CONFERENCE Final AGENDA
AUGUST 25-28, 2011
Thursday Aug 25
Early Registration: 5:00-8:00PM Atrium 2
Hospitality Room open: 7:00-11:00PM Presidential Suite
Friday Aug 26, 2011
8:00 Am – 8:00 PM Registration Atrium 2
9:00 AM – 12:00 noon Pre-convention Board Meeting: Chennault
1:00 – 8:00 PM Exhibits: Wildflower and Longhorn and Atrium 1
1:00 – 7:30 PM Hospitality Suite 424
1:00 – 2:00 PM: Advocacy Committee Meeting: Del Valle
3:00 – 4:30 PM Braille Revival League of Texas: Program: Chennault
4:30 – 6:00 PM Gidedog Users of Texas: Business Meeting: Del Valle
7:30 – 11:00 PM evening activity TBD
Saturday Aug 27, 2011
7:00 – 8:45 AM Guidedog Users Breakfast: Del Valle
9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Exhibits: Wildflower and Longhorn and Atrium 1
9:00 – 10:30 AM Braille Revival League of Texas Business Meeting: Violet Crown
10:30 – 12:00 noon: Library Users of Texas Business Meeting: Violet Crown
12:15 – 1:30 PM Lunch:
Invocation: Ann Foxworth
National Anthem: Shelley McMullen
Marlaina Leiberg ACB national Representative: Bergstrom Ballroom
1:30 – 1:45 PM Break
1:45 – 3:15 PM Technology Users Group Meeting: Violet Crown
1:45 – 3:15 PM Transportation In Texas: Workshop: Goldenrod
1:45 – 3:15 PM Self-Defense Overview Mark Mellonson: Live Oak
1:45 — 3:15 PM One Voice Can Make A Difference: Marlaina Leiberg (National representative ACB): Mountain Laurel
1:45 – 3:15 PM ACB’s Comments to Department of Justice on website Accessibility, Video Description, and Equipment: Paul Edwards (ACB’s chair of Board of Publications): Lantana
1:45 – 3:15 PM Sleep Study Overview/Questions and Answers (Vanda Pharmaceutical Representative): Del Valle
1:45 – 3:15 PM Managing Diabetes (Lisa Golden, Diabetes Educator Division For Blind Services and Genie Bennavides, Diabetes Educator Consultant Division For Blind Services): Chennault
3:15 3:30 Pm Break
3:30 – 5:00 PM: Downloadable Games With Notetakers (Paul Edwards, President Florida Council of the Blind): Violet Crown
3:30 – 5:00 PM Audio Description Overview (Lynn Johnson, Representative Very Special Arts): Goldenrod
3:30 – 5:00 PM:Self-Defense Practical Application Mark Mellonson: Del Valle
3:30 – 5:00 PM IPhone apps (Marlaina Leiberg, national representative ACB): Mountain Laurel
3:30 – 5:00 PM Water Aerobics (Ellen Bomer, (water aerobics instructor of persons who are blind): Pool
5:00 – 5:15 PM Break
5:15 – 6:15 PM Candidates Forum: Chennault
6:45 – 7:15 PM Pre-banquet Entertainment
7:15 – 8:45 PM Banquet
Invocation: Reverend, Michael E. Garrett: New Faith Baptist Church, Houston, Texas
(Banquet Speakr Ellen Bomer author of “Miss Gloria”): Ballroom
8:45 – 10:45 PM Auction: Ballroom
Sunday Aug 28, 2011
7:00 – 8:30 AM Scholarship and Awards Breakfast: Ballroom
8:30 – 9:00 AM Discussion with Barbara J. Madrigal Assistant Deputy Commissioner Division For Blind Services, Austin, Texas: Ballroom
9:00 – 9:30 AM Susan Merrick: AT&T Representative: Explain partnership Between AT&T and T-Mobile: Ballroom
9:00 — 12:00 Noon: Business Meeting and Elections: Ballroom
12:30 – 2:30 PM Post-convention Board meeting: Chennault