REGISTRATION 8:15 - 9:20 am
OPENING REMARKS 9:30 - 9:40 am
KEYNOTE: "Access Building" 9:40 - 10:20 am
PLENARY SESSION 1
POLICY AND PRACTICE 10:30 - 11:20 am
This session will address what the Federal, State, and City are and
are not doing to promote employment for job seekers with visual impairments.
This session will outline initiatives currently underway to begin to decrease
the 70% unemployment rate in this group.
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 11:30 am - 12:20 pm
LUNCH 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Access Builder Awards
recognizing exemplary employers delivered by
Matt Sapolin, Commissioner
Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
VENDOR SHOWCASE 1:30 - 2:10 pm
Vendors and agencies displaying services and products for visually
impaired people, such as
Touch Graphics, Inc.
Vis-Ability, Inc .
C TECH
Freedom Scientific
Independent Living Aids
Social Security Administration
Metropolitan Placement Consortium
PLENARY SESSION 2
EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONSHIP 2:20 - 3:10 pm
This session will feature a panel comprised of blind or visually impaired
employees and their managers speaking about the process by which
they developed an effective working partnership.
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (REPEATED) 3:20 - 4:10 pm
RECEPTION 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Conference
