Upcoming AssistiveWare Events

CSUN 2010, 24 - 27 March, 2010, San Diego, United States

David Niemeijer, our CEO will participate in this year's CSUN. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of our North American distributor, Origin Instruments or join him for one or more of the sessions:

Lab session: AAC-1030 - Basics Proloquo2Go Lab. Wednesday, March 24 8:00 am - 9:00 am, Madeleine CD Mac Lab. Speakers: David Niemeijer, Samuel Sennott, Mark Coppin, Eric Sailers.

Regular session: AAC-1036 - AAC in your pocket: Introduction to Proloquo2Go for iPhone and iPod. Wednesday, March 24 9:20 am - 10:20 am, Edward AB. Speakers: Samuel Sennott, David Niemeijer.

Lab session: AAC-2029 - Advanced Proloquo2Go Vocabulary Lab. Wednesday, March 24 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm, Madeleine CD Mac Lab. Speakers: Samuel Sennott, David Niemeijer, Mark Coppin, Eric Sailers.

Lab session: K12-2010 - Using iPod Touch Applications as Assistive Technology for Students with Special Needs. Friday, March 26 3:10 pm - 4:10 pm, Mohsen AB. Speakers: Eric Sailers, Samuel Sennott, Mark Coppin, David Niemeijer.

Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference 2010, 25 - 28 May, 2010, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

David Niemeijer, our CEO will participate in this year's Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the AssistiveWare booth or join him for one or more of the sessions below.

Full day pre-conference session: Using the iPhone and Mac as Assistive Technology. Tuesday, May 25 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Speakers: David Niemeijer, Samuel Sennott and Jeanette Davies.

Lab session: Getting started with Proloquo2Go. Thursday, May 27 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. Speakers: David Niemeijer and Samuel Sennott.

Lab session: Access to Mac OS X for People with Physical Disabilities. Friday, May 28 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. Speakers: David Niemeijer, Samuel Sennott and Jeanette Davies.

Closing The Gap 2010, 19 - 23 October, 2010, Minneapolis, United States

David Niemeijer, our CEO will participate in this year's Closing The Gap Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the AssistiveWare booth or join him for one or more of the sessions.

Past AssistiveWare Events

BETT 2010, 13 - 16 January, 2010, London, UK

AssistiveWare will show all of its products in the Special Needs Section of BETT (London, 13 - 16 January, 2010). Come see us at stand SN60.

ASHA 2009, 19 - 21 November, 2009, New Orleans, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CEO will participate in this year's ASHA Convention. If you would like to meet him come to the AssistiveWare booth #1514.

Closing The Gap 2009, 14 - 17 October, 2009, Minneapolis, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's Closing The Gap Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of our North American distributor, Origin Instruments or join him for one or more of the sessions.

Preconference workshop (joint with Samuel Sennott and Eric Sailers): PC-13 Using the iPhone and iPod touch as Assistive Technology: From AAC to Planning Tool and Beyond. Wednesday, Oct 14 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.

Lab (joint with Mark Coppin): Accessing iLife and iWork for Mac Users with Physical, Reading or Vision Impairments (Two Block Session). Thursday, Oct 15 8:00 am - 10:30 am.

Session (joint with Samuel Sennott): AAC in Your Pocket: Meet Proloquo2Go for iPhone and iPod. Thursday, Oct 15 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm.

Lab (joint with Samuel Sennott): Advanced Proloquo2Go Lab (Beginners Welcome) (Two Block Session). Friday, Oct 16 9:30 am - 12:00 pm.

Session (joint with Mark Coppin): GhostReader: Unobtrusive Support for Struggling Readers and Writers on the Mac. Friday, Oct 16 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

CSUN 2009, 18 - 21 March, 2009, Los Angeles, United States

David Niemeijer, our CEO will participate in this year's CSUN. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of our North American distributor, Origin Instruments or join him for one or more of the sessions:

Lab session: OTH-2038 - Customizing Access to Mac OS X for Users with Physical Impairments Part 1. Wednesday, March 18 8:00 am - 9:00 am, Marriott - Atlanta/Boston Mac Lab.

Lab session: OTH-3039 - Customizing Access to Mac OS X for Users with Physical Impairments Part 2. Wednesday, March 18 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm, Marriott - Atlanta/Boston Mac Lab.

