22 – 26 April, 2009
Singapore
The conference addresses current and future developments in the areas of Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology. Topic areas include, but not limited to:
- New rehabilitation techniques & studies, novel assistive technology products
- Assistive robotics, rehabilitative & therapeutic robotics, robotic environments and companions
- Biomedical devices and instruments
- Orthoses, exoskeletons, innovative mobility aids
- User interfaces, brain-computer interface, bio-signal control interface
- AAC products, studies & evaluations, translations
- Universal design, inclusive housing & work place, transportation, accessibility issues
- Smart home technology, environment control technology
- Computer access products, software, studies & evaluations
- Product development, commercialization, start-ups, and business related topics
- Social issues, policies, political issues related disability and aging population
- Gerontology and Geriatric Healthcare
- Community Services and Social Works
- Educational Improvement & Diversity : Case studies of good practices of AT & IT infusion in the special education classroom
- Learning Disabilities & Developmental Disabilities : the challenge of having a barrier free learning environment
- eTourism & disability
- Accessible Tourism websites and accessible Tourism Information Systems (TIS)
- Accessible Travel and Leisure holidays
- Accessibility information/guidelines/audits for tourism products
- Usability and user-interface studies
- Economic evaluations of Accessible Tourism
- Technologies and applications supporting Accessible Tourism
- E-Accessibility, e-Inclusion, Universal Design and usability
- Value creation and competitive based on social enterprises