2004 Coleman Institute Conference:

"Enhancing the Quality of Life for People with Cognitive Disabilities through Technology"

October 4 - 5, 2004 Hilton Denver Tech Center

Monday, October 4, 2004

3:30 PM: Opening Reception and Keynote Address
-Vinton Cerf, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy, MCI, Co-designer of the protocols and architecture of the Internet
"Disability and the Future of the Internet"

5:30 PM: Cocktail Reception

6:15 PM: Conference Dinner and Distinguished Guest Speaker
-Mary Woolley, President and CEO, Research! America
"Biomedical Research and Advocacy in the 21st Century: A National View"
Remarks by:
-University of Colorado President Elizabeth (Betsy) Hoffman, Ph.D.,
-Bill and Claudia Coleman, Founding Donors of the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, and
-David Braddock, Ph.D., Coleman-Turner Chair in Cognitive Disability, Executive Director of the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities and Associate Vice President, CU System

Tuesday, October 5, 2004

7:45 AM: Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM: Opening Remarks, David Braddock

8:45 AM: Keynote Panel: "Enhancing the Quality of Life Through Technology"
-Robert Schalock, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Hastings College and Past President, American Association on Mental Retardation
"Enhancing the Quality of Life for People with Intellectual Disabilities through Technology"
-Eric Dishman, Director, Intel Proactive Health Research and National Chair, Center for Aging Services Technology (CAST)
"The Intel Aging and Technology Initiative Part I: Research and Development"
Respondents:
-Allan Bergman, Immediate Past President and CEO, Brain Injury Association of America, President, Anixter Center
-Michael Rogers, Member, President's Committee for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

10:15 AM: Break, Poster Session, Vendor Exhibits

11:00 AM: Developing and Marketing Cognitive Technologies: "The Marketplace"
Moderator and Respondent: Bill Coleman
-Dan Davies, President, AbleLink Technologies
"R&D and the Market for Cognitive Technologies"
-Eric Dishman, Director, Intel Proactive Health Research, and National Chair, Center for Aging Services Technology
"The Intel Aging and Technology Initiative Part II: The Marketplace"
-Clayton Lewis, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder and Scientist in Residence, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities
"Industry Standards and Cognitive Technologies"

12:00 noon: Lunch with Poster Session, Vendor Exhibits

1:15 PM: Developing and Marketing Cognitive Technologies: "Emerging Technology"
Moderator and Respondent: David Braddock
-Tim Mills, Ph.D., Managing Director, Sanderling Biomedical Venture Capital
"A Primer on Commercialization of University Intellectual Property"
-David Drake, Director, Business Development, CU Technology Transfer
"Emerging Technologies and Commercialization: Three CU Case Studies"

2:15 PM: What's Happening in Washington?
Moderator: Claudia Coleman
-Madeleine Will, Chair, President's Committee on Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
-Steven J. Tingus, M.S., C.Phil., Director, The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
-Allan Bergman, Immediate Past President and CEO, Brain Injury Association of America, President, Anixter Center
Respondent: Mary Woolley, President and CEO, Research! America

3:15 PM: Break, Poster Session and Vendor Exhibits

4:00 PM: President's Dialogue: Enhancing the Quality of Life for People with Cognitive Disabilities Through Technology
Moderator: CU President Betsy Hoffman
Panelists: Bill Coleman, Eric Dishman, and Robert Schalock

4:30 PM: Closing Remarks, David Braddock