Regular session: AAC-1030 - AAC in Your Pocket: Meet Proloquo2go for iPhone and iPod. Thursday, March 19 8:00 am - 9:00 am, Renaissance - International A.

Regular session: OTH-2020 - Gaming for All Ages-The Key to Developing Skills and Motivation. Friday, March 20 8:00 am - 9:00 am, Marriott - Dallas.

ATIA 2009, 28 - 31 January, 2009, Orlando, United States

David Niemeijer, our co-CEO and CTO will participate in this year's ATIA. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of our North American distributor, Origin Instruments or join him for one or more of the sessions:

Lab session: F2507 - Customizing access to Mac OS X for users with physical impairments. Friday, Jan 30 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Caribbean VII.

Regular session: S0802 - Beyond Mac or PC: iPhone, iPod and Modbook as AAC solutions. Saturday, Jan 31 8:00 am - 9:00 am, Bonaire 7/8.

BETT 2009, 14 - 17 January, 2009, London, UK

AssistiveWare will show all of its products in the Special Needs Section (booth SN47) of BETT (London, 14 - 17 January, 2008).

Macworld Expo 2009, 5 - 9 January, 2009, San Francisco, United States

David Niemeijer, our co-CEO and CTO will participate in the Macworld Expo. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of Axiotron (South Hall, no 502), where he will demo the various AssistiveWare programs on Axiotron's Modbook tablet Mac.

Closing The Gap 2008, 16 - 18 October, 2008, Minneapolis, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's Closing The Gap Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of our North American distributor, Origin Instruments or join him for one or more of the sessions.

Regular session (joint with Mel Dashner): Beyond Mac or PC: iPhone and Modbook as Assistive Technology. Thursday, Oct 16 8:00 am - 9:00 am (Plaza 4 Sheraton)

Regular session (joint with Mark Coppin): GhostReader: A New Approach to Deal with Reading and Writing Difficulties on the Mac. Thursday, Oct 16, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (Plaza 4 Sheraton)

Lab session (joint with Mark Coppin & Mel Dashner): Customizing Access to Mac OS X for Users with Physical Impairments. Friday, Oct 17 8:00 am - 10:30 am (Salons 1 & 2 Sofitel Mac Lab)

Regular session (joint with Scott Marfilius and Kelly Fonner): Taking Switch Users to the Next Level: A Three-Step Approach. Friday, Oct 17 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (Edina Sheraton)

Regular session (joint with Mark Coppin & Mel Dashner): Gaming: The Key to Motivating Kids and Adolescents. Saturday, Oct 18 8:00 am - 9:00 am (Bloomington Sheraton)

NECTFL 2008, 28 - 29 March, 2008, New York, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's Northeast Conference of the Teaching of Foreign Languages. He will be demoing GhostReader in the Apple sponsored Technology Playground.

CSUN 2008, 10 - 15 March, 2008, Los Angeles, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's CSUN. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of our North American distributor, Origin Instruments (Booth 515, 517 Renaissance) or join him for the session:

Regular session: New universal access solutions for physically impaired Mac OS X users (OTH-1004). Scheduled for Wednesday 12 March, 3:10 - 4:10 PM, Dallas - Marriott.

Regular session together with Mel Dashner: Riding the Wave - Electronic Gaming for People with Disabilities (OTH-1011). Scheduled for Saturday 15 March, 9:20 - 10:20 AM, Washington - Marriott.

ATIA 2008, 30 January - 2 February, 2008, Orlando, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's ATIA. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of our North American distributor, Origin Instruments or join him for one or more of the sessions:

Lab session: HOL-V1138 - Access to Mac OS X for Physically, Speech and Vision Impaired Users. Thursday, Jan 31 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm

Regular session: V1140 - New Universal Access Solutions for Physically Impaired Mac OS X Users. Friday, Feb 1 8:00 am - 9:00 am.

BETT 2008, 9 - 12 January, 2008, London, UK

AssistiveWare will show all of its products in the Special Needs Section (booth SN47) of BETT (London, 9 - 12 January, 2008).

Closing The Gap 2007, 18 - 20 October, 2007, Minneapolis, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's Closing The Gap Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of our North American distributor, Origin Instruments or join him for one or more of the sessions.

