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Appendix B: Conferences

Year     Place Held                                                                        Attendance

1952     Bussum, The Netherlands                                                    200
            Theme: "The Needs of Blind Youth in Education"

1957    Oslo, Norway                                                                     237+

1962    Hanover, Germany                                                             280 (approx.)
            Theme: "The Development of International Co-operation
            To meet Educational Needs in Emergent Countries and 
            the Means by Which These Needs Can Be Best Met"

1967    Watertown, Mass. USA                                                     277
            Theme: "Latest Techniques of Teaching Certain Subjects"

1972    Madrid, Spain                                                                     487
            Theme: "New Subjects, New Methods and New Pupils
            in the Education of the Visually Handicapped"

1977    Paris, France                                                                        552
            Theme: "Adapting Programs to Meet Individual
            Differences of Visually Handicapped Children and Youth"

1982    Nairobi, Kenya
            Theme: "Bridges from Here to There"
            Note: This conference did not fully take place but the
            proceedings were published and included were
            papers that were or would have been given.

1987    Würzburg, Germany                                                         479
            Theme: "Learning to live"

1992    Bangkok, Thailand                                                             540+
            Theme: "Working Together in the Decade of the 90s:
            Strategies to Advance Equal Opportunities for
            Children and Youth with Visual Handicaps"

1997    São Paulo, Brazil                                                             657
            Theme: "Stepping Forward Together: Families and
            Professionals as Partners in Achieving Education for All"

Note: Proceedings from all the international conferences, except the 1997 in São Paulo, Brazil, have been published in print. The 1997 proceedings are available on disk and can also be read on the ICEVI website.

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