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                          AAATE Conference '99
                         5th European Conference
                           for the Advancement
                         of Assistive Technology
                        November 1st to 4th, 1999
                             Deutschlandtag
                           November 5th, 1999
                         In connection with the
                         10th REHA international
                        November 3rd to 6th, 1999

       Assistive Technology on the Threshold of the New Millennium

                      Deadline for Paper Submission
                           January 18th, 1999

Patronage AAATE Conference '99
Dr. Martin Bangemann, Commissioner of the Commission of the European
Union
Patronage Deutschlandtag
Ilse Brusis, Minister of Employment, Social Affairs and Urban
Development, Culture and Sports

Scientific programme
Will consist of plenary and parallel sessions. Tutorials will be organised
during the pre-conference time. Workshops and scientific demonstrations will
be organised in conjunction with the conference. 


The programm will offer

    Pre-conference activities organised by AAATE's Special Interest Groups
    (SIG) ^BRehabilitation Robotics' and ^BEducation and Training' on October
    31st, 1999 

    A keynote address by Ilse Brusis, Minister of Employment, Social Affairsa
    and Urban Development, Culture and Sports of Northrhine-Westphalia 

    A keynote address by Magdalena Hoff, Vice-President of the European
    Parliament 

    A number of hands-on-sessions in relation to computer access, databases,
    Internet, software, .... etc.  

    An ICIDH II presentation by the WHO 

... and further presentations by leading invited speakers and free paper
contributors. 

A special day - Deutschlandtag - with presentations in German will complete
the scientific programme. 

Topics for Paper Submission

 1. Assistive Technology (AT) for Children
 2. AT for Older Adults
 3. AT for Activity of Daily Living Tasks
 4. AT for Education and Training
 5. AT in the Work Environment
 6. AT for Restoration and Enhancement of Functions
 7. AT for Support of Mobility
 8. Mainstreaming and Universal Design
 9. User Empowerment
10. Socio-Economic Evaluation
11. Issue of Human-Machine Interaction
12. Change of Social Systems and Service Delivery
13. Industrial Competitiveness and Technology Transfer
14. Education and Training in AT
15. Opportunity and Challenge on the Threshold of the New Millennium


Joint Programme
In line with the opportunity to combine two important events in the field of
assistive and rehabilitation technology, a joint programme of the AAATE
Conference '99 and the REHA international is planned for participants, e.g. 

    The registration fee for full registration and for accompanying persons
    includes free entrance to the REHA international for all exhibition days 

    Registered participants and accompanying persons have the opportunity to
    take part in the official opening of the REHA international on November
    3rd, 1999 

    Guided, thematic tours of the REHA international will be offered on
    November 3rd  and 4th, 1999 

    Special, thematic presentations and demonstrations of well-known
    exhibitors at REHA international 

    DEUTSCHLANDTAG with presentations and papers in German language take
    place in the REHA Forum on November 5th, 1999 


Further information and the 2nd announcement out now on the conference's web
site:

    http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/FTB/AAATE99/

or ask for the 2nd announcement of the AAATE Conference '99 at:

    sek@ftb-volmarstein.de


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