[nabs-l] NABS Agenda for Washington Seminar 2009

[Terri Rupp]

Falling in Love with NABS Seminar

National Association of Blind Students

Sunday February 8, 2009

Holiday Inn Capital

550 C. St. SW.

Washington DC


8:00AM-9:00AM  Registration $5.00


9:00AM-9:10AM  Terri Rupp, National Association of Blind Students President


9:10AM-9:25AM  Jesse Hartle, NFB Governmental Affairs Specialist


9:25AM-9:35AM  Allison Hilliker, www.bookshare.org


9:35AM-9:45AM  Mehgan Sidhu, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP.  Accessibility in
higher education and update on ITunes/ITunes U


9:45AM-9:55AM  Ruth C. Loew, Ph.D. - Office of Disability Policy, ETS


9:55AM-10:15AM  Braille Reading Between the Lines of Love - Panel on Braille
Readers.

Karen Anderson (Nebraska Association of Blind Students President), Nijat
Worley (Colorado Association of Blind Students 1st VP), Becky Booth (current
student at the Louisiana Center for the Blind)


10:15AM-10:35AM  They Call it Puppy Love - Panel on Bridging the Generation
Gap.

Anil Lewis (NFB of Georgia President, NFB Scholarship Committee Chair),
Isaiah Wilcox (Georgia Association of Blind Students President), David
Bouchard (a chapter president in high school).


10:35AM-11:00AM  The Business of Love - Panel on Employment.

Sean Whalen (working on the Obama team), JJ Meddaugh (NABS Secretary, how he
started his own business), Jonathan Lyens (NFB of CA Treasurer how he got to
work for the Mayer of San Francisco).


Breakout Sessions

11:00-11:45 Session 1

11:45-12:30 Session 2


12:30-2:00 LUNCH


2:00PM-2:30PM  The University of Love - Panel on Education

Arielle Silverman (NABS 1st VP), Yolanda Garcia (NABS Board Member), Corbb
O'Conner (Virginia Association of Blind Students President)


2:30PM-2:40PM  John Kelly, RFB&D


2:40PM-2:50PM  Mary Jo Thorp, NFB Youth Slam


2:50PM-3:00PM  Dr. Eddie Bell, Director of the Louisiana Tech Institute on
Blindness


3:00PM-3:15PM  Dr. Marc Maurer, National Federation of the Blind President


3:15PM-3:30PM  Roll Call of States


3:30PM  Adjourn



Breakout Sessions

11:00 -11:45  Session 1

NFB Training Centers – Pam Allen, Julie Deden, and Shawn Mayo

How-To Survive an Interview - Jen Kennedy, Lisamaria Martinez, and Allison
Hilliker

Blind Dating - Yolanda Garcia, JJ Meddaugh, and Joe Orozco

Technology and Techniques for Tough Classes - Arielle Silverman, BJ Sexton,
Matt McCubbin

How-to survive a new school/dorm/dining hall - Janice Jeang, Karen Anderson,
and Sean Whalen


11:45 – 12:30  Session 2

NFB Training Centers – Pam Allen, Julie Deden, and Shawn Mayo

How-To Survive an Interview - Yolanda Garcia, Sean Whalen, Jonathan Lyens

Blind Dating - Janice Jeang, BJ Sexton, Lisamaria Martinez

Technology and Techniques for Tough Classes - Arielle Silverman, JJ
Meddaugh, and Allison Hilliker

How-to survive a new school/dorm/dining hall - Jen Kennedy, Matt McCubbin,
and Cali Sandel

For more information on the National Association of Blind Students visit
www.nabslink.org.