9:00 to 10: 00: Mike May: Orientation Technology: Location based technologies and services; GPS

10:15 to 12:00: Panel: Expert blind travelers and their views on wayfinding technology; Mike May moderator; Josh Miele, Lori Miller, Dan Kish, Jerry Kuns

12:00 to 1:15: Lunch on your own

1:15 to 2:00: Dan Kish: Vision Substitution (wearable computers); Kaspa and the Sound Flash

2:15 to 5:00: Hands-on experience with wayfinding technologies and or demonstrations. This includes: location based technologies (GPS), Vision substitution systems (SoundFlash, Kaspa), obstacle detectors (Miniguide)

9:00 to 10:15: Medical Advances (silicon implants) impacting wayfinding: Artificial Vision and biotechnology overview; Dr.Ione Fine (Second Sight Research Scientist).

10:15 to11:45: Medical perspectives; questions and answers about the video and about retinal and cortical implants

Lunch at 12:00: If you are attending the CAOMs conference and have paid the fees, lunch is included in your payment. If you wish to stay for lunch and hear the CAOMs keynote speaker, you must include an additional $20.00 with the IIBN registration fee.

Registration and payment for the "Advances in Wayfinding Technology" Southwest Regional Seminar should be sent to :
The Institute for Innovative Blind Navigation:
attention: Doug Baldwin
Millet Learning Center
3660 Southfield Drive
Saginaw, Michigan 48601
Millet Center Phone: 989-777-2520

Make checks payable to The Institute for Innovative Blind Navigation

ACVREP Certification credit for attendance will be provided.

The seminar will be held at the Monterey Beach Resort (Best Western), Monterey California. The California O&M Conference (CAOMs) starts concurrently with the IIBN Saturday, November 8th sessions. Check the Monterey Beach website or call the hotel at 831-394-3321.

O& M specialist Ed Piotrowski is the IIBN project coordinator for this seminar. Ed can be reached at 1-989-667-3240 at the Bay Arenac School System in Michigan, or at his home number 989-662-4467. His email address is: epitski@hotmail.com

Principle Organizer for the CAOMs conference is David Torgers. David can be reached through email at dtorgers@tcde.tehama.k12.ca.us, or by phone at 530-529-5077. Registration and fee payment for the CAOMs conference is separate from the IIBN Regional Seminar. Contact David for details about the CAOMs conference.

November 7th will be an all day session sponsored by IIBN. The Saturday session will be in the morning and will be concurrent with the California Orientation and Mobility conference. The cost of the IIBN Southwest Regional Technology Seminar is separate from the cost of the CAOMs conference. The IIBN registration fee is $35.00.

The audience can provide feedback directly after the conference (this is welcome) or they can email comments to Doug (baldwind@svol.org). Please fill out the evaluation form