11th ICEVI World Conference and 50th Anniversary
New Visions: Moving Toward an Inclusive Society
27 July - 2 August 2002
Leeuwenhorst Congress Centre
Noordwijkerhout
The Netherlands
See www.icevi.org for latest information
Host Committee
As the chairperson of the Dutch Host Committee, I am pleased to invite you to participate in the 11th ICEVI World Conference, which will take place in the Leeuwenhorst Congress Centre, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.
This Conference will offer opportunities to meet each other, exchange experiences and information for those who are involved with raising, educating and rehabilitating children and young people with a visual impairment.
The theme of this Conference New Visions: Moving Toward an Inclusive Community lends itself learning through experiences elsewhere in the world.
The Host Committee expects many participants, especially because the ICEVI will celebrate its 50th Anniversary during this Conference.
The ICEVI was founded in 1952 in the Netherlands. In the last few years the ICEVI has been pro-active in stimulating international exchanges and through that contributing to the access of equal educational opportunity for people with visual impairment.
The Host Committee is doing its very best to organize a wonderful conference. However, much of that success will be related to your contributions as participant.
I am looking forward meeting you in July 2002 in Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.
Yours sincerely,
Hans
Welling
Chairperson
Dutch Host Committe
Programme Committee
On behalf of the Programme Committee for the ICEVI 11th World Conference, it is my pleasure to invite you to the conference.
The theme of the conference “New Visions: Moving Toward an Inclusive Community” has been chosen to promote an international exchange of ideas, research, practices and future trends. It will embrace the last decade of international policy on inclusion for all drawing upon such documents as UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNESCO’s Salamanca Statement and the Dakar Declaration.
The Programme Committee has sought high quality presentations in the form of:
Yours sincerely,
Heather
Mason
Chairperson
Programme Committee
Important Information
Venue
The conference will take place in the Leeuwenhorst Congress Centre, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.
The Leeuwenhorst is a worldclass congress centre with excellent meeting rooms, restaurants, recreation and hotel facilities. More detailed information about the centre and how to register will be given in the registration brochure, which will be send in November 2001.
Fee
The conference fee covers full participation, hotel-accommodation and breakfast, coffee/tea during breaks, lunches, dinners, social events and closing dinner. (only during conference days).
The early fee is approx. Euro 975 for 1 person (single room). If you share a double room the fee will be approx. Euro 925 per person.
More detailed information cab be found in the registration brochure.
Languages
The official language for the Conference will be English. All announcements, programmes, abstracts and conference proceedings will be in English.
Presentations may be held in English and Spanish.
Plenary Sessions: English with simultaneous translation into Spanish and vice versa.
Parallel sessions: English with Spanish translation in some sessions and vice versa.
Important dates
Conference Office
11th
ICEVI WorldConference 2002
c/o Van Namen & Westerlaken
Congress Organization Services
P.O. Box 1558
6501
BN Nijmegen
The
Netherlands
Tel: +31 24 323 44 71
Fax: +31 24 360 11 59
icevi2002@congres.net
Dutch Host Committee
Hans Welling, chairperson
c/o VISIO
Amersfoortsewg 180
1271 RR Huizen
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 35 698 5711
Fax: +33 35 693 8456
Peter Beijers
Henk van der Eijk
Herman Gresnigt
Johan Gerestein
Programme Committee:
Heather Mason (chairperson) • UK
Larry Campbell • USA
Ineke van Dijk • The Netherlands
Herman Gresnigt • The Netherlands
Lucia
Piccione • Argentina
Bhushan
Punani • India