Keynote Speaker
Raymond Kurzweil

Inventor and Entrepreneur

Recipient, National Medal of Technology and MIT Lemelson Prize

Author of "The Age of Intelligent Machines" and other Best Sellers

Distinguished Guest Speakers
Bill and Claudia Coleman

Founding Donors, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities

Ann Forts

Founder, The "Up" Syndrome Fund

Past member President's Committee on Mental Retardation

Recipient of the Kennedy Foundation International Self-Empowerment award

Elizabeth Hoffman

President, University of Colorado System

Stephanie Lee

Director, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education

Wil McCarthy

Acclaimed Science Writer

Author of "Hacking Matter" & Columnist, Wired Magazine

CU Engineering alumnus

Robert Pasternack

Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education

John Sladek

Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Sue Swenson

Executive Director, The Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation

Associate Director, The Arc of the United States

Madeline Will

Chair, President's Committee on Mental Retardation

David Braddock

Associate Vice President, University of Colorado System

Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities

Other Highlights:

15 Faculty Scientists from all four CU Campuses

Scores of Faculty Poster Presentations

Conference presentations & panels:

Technology Applications Across the Lifespan

Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Neuroscience Research Frontiers

Consumer and Family Perspectives

What's Happening in Washington?