Regular session: Introducing VisioVoice, a New Solution for Vision Impaired Mac OS X Users. Thursday, Oct 18 8:00 am - 9:00 am (Salons 3 & 4, Sofitel)

Lab session (joint with Mark Coppin & Mel Dashner): It's All in the Game: Motivating Kids and Adolescents. Thursday, Oct 18 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm (Salons 1 & 2 Sofitel Mac Lab)

Regular session: New Universal Access Solutions for Physically Impaired Mac OS X Users. Friday, Oct 19 8:00 am - 9:00 am (Fontainebleau, Sofitel)

Lab session (joint with Mel Dashner): Authoring Your Own On-Screen Keyboards, Scan Arrays, and Communication Panels for Universal Access to Mac OS X. Thursday, Oct 19 11:00 am - 1:30 pm (Salons 1 & 2 Sofitel Mac Lab)

Regular session (joint with Scott Marfilius): Taking Switch Users to the Next Level: A Three-Step Approach. Friday, Oct 19 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (Atrium 7, Sheraton)

Apple Expo 2007, 25 - 29 September, 2007, Paris, France

AssistiveWare will demo its assisitive technology products in the ordiTICE booth ED007-008 of the Education Solutions Centre of the Apple Expo (Paris, 25 - 29 September).

On Wednesday, a 2 to 3 hours special session on Assistive Technologies for Mac OS X is scheduled in Apple Expo's main conference room from 14:00 to 17:00. Organized by ceRHTic on behalf of Apple, the session will include presentations by Mr Biard (hospital Raymond Poincaré) on how to access a computer, by Mr Danigo (APF) on why and how to use a computer for communication, by Mr Ortie (AFM) on what a person with a disability can produce with a computer, by Mr Niemeijer (AssistiveWare) on Mac software solutions for people with disabilities.

During the other days, daily presentations on assitive technology will take place in the School Performance Area of the Education Solutions Center: Tuesday 14:00 - 14:45, Thursday 12:00 - 13:00, Friday 17:00 - 17:45, and Saturday 13:00 - 13:45. Please sign up for the latter presentations on the ordiTICE site.

Centralized Equipment Pool, 20 July 2007, Toronto, Canada

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will present a half day workshop at the Centralized Equipment Pool in Toronto: Learn more or register.

Anne Carlsen Center for Children, 18 June 2007, Jamestown, North Dakota, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will present two half day workshops at the Anne Carlsen Center for Children: Learn more or register.

CSUN 2007, 19 - 24 March, 2007, Los Angeles

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's CSUN Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of our North American distributor, Origin Instruments (Hilton, booths 122/125) or join him for one or more of the sessions:

Pre-conference session: A full day training packed with information and fun: "The motivating factor: Creating multimedia on the Mac without mouse and keyboard". One of the driving factors in achieving success when it comes to assistive technology is motivation. This is equally true for children and adults. Without sufficient motivation of the user, computer equipment will be under utilized in the best case or gathering dust in the worst case. In this workshop we will explore how users with serious physical impairments, who cannot typically use a regular keyboard and mouse, can access their computer and create their own multimedia productions using the standard software programs included with Mac OS X.
The session will be presented by David Niemeijer (CTO AssistiveWare), Scott Marfilius (Assistive/Educational Consultant) and Kelly Fonner (Assistive/Educational Consultant). Scheduled for Monday 19 March, Hilton - Century C/D Mac Lab.

Regular session: Introducing AssistiveWare Suite: Exploring the frontiers of accessibility on Mac OS X (Part 1). Scheduled for Thursday 22 March, 9:20 AM Hilton - Newport B.

Lab session: AssistiveWare Suite In-Depth: Exploring the frontiers of accessibility on Mac OS X (part 2). Scheduled for Thursday 22 March, 1:45 PM Hilton - Century C/D Mac Lab.

Regular session: Introducing VisioVoice, a new solution for vision impaired Mac OS X users. Scheduled for Saturday 24 March, 9:20 AM Marriott - Atlanta room.

BETT 2007, 10 - 13 January, 2007, London, UK

AssistiveWare will show all of its products in the Special Needs Section (booth SN17) of BETT (London, 10 - 13 January, 2007). Booth visitors can get a special 10% promotional discount coupon for some of the AssistiveWare products.

Closing The Gap 2006, October 18 - 21, 2006, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's Closing The Gap Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the Origin Instruments booth (our North American distributor) or join him for one or more of the sessions. Booth visitors can also get a special 10% promotional discount coupon for some of the AssistiveWare products.

