Overview and Field Practice Using the Trekker Breeze to Create Routes and Establish a Position in Space Craig Phillips
Essentials of O&M with People Who are Deaf-Blind Dr. Eugene Bourquin
Assistive Technology and the Web -- Promoting Self-Determination for Non-Drivers in the 21st Century Kevin Hollinger
Teaching to cross at roundabouts and separate right-turning lanes Dona Sauerburger

SUNDAY September 30, 2012

9:00-10:30

Assessment Tools for O&M / NMSBVI O&M Inventory -- PART 1 Ron Later and Karen Walker
Orientation and Maps: the "nuts and bolts of O&M"
Orientation and Maps: the "nuts and bolts of O&M" 10:30-12:00
- Assessment Tools for O&M / NMSBVI O&M Inventory -- PART 2 Ron Later and Karen Walker
- Orientation and Maps: the "nuts and bolts of O&M" -- PART 2 Diane Brauner
- Drivers yielding to pedestrians -- PART 2 Dr. Eugene Bourquin, Dr. Duane Geruschat, Dona Sauerburger
- Problem Solving in O&M: Strategies for Advancing Our Students' Skills Dr. Fabiana Perla and Dr. Betsy O'Donnell
1:15-3:00
- Keynote: Orientation and Mobility: The First 100 Years Dr. Rick Welsh
3:15 - 4:15
- Getting from Here to There and Knowing Where: Teaching GPS to the Traveler with a Visual Impairment Craig Phillips
- The Accelerated Mobility Program Sarah Johnson, Meredith Griffin, Erica Ihrke
- The Expanded Core Curriculum and O&M Mickey Damelio
- History of the Long Cane - More Exciting than you might guess Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken

MONDAY October 1, 2012

8:30 - 9:30

The ACB's of GPS -- Jenine Stanley
Providing O&M instruction to clients with a prosthetic vision implant (artificial sight) -- Duane Geruschat
An Online Personnel Preparation Program in O&M: Is This the Future of Our Profession?: Dr. William H. Jacobson
International Guide Dog Federation Conference update -- Moderator: Lukas Franck

9:45 - 10:45

Using Accessible Maps to Teach Location Literacy lecture-- Mike May and Katie Gilmore
Modern roundabouts - a discussion of safety, efficiency, and accessibility tradeoffs-- Dr. Bastian Schroeder and Chris Cunningham
Clicker Training and Dog Guides -- Jennifer Thurman
Ability Beyond the Horizon India 2012 - Mickey Damelio

11:00 - 12:00

Accessible GPS Options: from the iPhone to the PC - Mike May and Katie Gilmore
How traffic signals work and why you should learn about them -- Dr. Bastian Schroeder and Chris Cunningham
New Virtual and Tactile Exploration Products from APH Maria Delgado
Social Networking: Nirvana or Nightmare Jenine Stanley
Competency-based hiring evaluation and training for apprentice guide dog trainers -- Rod Haneline

1:30 - 3:30

Liability & O&M Ruth Ann Marsh, Mark Richart, Karen Walker
When Blindness Comes with Brain Injury: Facts and Practical Interventions Cynthia Iskow
Sensory Awareness Ideas for Kids and Adults -- Al Kaufman
Structured Discovery Learning in the Mainstream Mandi Bundren, Maurice Peret, and Jennifer Kennedy
Hands-on GPS Treasure Hunt Mike May and Katie Gilmore
Quality Dog Teams from the "Toyota Assembly Line" -- Guide Dogs for the Blind staff

3:45 - 5:45

Travel Instruction: Understanding the profession and developing a collaborative learning process Bonnie Dodson-Burk, Jay Furlong, Patti Voorhees
The Wells Signal Sophia Leduck
Mobile APP Toolkit for O&M specialists Andrea Bodnari
Critical Movement Interventions for Young Children with Visual Impairment and Blindness Carla Brown Handout 1 Handout 2
The Swiss Army knife: Can one dog do it all?? -- Lee Stanway

TUESDAY MORNING October 2, 2012

8:30 - 10:30

I hear with my Little Ears: Teaching Auditory Object Perception (AOP) Diane Brauner
Incorporating Location Technology into O&M Sarah Johnson, Meredith Griffin, Erica Ihrke
O&M for students with autism Nicole Weidenbaum and Kathy Mannion
Hands-on GPS Treasure Hunt Mike May and Katie Gilmore
Guide Dogs Issues with Stairs: Origins and Resolutions -- Lukas Franck