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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>REGISTER NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>*** Ten days remaining to get the early bird registration rates *** <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>Contemporary Issues in Rehabilitation and Education </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>For the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>16<sup>th</sup> ANNUAL REHABILITATION </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>Rosen Shingle Creek Resort</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'> 9939 Universal Boulevard<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'> Orlando, Florida 32819-9357<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>(866) 996-6338</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>Monday, July 10, 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'></span><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>8:30 am - 7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Come and join us! Once again, this year’s conference will be action packed with a variety of new speakers, topics, and hands-on events.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Schedule:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> 7:30 - 8:30 am—Registration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> 8:30 am—Conference Begins<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>2:00 - 5:00— Interactive Breakout Sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> 5:00 - 7:00 pm—NBPCB Awards Reception<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Click here to register:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=325" target="_blank">https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=325</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Registration Fee includes the NBPCB Awards Reception:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Cost: Before June 15 — $85 for professionals; $75 for Students. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> After June 15 — $100 for both students and professionals <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>The National Certification in Unified English Braille (NCUEB) Exam will be offered from 1:00—5:00 concurrent with this conference. Separate registration is required to take the exam. <a href="https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=331">See this link to register for NCUEB</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Those certified through the NBPCB may register using their username and password. All other participants should register as a guest. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>For questions or special arrangements, contact Edward Bell at 318-257-4554, or ebell@latech.edu. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Sponsors: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>National Blindness Professional Certification Board (NBPCB) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Professional Development & Research Institute on Blindness (PDRIB)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>National Organization of Professionals in Blindness Education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Director, Professional Development and Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Institute on Blindness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>210 Woodard Hall <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>PO Box 3158<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Ruston LA 71272<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu"><span style='color:blue'>ebell@latech.edu</span></a> <a href="http://www.pdrib.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.pdrib.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>**************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>-- Stephen Jay Gould<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>