The 12th World
Conference of ICEVI will be held from 16 to 21 July 2006 at the Putra
World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ICEVI extends its thanks to
The Malaysian Association for the Blind who will be the host organisation
for the conference. We are delighted that Dr. Heather Mason, the Chair
of the Program Committee for the memorable Golden Jubilee Conference in
the Netherlands has again agreed to be the Chairperson of the Program
Committee of the 12th World Conference. The members of the Program Committee
are:
1. Dr. Heather Mason, Chairman, Program Committee
2. Lawrence F. Campbell, President – ICEVI,
3. Jill Keeffe, Regional Chairperson, ICEVI Pacific
Region, Australia
4. Lucia Piccione, Regional Chairperson, Latin
America, Argentina
5. Henoch Schoeman, Deputy Regional Chairperson,
ICEVI Africa Region, South Africa.
6. Prof. Ismail Md. Salleh, President, Malaysian
Association for the Blind
7. Liew Yoon Loy, Vice-President, Malaysian Association
for the Blind
8. M.N.G. Mani, Secretary General, ICEVI
The Programme Committee met in October 2003 and discussed various issues
related to the conduct of the conference. The overall theme of the conference
is “Achieving Equality in Education: New Challenges
and Strategies for Change”. Details of the Conference will
be made in the first announcement which will be out soon.
