Thursday, May 26, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Polytech’Nice Sophia, Lucioles site, 1645, route des Lucioles, 06410 Biot Sophia Antipolis. (10 km from Antibes and Cannes, 30 km from Nice)
For nine years, the DeViNT day has been dedicated to presenting information and communication technologies to benefit the visually impaired public. This event is primarily a special meeting place bringing together the visually impaired public, associations, scientists, and institutions. The goal is to inform the visually impaired public about advancements in new technologies and to allow them to express their real needs.
For several years, engineering students from Polytech Nice Sophia have been meeting with students from the Clément ADER institute and the Château school in Nice to develop software accessible to visually impaired students. The results of these projects are then presented and tested by all participants during the DeViNT day.
The ninth “Visually Impaired and New Technologies” day (DeViNT 2011) will be organized by Polytech Nice Sophia, the CNRS, the APEDV, the INRIA, and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.
The DeViNT 2011 day will particularly focus on Accessibility to Sciences.
Provisional Program:
8:30 a.m.: Participant reception
9:00 a.m.: Opening of the day
9:15 a.m.: Dorine in’t Veld, Bartimeus (NL), Accessibility of scientific studies in the Netherlands
Dominique Archambault, UPMC, The ICCHP summer university on Science accessibility
10:15 a.m.: Coffee Break – Visit the stands
10:30 a.m.: Estelle Blanquet, IUFM of Nice, Learning and teaching to teach Sciences.
Roundtable on Accessibility of studies and scientific professions
Anne-Marie Pinna Dery and Jean-Paul Stromboni, UNS, Presentation of DeViNT stands and projects
12:00 p.m.: Lunch Break, Visit the stands and demonstration of DeViNT projects by Polytech’Nice Sophia students
3:00 p.m.: Michel Bris, INS HEA, The Tact2Voice project
Marc Ollier, INS HEA, and Bruno Mascret, LIRIS, The NatBraille project
Laurent Vincent, INJA, The BDI project, Adapted Image Data Bank
4:15 p.m.: Coffee Break – Visit the stands
4:30 p.m.: Vincent Hayward, UPMC, Computer-controlled tactile rendering of graphic figures
5:00 p.m.: Jan Alexandersson, The I2Home project
5:30 p.m.: Presentation of the DeViNT Audience Award
6:00 p.m.: Closing Cocktail of the day