Regular session: Introducing AssistiveWare Suite: Exploring the Frontiers of Accessibility on Mac OS X (part 1). Thursday, Oct 19 12:30 pm -1:30 pm (Atrium 1, Sheraton)

Lab session: AssistiveWare Suite In-Depth: Exploring the Frontiers of Accessibility on Mac OS X (part 2). Friday, Oct 20 11:00 am - 1:30 pm (Salons 1 & 2 Sofitel Mac Lab)

And, don't miss this session by Mike Phillips the world's fastest switch user: The Four Keys to Becoming a Proficient Switch User. Thursday, Oct 19 11:00 pm -12:00 pm (Atrium 1, Sheraton)

Apple Expo 2006, 12 - 16 September, 2006, Paris, France

AssistiveWare will show its assisitive technology products in the Education Solutions Centre of the Apple Expo (Paris, 12 - 16 September). Two new products will be introduced at the Apple Expo: Infovox iVox and VisioVoice. Booth visitors can also get a special 10% promotional discount coupon for some of the AssistiveWare products.

Autonomic 2006 Paris, June 7 - 9, 2006, France

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's Autonomic Paris. If you would like to meet him in person come to booth B180 of our French reseller CIMIS. Be sure to visit the booths of French resellers CIMIS (B180) and/or CECIAA (B174) for demonstrations of our current and upcoming products for people with physical, language, speech and vision impairments. Booth visitors can also get a special 10% promotional discount coupon for some of the AssistiveWare products.

CSUN 2006, March 20 - 25, 2006, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's CSUN Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the booth of our North American distributor, Origin Instruments (booths 527 & 528 in the Pacific Ballroom at the Hilton) or join him for one or more of the sessions below:

* Introduction session - AssistiveWare Suite, Access and AAC Solutions for Mac OS X: Part I Introduction (Session ID: C06G2877). Thursday, March 23 at 8:00 am - 9:00 am (Carmel - Hilton)

* Lab session - AssistiveWare Suite, Access and AAC Solutions For Mac OS X: Part 2 In-Depth Lab (Session ID: C06G2943). Thursday, March 23 at 9:20 am - 11:40 am (Carmel - Hilton)

ATIA 2006, January 18 - 21, 2006, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's ATIA Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the Origin Instruments booth (our North American distributor) or join him for one or more of the sessions.

I309: High-end creativity on Mac OS X with switch or head-pointer. Thursday, Jan 19, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Curacao 7)

V941: Access and Utilization of Apple Macintosh for People with Disabilities. Friday, Jan 20, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Curacao 4)

Closing The Gap 2005, October 18 - 22, 2005, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's Closing The Gap Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the Origin Instruments booth (our North American distributor) or join him for one or more of the sessions.

Pre-conference session: A full day training packed with information and fun on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (8:00 am to 4:30 pm): PC-23 "Mac OS X Solutions for People with Physical, Speech and Vision Impairments". The session will be presented by David Niemeijer (AssistiveWare), Mike Phillips (switch user and game expert), Dale Gardner Fox (Hampshire Educational Collaborative), and Mel Dashner (Origin Instruments Corporation).

Regular session: Accessing Mac OS X: An Introduction to KeyStrokes, SwitchXS, LayoutKitchen, and Proloquo. Thursday, Oct 20 2:00 pm -3:00 pm (Fontainebleau, Sofitel)

Lab session: Speech, AAC, and Access on Mac OS X: In-depth Exploration of Proloquo, SwitchXS, and KeyStrokes. Friday, Oct 21 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm (Salons 1 & 2 Sofitel Mac Lab)

Apple Expo 2005, Paris, France

AssistiveWare will show its assisitive technology products in the Education Solutions Centre of the Apple Expo (Paris, 20 - 24 September).

