[NABS-L] Announcement For A STEM Phone Conference

[Louis Maher]

Hello,

The Science and Engineering Division of the National Federation of the Blind and the National Association of Blind Students are presenting a joint phone conference on how blind professionals, and blind college and graduate students are succeeding in courses to do with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  The call-in number will be the NABS conference line 712-770-5197, Participant Access Code: 265669.  The call will occur at 8 PM EST through 9 PM EST on Sunday, February 23, 2020.

Topics will be of interest for blind students in middle school, high school, college and graduate school and professionals. Parents of blind school-aged children and educators are also welcome.

Currently, the scheduled speakers and topics are:

Cristian Bernareggi  Creating accessible PDF from LaTeX,

Alfred D'Agostino  Independence and Least Restrictive Learning Environment in the Undergraduate Science Course,

William Freeman  math in BrailleBlaster,

Doug Lee  Solving tech problems in unique ways, and

Ed Summers  non-visual access to quantitative analysis, statistics and data visualization.

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher03 at outlook.com<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com>

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