Autism Speaks, Science, Latest Research, Innovative Technology for Autism Initiative


		Interaction Design Conference 2008 Last May, 2008, ITA's Autism Speaks group Co-sponsored the International Interaction Design Conference (IDC) in Chicago, hosted by grantee, Justine Cassell and her lab at Northwestern. We sponsored a special day workshop at the 2008 IDC: "Designing for Children with Special Needs". Papers and posters from IDC '08 are available here.

		IMFAR 2009 May 7-9, 2009 Chicago www.autism-insar.org With support from the Autism Speaks Innovative Technology for Autism (ITA) Initiative, INSAR is pleased to announce a technology & autism poster/demo session at IMFAR 2009 that will focus on innovative uses of technology in autism research and therapy, and will enable presenters to demonstrate their work interactively. More here: "Innovative Technologies for Understanding and Supporting Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders"

		Schools Moving Up Webinar May 27, 2009 Webinar will cover students with autism in their use of the interactive white board. More info here.

		Designing for Users with Cognitive Disabilities Workshop (during HCIL 09 conference) May 29, 2009 (http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/soh/tutorials-workshops.shtml#W3) Contact: Sarah Wayland (swayland@casl.umd.edu) and Katharina Boser (kboser@gmail.com) for more information To apply, send a brief description of your background and reasons for interest in the workshop (no more than 300 words) to Sarah Wayland at: swayland@casl.umd.edu. Please include: Author name, Affiliation, Contact information, and Presentation Title. Deadline for submission is April 20; authors will be notified of acceptance by May 9, 2009.

		Interaction Design 101: Three-Day Immersion Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini Three-Day Tutorial http://www.nngroup.com/events/tutorials/interaction.html

		Interaction Design conference: IDC 2009 June 3-4, 2009 We are happy to announce that IDC 2009 will be held in the gorgeous Lake Como region of Italy, and will be hosted by the Politecnico di Milano http://www.idc09.polimi.it As in previous years, IDC 2009 would like to invite researchers to address the wide diversification of technology for young people, from computers to mobile phones to any form of "smart" interactive device, and to consider the requirements of different profiles, in terms of age (from very young children to adolescents) and of psychological, social, or physical needs. The program will include full-day and half day workshops, invited talks by prestigious speakers, panels, papers sessions, posters and demos sessions. Social events will complement the scientific program and will be a chance for participants to meet and discuss in the context of a gorgeous informal setting, and to build future collaborations. This conference builds on the successes and high standards of the previous IDC conferences (IDC 2008 in Chicago, US, IDC 2007 in Aalborg, Denmark, IDC 2006 in Tampere, Finland, IDC 2005 in Boulder, USA, IDC 2004 in Maryland, USA, IDC 2003 in Preston, UK and IDC 2002 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands). For any information about IDC 2009, please contact idc09.info@polimi.it.

		18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication September 27 - October 2, 2009 Toyama International Conference Center, Japan More info: ROMAN 2009

		Eleventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility www.sigaccess.org/assets09 Pittsburgh, PA October 26-28, 2009 Pittsburgh, PA, USA The ASSETS conference explores the use of computing and information technologies to help persons with disabilities and older adults. ASSETS is the premier forum for presenting innovative research on the design and use of both mainstream and specialized assistive technologies. This includes the use of technology by and in support of: individuals with hearing, sight and other sensory impairments individuals with motor impairments individuals with memory, learning and cognitive impairments individuals with multiple impairments older adults professionals who work with these populations

		11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing September 30 - October 3, 2009 Orlando Florida www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp2009 Ubicomp is the premier outlet for novel research contributions that advance the state of the art in the design, development, deployment, evaluation and understanding of ubiquitous computing systems. Ubicomp is an interdisciplinary field of research and development that utilizes and integrates pervasive, wireless, embedded, wearable and/or mobile technologies to bridge the gaps between the digital and physical worlds.