae Marx, 43 - 00137 ROMA (Italy)
Tel. +39 0686090256 Fax +39 0686090239


Dear Colleagues,
Here is finally the official announcement for the W84 CIB Meeting to be held
by CNR ITC in Roma, Oct. 18th/19th, 2002.
The title of the theme intends to focus issues in the built environments,
but in the broader view of public or common facilities rather than only
restricting to the house-related environment.
I hope your contributions will bring an extensive background of case-studies
for comparing the new initiatives from different countries.

Best regards to all of you.

Luigi


CIB WORKING GROUP W084 ­ BUILDING NON-HANDICAPPING ENVIRONMENTS.
ITALY, ROME MEETING, 2002 OCTOBER 18th/19th.

This is an official call for papers and a notice of a Meeting to be held in
Rome, Italy, on 18th and 19th October 2002 on behalf of the CIB Working
Group W084 ­ Building Non-Handicapping Environments. The meeting will be
hosted by CNR ITC (National Research Council, Construction Technologies
Institute, Viale Marx, 43 ­ 00137 Roma (Italy).

The title of the meeting is ³Inclusive design and mobility response in
indoor/outdoor public buildings, facilities and spaces², so that the major
concern of the event will be mainly focused on issues related to inside
accessibility towards external environment; issues from domotics
applications as a support for a major accessbility will be taken into
account as well.
Applications of papers and posters on new research issues in this area are
welcome, and also contributions by new researchers are particularly
encouraged.

The event will take place in two sessions:
-    a keynote session, where each presentation time will be 20 minutes per
paper;
-    a visit session, where one or more new realizations will be
illustrated.

The research papers and posters from the meeting will be published or
alternatively made available on the web by ICT.

The purpose of the next W084 event is as follows:
- updating the key-activities of the Working Group;
- evaluating the level of a user-friendly built environment with a focus on
use and mobility across relevant outdoor areas and facilities;
- investigating case-studies of outdoor urban areas and facilities, as
regards to users¹ mobility response and behaviour;
- comparing the responses coming from different mobility and
behaviour-related situations.

For more information on the general objectives and scope of CIB W084, please
go to:
http://www.cibworld.nl/

Venue:  CNR Head Office, P.le Aldo Moro 7 ­ 00185 Roma (conference hall to
be designated)






Proposed schedule

Friday 18th October 2002
09.00 Welcome to the participants from CTI Head, Annalisa Morini
09.15 Introduction from W084 Co-ordinator Keith Bright
09.30 Presentations of papers
11.00 Coffee/tea break
11.15 Working Group update meeting
11.45 Presentation of papers
12.45 Buffet lunch
13.45 Technical visit
15.30 Poster sessions and light cocktails
16.00 Presentations of papers
17.00 Discussion and remarks
17.30 Close of the day

Saturday 19th October 2002
9.30 Presentation of papers
10.30 Coffee/tea break
10.45 Presentation of papers
11.45 Working Group action planning meeting
12.45 Buffet lunch
13.30 Closing remarks
14.00 Close of the meeting

Deadlines:
Abstracts¹ submission:     2002, May 31st
Full papers¹ submission:     2002, August 31st

Applications:
For those interested in presenting a paper/poster or in attending the
meeting as well as in passing this announcement to other colleagues: please
do not hesitate to contact the following people for any information or
question:

Dr. Eng. Annalisa Morini                        Dr. Arch. Luigi Biocca
CNR CTI Sez. di Roma Viale Marx, 43. 00137 Roma
Tel. 0686090502                             0686090256
Fax 0686090239
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