ISAAC BIENNIAL CONFERENCE – 2014 We are Lisbon! CONTENTS . Invitation and Letter of Intent - SCITEVENTS . Conference Organization . Conference Management Company . Preliminary Conference Program . The City . Transportation . Conference Facilities - Meeting Rooms We are - Technical Facilities - Catering Culture! . Accommodation . Social Events . Budget . Contact Details Annex I A : Recommendation Letter by Seville University Annex I B : Recommendation Letter by Angers University Annex I C : Recommendation Letter by Wroclaw University Annex I D : Recommendation Letter by Paris-EST Créteil (UPEC) University Annex I E : Recommendation Letter by Barceló Hotel Annex I F : Recommendation Letter by Meliã Hotel Annex II A : Lisbon Congress Center Accessibility Checklist Annex II B : Hotel Accessibility Checklist INVITATION & LETTER OF INTENT - SCITEVENTS To ISAAC International Office, We are very excited that you have chosen Lisbon as the location for the ISAAC 2014 and would hereby like to offer our services as your logistic and hospitality partner in Portugal. With a team consisting of about 30 highly qualified members and having successfully organized over 250 international meetings in Portugal and abroad, we believe that SCITEVENTS is your ideal partner for the organization of ISAAC 2014 in Lisbon. Adding to its vast international experience, SCITEVENTS has all the advantages of working from Lisbon, which guar- antees we are able to provide all kinds of services, leveraging our flexibility and efficiency with the help of deep local knowledge and an extensive contact network. The goal of our work is to guarantee that organizers of scientific events are able to concentrate on gathering inspiration for future research, enjoying the event and taking full advantage of the networking opportunities it entails. As such, we spare no efforts in the organization of every event and work with our large network of partners, includ- ing local hotels and venues with whom we have long-standing business relationships, to provide the best possible supporting services. Moreover, we remain flexible throughout the entire project and our team, including your dedicated project manager, remain open to new requirements and challenges in all planning and execution phases, which we believe is espe- cially important in events of this dimension, particularly if they include catering to the needs of attendees with special needs. We hope that the enclosed offer leaves no doubt of our strong commitment to making ISAAC 2014 a success. Please do not hesitate in contacting us should you have any questions, additional requirements or details you would like to have clarified. We would be delighted should you choose to work with us in this venture and will be looking forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, General SCITEVENTS Director CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION ISAAC CONFERENCE 2014 CO-CHAIRS LUIS AZEVEDO MARIA MARGARIDA RAMALHO TALONE NUNES DA PONTE . PhD in Informatics (Thesis in Rehabilitation Engineering), University of the . MPhil (Master of Philosophy) in Special Education, Open University and West- Basque Country, Spain. minster College, Oxford, England , 1997. Master of Science – Biomedical/Rehabilitation Engineering – University of Dun- . Kindergarten and Preschool teacher at the Centre for Cerebral Palsied Chil- dee, Scotland, United Kingdom. dren, Lisbon, Portugal, since 1980, where she is currently the coordinator of . Professional Engineer – Technical University of Lisbon – Portugal the UTAAC Unit for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technologies. Researcher at the Technical University of Lisbon, Centre for Analysis and Signal . Invited Professor, Lusofona University, Lisbon Portugal, since 2002, teaching Processing, in the area of Assistive Technology for Augmentative Augmentative Communication in MSc courses on Special Education for Teachers. Communication. Has given courses at the Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain, the Univer- . Director of ANDITEC, a Portuguese company specialized in Assistive Technology. sity of Quito, Ecuador, the Pedagogical National University of Bogota, Colombia, . Professor of the “Faculty of Human Motricity”, Technical University of Lisbon, the University of Cartagena, Colombia, and the University of Magalhaes, Punta area of Assistive Technology. Arena, Chile. PEDRO ENCARNAÇÃO ISABEL AMARAL . Received the ‘Licenciatura’ degree in 1994, the M.Sc. degree in 1998, and . PhD in Psychology, Area Development and Education. Faculty of Psychology the Ph.D. degree in 2002, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the and Educational Sciences, University of Porto. Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal. Master of Education, in Curriculum Development and Administration. Speciali- . Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the Catholic University of zation in the education of deafblind children and children with multiple disabilities, Portugal. Boston College, Boston, USA. Research Affiliate of the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Canada. Diploma in SpeechTherapy – Escola de Reabilitação – Alcoitão, Portugal. Served as Associate Dean (Finance, Personnel, Postgraduate studies) of the . Visiting Professor at the following universities: Zagreb, Croatia; Ljubljana, Slo- Faculty of Engineering, Catholic University of Portugal, from 2002 to 2008. venia; HogeschoolZuid, Holland; Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil; Uni- . Current research interests include Rehabilitation Engineering, namely the use of versity of Yerevan, Armenia. robots for pediatric rehabilitation, and nonlinear control of autonomous vehicles. Consultant to the Perkins International Program, Perkins School for the Blind, Boston, USA. CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT COMPANY YOUR DEDICATED PROJECT TEAM WILL BE LEAD BY: PROJECT MANAGER Mónica Saramago - General Director, SCITEVENTS, Portugal Mónica Saramago started her career at INSTICC, an international scientific institute, and joined SCITEVENTS as a General Director in 2010. She has been involved in conference planning since 2003, having been responsible for the organization of over 250 conferences, congresses and meetings in this period. An engineer by training, she has also pursued studies in man- agement and was awarded a Cambridge First Certificate in English in 2001. ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER Rita Dantas SCITEVENTS, Portugal Rita Dantas has joined SCITEVENTS in 2012 after six years working for the German Helios Media Group, where she was in charge of corporate com- munication and the organization of international events. Before this, she had worked for Siltra, a Destination Management Company. She has lived and studied in four different countries and is fluent in English and German. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Digital Media, a joint program by the University of Austin and the New University of Lisbon. PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM Preconference Workshops Main Conference Research Symposium July 21, 2014 July 22, 2014 July 23, 2014 July 24, 2014 July 25, 2014 July 26, 2014 July 27, 2014 July 28, 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 8:00 BUILD meeting ISAAC at 8:00 AM - 9:00 Registration Registration Publication Registration Registration Chapter Opens Opens Committees Opens Opens Friends of ISAAC at 8:00 AM Presidents at 8:00 AM at 8:00 AM - 9:00 at 8:00 AM at 8:00 AM at 8:00 AM - 9:00 at 8:00 AM - 9:00 AAC Journal Meeting (CEs) 8:30 at 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 9:00 LEAD READ Opening Ceremony 9:30 Committee ISAAC Meeting TDB 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Membership 10:00 Meeting Meeting TDB 10:30 Able Net/ISAAC 11:00 Chapter Remarkable Meetings TDB Achievement 11:30 POSSUM Awards TDB 12:00 ISAAC Aspiration Award TDB 12:30 ISAAC 2014 9:00 AM // 4:30 PM Meeting TDB 1:00 Pre conference Workshops International AAC AAC Camp 1:30 Awareness Research Symposium Leadership Workshop 9:00 AM // 7:00 PM 9:00 AM // 7:00 PM 2:00 10:30 PM // 5:45 AM Month 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM ISAAC Executive Council WORDS+ Aspiration 9:00 AM // 7:00 PM Presentation TDB 2:30 /ISAAC Educational & PWU AAC Exhibitions Scientific Sessions 3:00 Consumer Lecture TDB 3:30 Educational & PWU AAC Exhibitions Educational & PWU AAC Exhibitions Educational & PWU AAC Exhibitions Scientific Sessions Scientific Sessions 4:00 Scientific Sessions LEGEND: PM 4:30 5:00 Pre & Post Conference Awards & Closing Ceremony 5:30 Exhibitions 4:35 PM - 5:35 PM Welcome Reception Registration 6:00 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM Open Sessions 6:30 Invite-only Sessions 7:00 Scientific Sessions Receptions 7:30 Opening & Closing Ceremonies 8:00 8:30 TDB: Time to be determined for awards and sessions. 9:00 President’s Reception Local Party 9:30 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM ? PM - 10:00 PM Exhibition Hall: Time for unopposed sessions yet to be identified. 10:00 We are Lisbon! THE CITY LISBON A PLACE TO ENJOY & LEARN Lisbon is known as the white city, thanks to its unique light. The luminous Close to the castle, in Graça, lies the church and monastery of São Vicente environment and the kind climate allow for marvelous walks through the old de Fora, one of the most imposing and notable religious monuments in the town. The city has a beauty that extends beyond its famed monuments, an city, built following a vow made by King Afonso Henriques to São Vicente atmosphere that is best experienced directly in its streets and alleys. during the siege of Lisbon. Strolling down from Graça to Santa Apolónia to explore the riverside neigh- The culture, architecture and people found in the city’s historical neighbor- borhood, it is impossible to miss the unique 16th