The 8th Annual Coleman Institute Conference on
Cognitive Disability and Technology
Thursday, October 16, 2008
St. Julien Hotel
Boulder, Colorado
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | WELCOMING REMARKS by David Braddock, PhD Associate Vice President, University of Colorado System and Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities |
| 8:45 a.m. | DISTINGUISHED KEYNOTE SPEAKER WILLIAM T. “BILL” COLEMAN III Founder and CEO, Cassatt, Inc. Founding Donor, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities Augmented Reality: A Cyber-future Where Our Abilities Transcend Our Disabilities View associated powerpoint presentation, The Information Age: At the Inflection Point [ppt, 1274k] |
| 9:45 a.m. | POSTER SESSION Selected interdisciplinary research projects involving CU faculty, graduate students, academic and commercial partners, and exhibitors will be highlighted in this highly interactive session. |
| 10:45 a.m. | CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SMART HOME AND PERSONAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES Moderator: DAN DAVIES Panelists: RODNEY BELL JEFF DARLING DUANE TEMPEL GREG WELLEMS
Director, Innovation Program |
| 12:00 p.m | Continuing Poster Session and Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | HEALTH PROMOTION, TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES HOLLY WYATT, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes; National Program Director for the Centers for Obesity Research and Education; Medical Director of The Center for Human Nutrition’s Weight Management Program The Importance of Lifestyle Change in Health Promotion: Preventing Obesity and Diabetes [ppt, 2700k] JAMES RIMMER, PhD Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Disability and Human Development; Director, Center on Health Promotion Research for Persons with Disabilities; Director, National Center on Physical Activity and Disability |
| 2:30 p.m. | POLICY DIRECTIONS FOR COGNITIVE ACCESSIBILITY ON THE WEB Moderator: CLAYTON LEWIS, PhD Panelists: MIKE PACIELLO PAUL TIMMERS, PhD CYNTHIA WADDELL, JD SCOT WEERES CAMERON WILSON Respondent: Bill Coleman |
| 3:45 p.m. | Stretch Break |
| 4:00 p.m. | COLEMAN INSTITUTE-SUPPORTED ADVANCES IN BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY RELATED TO COGNITIVE DISABILITIES Introductions by CLAUDIA COLEMAN Founding Donor, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities DANIEL ABRAMS, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Resident in Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine; and Founder, President and CEO, Sierra Neuropharmaceuticals, Inc. Presentation [pdf, 56k] CURT FREED, MD Head, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Toxicology, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine KAREN NEWELL, PhD Associate Professor and Markert Endowed Chair of Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and Chief Scientific Director, CU Institute of Bioenergetics |
| 5:00 p.m. | CLOSING REMARKS by DAVID BRADDOCK and SPECIAL GUESTS
RENEE PIETRANGELO, CEO, ANCOR, American Network of Community Options and Resources BRUCE BENSON, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SYSTEM |
| 5:30 p.m. | RECEPTION SPONSORED BY ANCOR AND FINAL POSTER SESSION |
| 6:45 p.m. | DINNER and DISTINGUISHED DINNER SPEAKER
MICHAEL BÉRUBÉ, PhD Paterno Family Professor in English Literature and Science, Technology and Society at Pennsylvania State University and author of Life as We Know It
Life As Jamie
Knows It The dinner address is in honor of the Sie and Whitten families and their leadership for pioneering research on Down syndrome |