CSUN, March 16 - 19, 2005, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's CSUN "Technology and Persons with Disabilities" Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the Origin Instruments (our North American distributor) booth #139 in the Hilton or join him for one or more of the sessions listed below:

* Mac Lab: Access Mac OS X: In-Depth Exploration Of On-Screen Keyboards And Switch-Access (Session ID: C05G2120). Wednesday, March 16 at 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm (Carmel - Hilton)

* User-Driven Development Of SwitchXS, Scanning Onscreen Keyboard for Mac OS X (Session ID: C05G2143). Friday, March 18 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (Century A/B - Hilton)

* Mac Lab: Speech-Feedback And AAC On Mac OS X: In-Depth Exploration of Proloquo (Session ID: C05G2119). Saturday, March 19 at 10:40 am - 1:00 pm (Carmel - Hilton)

Mike Phillips will also do a session on gaming and SwitchXS that you should not miss:

* Function Follows Fun: How Games Helped Me To Develop My Switch Skills (Session ID: C05G2233). Thursday, March 17 at 4:10 pm - 5:10 pm (Century A/B - Hilton)

Closing The Gap, October 21 - 23, 2004, United States

David Niemeijer, our lead developer and CTO will participate in this year's Closing The Gap Conference. If you would like to meet him come to the Origin Instruments booth (our North American distributor) or join him for one or more of the sessions listed below:

* Mac Lab: In-depth exploration of on-screen keyboards, switch access and speech solutions. Thursday, Oct 21 11:00 am - 1:30 pm (Salons 1 & 2 Sofitel Mac Lab)

* Getting the most out of word prediction: optimizing word prediction for different needs. Friday, Oct 22 12:30-1:30 pm (Atrium 6 Sheraton)

* Accessing Mac OS X: an introduction to KeyStrokes, SwitchXS and Proloquo. Saturday, Oct 23 9:30-10:30 am (Bloomington Sheraton)

Apple Expo Europe 2004, Paris, France

AssistiveWare will show a number of upcoming assisitive technology product releases in the Education Solutions Centre of the Apple Expo (Paris, 31 August - 4 September). New versions will be shown of KeyStrokes^® on-screen keyboard, SwitchXS ^® switch access solution and a completely new, multilingual speech product called Proloquo^®. KeyStrokes 3.2, SwitchXS 1.6 and Proloquo 1.0 are expected to be released in October.

You are also invited to our two sessions in the Education Solutions Classroom: On Wednesday, September 1 (17:00-17:45) and Thursday, September 2 (17:00-17:45).

Le salon éducation, Namur, Belgium

On 16 and 17 October Niemeijer Consult will be present in the Apple booth at Le salon éducation (Namur, Belgium). At this occasion you will be able to discuss your needs and share your thoughts with David Niemeijer, the main developer of KeyStrokes and SwitchXS. You will also be able to get a personal demonstration of these products.

Apple Expo Europe 2003 events and activities

Niemeijer Consult will participate in the special events for the European Year of People with Disabilities that Apple has organized for this year's Apple Expo Europe (Paris, 16-20 September).

Session: On Wednesday, September 17 (15:00-16:00, European Room, Hall 4) there will be a special session "Accessibility and information society" in which Expo visitors will be able to see how technology can provide people with mental or physical impairments access to information and resources any other citizen has access to. This session will include demos of our KeyStrokes^® on-screen keyboard and our SwitchXS^® switch-access solutions for Mac OS X. Simultaneous translation into French and English will be available for the session.

You are also invited to our two sessions in the Education Solutions theater: On Tuesday, September 16 (17:30-18:00) and Saturday, September 20 (16:45-17:15).

Stand: Niemeijer Consult will be located at the special Accessibility section of the Education Solutions Center. Here you can be one of the first to try-out forthcoming SwitchXS 1.1, which will add support for multiple-switches (and will be the first of a number of free updates). Together with Elan Speech we will also be showing a technology demo of our KeyStrokes 3 on-screen keyboard using Elan's Text-to-Speech for a number of European languages. What is more, you will be able to discuss your needs and share your thoughts with David Niemeijer, the main developer of KeyStrokes and SwitchXS.

iChat: Assistive Technology is all about allowing people with disabilities to communicate and be part of society. Niemeijer Consult will be making use of Apple's most recent technological innovations, namely iChat AV and iSight, to allow Expo visitors to have live chats with KeyStrokes and SwitchXS users from around the globe and learn from their experiences. At the same time, those people unable to come to the Apple Expo can join us for live chats with the main developer of KeyStrokes and SwitchXS. This is the occasion to share thoughts, experiences and make your needs known! Tune into assistiveware@mac.com with your copy of iChat or iChat AV (for text, audio or video chats) during the Apple Expo days (Sept 16-20; Europe: 10:00-19:00 CEST; US: 4:00-13:00 EDT; Australia: 19:00-4:00 EDT). We might not be in front of the computer all the time so if you do not "find" us, please try again a little later. You might also want to look here for the latest news.

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