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 Upcoming Conferences:
- October 2007: Closing the Gap, Bloomington, MN
- February 2008: ATIA, Assistive Technology Industry Association, Florida
Recent Conferences: 2004-2005
- October 2007: AAATE Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe, San Sebastian, Spain http://www.fatronik.com/aaate2007/english/index.php
Goodwin will be presenting a paper describing the development and current status of their independently accessible mounting and positioning technology.
- August 2007: PEC Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
Goodwin gave a presentation on “Accessible Outdoor Recreation” at the Pittsburgh Employment Conference for augmented communicators.
The topic this year was retirement and aging.
The presentation explored outdoor recreation and assistive
technologies to make it easier for everyone to explore the outdoors.
The Freedom tent was on display, and it was a hit, drawing many people inside its accessible vestibule.
Bruce Baker, a self-proclaimed non-camper and emcee, was so inspired by the talk he said he might
just step outside that day.
- August 2007: AAC Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
BlueSky Designs was invited to display its Freedom tent and the device mounts under development at the AAC Institute in Pittsburgh.
- June 2007: RESNA>, Phoenix, AZ
Goodwin presented a paper she and Emilie Sundberg coauthored entitled “Usability Testing of Repositionable and Customizable Locking Mounts with Rehabilitation Professionals”. Sundberg worked with BSD as part of her Master’s program at the University of Minnesota.
Sundberg assisted in developing and conducting usability tests involving user interfaces and controls for accessible mounting technology under development. She also analyzed the results which contributed to design decisions and improvements in the overall usability of the products.
- June 2007: Job Accommodations Show and Tell
Goodwin gave a presentation entitled “Accessible, Repositionable and Lockable Mounts: Custom solutions and new developments”. < goodwinshowandtell>
- June 2007: RESNA Developer’s Forum
BlueSky Designs’ prototype mounting devices were on display at the Developer’s Forum. Attendees were very enthusiastic about the mounts.
- September 2006: MedTrade, Atlanta, Georgia
- September 2006: DaVinci Award Gala (Goodwin accepted the award for BSD)
- October 2006: Closing the Gap
- March 2006: Charting the C’s, Alexandria, MN
- May 2006: State of the Science Conference on Exercise &
Recreational Technologies for People with Disabilities, sponsored by the RecTech Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center.
- June 2006: RESNA, Atlanta, Georgia
- November: Summit on Inclusive Outdoor Recreation (Di Goodwin invited and attended)
Goodwin participated in the Summit on Inclusive Outdoor Recreation
sponsored by Easter Seals, Wilderness Inquiry, the US Forest Service and
the National Centers for Independent Living. Attendees identified
strategies to increase inclusive outdoor recreation opportunities.
- October: Closing the Gap (DiGoodwin/Nick Lee/Lisa Petersson attended)
- October 2005: MedTrade, Atlanta, Georgia (Di Goodwin/Nick
Lee attended)
- October 2005: PACER Recreation Expo (Di Goodwin/Nick Lee exhibited)
- June 2005: RESNA, Atlanta, Georgia
Di Goodwin co-presented a workshop with Steve Bauer and Wendy Strobel, entitled “Technology Transfer: Definition of Assistive Technology Needs in Wheeled Mobility”.
Goodwin also presented at the Job Accommodations Show and Tell.
Exhibit
Hall: The Freedom tent was on display in RESNA's exhibit hall.
- June 2005: Outdoor Writer's Association of America, Madison, Wisconsin
Di
Goodwin participated in a panel presentation focused on outdoor gear
developed for people with various disabilities. The session was meant to
stimulate story ideas with a strong human interest element for outdoor
writers. The session was led by Marion Patterson and Dave Novak and was
entitled, "Products for the Disabled: Story Sales for You."
- June-July 2005: National Paralyzed Veteran's Wheelchair Games, Minnesota BlueSky Designs, Eureka and Vulpine
Adaptive showed the Freedom tent at the Expo.
- June 2005: RESNA, Atlanta, Georgia
Di Goodwin will co-present a workshop with Steve
Bauer and Wendy Strobel, entitled “Technology Transfer: Definition of
Assistive Technology Needs in Wheeled Mobility”.
- The Freedom tent was on exhibit at:
April 2005: Assistive Technology Expo, sponsored by the North Country CIL and Paralyzed Veteran's Administration, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin
April 2005: Courage & Gillette Bike Bike Expo & Sports Jam
- December 2004: Robot Show.
Peterson and Goodwin juried the Robot Show, judging robots constructed by the University of Minnesota’s Mechanical Engineering students.
Learn more... .
- August 2004: Outdoor Retailer Show, Salt Lake City, UT. Goodwin, Kinney and Rovig
attended the OR show and witnessed the debut of the Freedom Tent.
Goodwin and Rovig attended the Outdoor Industry Women’s Council
Chillfest after the Show.
- June 2004: Goodwin attended National Institutes of Health SBIR conference,
Bethesda, MD
- June 2004: RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America), Orlando, FL
Poster presented: Development, Field Testing and Commercialization of Accessible Tents.
>> Read the Poster Session presentation
- May 2004: Peterson attended the State of
Technology Conference on Mobile Wireless Technologies for Persons with
Disabilities 2004 in Atlanta, GA
- May: Rovig and Goodwin attended "Beyond Tilt and
Recline" seminar, sponsored by PDG and Motion Concepts, St. Paul, MN
- April 2004: Design Green Workshop, Minneapolis
College of Art and Design, MN
- April, 2004: Charting the C’s: Assistive Technology in Special Education, Minnesota Department of Education, Duluth, MN
(Goodwin and Peterson presented)
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