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Supporting Deaf People 2005
An International Online Conference
March 10th - 16th 2005
This is the third in the series of the highly successful Supporting
Deaf People online conferences. The last SDP conference included 230
delegates from 19 countries, spread over 5 continents.
This is a call for papers for the 2005 conference. These should be no
more than 1500 words long and can be on any topic linked to deafness,
supporting deaf people, being deaf, etc. To express an interest, discuss
ideas and for further information contact Judith Mole
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Payment, as well as free conference attendance, will be available for
selected conference presenters.
Deadline for expressing an interest to submit a paper is 1st December
2004. If your idea is accepted, you will have to provide an abstract for
your paper by the 15th of December 2004, after which time the final
presenters will be chosen.
Further info:
Supporting Deaf People 2005 - An International Online Conference
March 10th - 16th 2005
Keynote Presenters confirmed so far: Jemina Napier (Macquarie
University, Australia) and Mark Marshak & Patty Sapere (National
Technical Institute for the Deaf, USA). British keynote to be confirmed.
Who is the conference for?
The conference is aimed at all those involved in the support of Deaf
people and Deaf people themselves. This includes: Sign Language
Interpreters, Communication Support Workers, trainee interpreters,
note-takers and CSWs, lecturers for Deaf people, interpreting agencies
and support service providers as well as Deaf students, clients and
trainers of interpreters.
What is an online conference?
An online conference uses the internet as a conference 'venue'.
Participants are given a password to access the various conference and
seminar groups as well as a live chat room. Participants can log in at
any time from any place and the conference is text based, so no extra
equipment/software is needed. Anyone with access to the internet can
participate. Participants will have the opportunity to have a look at the
conference site in advance of the conference to familiarise themselves
with the layout of the site.
Why have an online conference?
Traditional conferences require a physical location so participants have
to travel and stay in a particular place. Using an online conference
means that participants can access the conference from anywhere in the
world and can do this at any time - whether it is midnight in Britain or
11am in Australia. Participants will be able to log on as little or as
much as they wish to - before, after or during office hours. A summary of
discussions will be available each day.
For more information, frequently asked questions, papers from the
previous conferences, etc. please see:
http://www.online-conference.net/sdp3/index.htm
Conference registration is open. Sign up now for the early bird
discount.
For submission of papers or more detailed information, please
contact:
Judith Mole,
Direct Learn Services Ltd.
http://www.directlearn.co.uk
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