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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have attached the full agenda, including presentation abstracts, for the 2024 Science and Engineering Division meeting of the NFB to this message. Below you will find a summary of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>2024 Agenda For The Science and Engineering Division of the National Federation of the Blind Annual Meeting<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>6:30 PM July 5, 2024, </b>Room <b>Salon 11, The Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida
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<p class="MsoNormal">To either become a registered member of the Science and Engineering division, or to renew your membership, go to "<a href="https://www.nfb.org/divisiondues">https://www.nfb.org/divisiondues</a>". The dues are $5 a year per person.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><a name="_Hlk75760039"><span style="color:black">6:30 Registration
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"><span style="color:black">7:00 Call to order - John Miller<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"><span style="color:black">7:01 Experiences With The Orbit Research Graphiti Interactive Tablet Display - John Miller<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"><span style="color:black">7:15 Developments At Orbit Research - Venkatesh Chari<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"><span style="color:black">7:30 From the Classroom to Research: Effective Non-Visual Methods for Engineering Students - Gene Kim<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"><span style="color:black">7:45 Eclipse Soundscapes: The Doing of NASA Science in an Accessible Way - MaryKay Severino and Trae Winter
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"><span style="color:black">8:15 Making Space Science Accessible with the Cadence Tactile Graphics Tablet – Dave Schleppenbach
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"><span style="color:black">8:30 Empowering The Blind Community Through Systems Engineering And Model-Based Languages - Sarah Scheithauer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"><span style="color:black">9:00 Modeling Carbon Burial in Ocean Sediments - Jennifer Doran<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039">9:15 Business Meeting
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"> Secretary's Report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"> Treasurer's Report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"> Division Pledges:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"> The Jacobus tenBroek Memorial Fund supports the NFB center in Baltimore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"> The White Cane Fund: These dollars go directly to the general treasury of the Federation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"> The Kenneth Jernigan Fund: The proceeds from this fund are used to bring a number of
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"> attendees to their first national convention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"> Elections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"> Scholarship Pledges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"><span style="color:black">10:00 Adjourn.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039">For any questions, please contact John Miller at
</span><a href="mailto:johnmillerphd@hotmail.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039">johnmillerphd@hotmail.com</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75760039">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Louis Maher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Phone: 713-444-7838<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Email: <a href="mailto:ljmaher03@outlook.com">
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