[Missouri-l] Fw: [acb-l] ACB's Audio Description Project--Conference Agenda

[Chip Hailey]

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From: "Joel-ACB at ADP" <jsnyder at acb.org>
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Subject: [acb-l] ACB's Audio Description Project--Conference Agenda


> AGENDA - as of June 23, 2009 (subject to change)
> 2009 Audio Description Project (ADP) Conference - July 6-7-8, 2009 -
> Orlando, FL
> An Initiative of the American Council of the Blind (ACB)
>
> Notes: -Mornings are kept open for attendance at ACB Convention plenary
> sessions;
> -The ADP luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, May 8 and plenty of snacks 
> and
> drinks will be available throughout the session each day; contact
> jsnyder at acb.org concerning any special dietary requirements.
>
> Day I - Monday, July 6, 2009
>
>  1:00 pm-1:30 pm    Welcome/Introduction to the ADP -
> Mitch Pomerantz, President, American Council of the Blind
> Kim Charlson, 1st Vice President, American Council of the Blind;
>   Chair, Audio Description Project Committee, ACB
> Joel Snyder, Director, ADP
>
>  1:30 pm-2:15 pm    Listening Is Learning - a joint initiative of the
> Described and Captioned Media
> Program (DCMP) and the Audio Description Project -
> Bill Stark, Director, DCMP
> Thom Lohman, Communications Services Specialist, DCMP
>
>  2:15 pm-3:00 pm    ADP-"AD International" Web Site:
> www.adinternational.org  /
> ADP Affiliates Network -
> Fred Brack, ADP / ADI webmaster
>
>  3:00 pm-3:45 pm    Special Guest via speaker phone -
>                                                Kareem Dale, Special 
> Advisor
> to the President for Disability Policy
>
>  3:45 pm-4:15 pm    break
>
>  4:15 pm-5:15 pm    AD Guidelines/Best Practices - Kim Charlson, Thom
> Lohman
>
>  5:15 pm-6:15 pm    AD Certification - Kim Charlson, Bill Stark
>
>  6:15 pm-6:30 pm    Wrap-up of Day One/Discussion of plans for Day Two
>
> Day II - Tuesday, July 7, 2009
>
> 1:00 pm-2:15 pm    Working Groups - discussion of AD Guidelines/Best
> Practices including subsets in various genres:  media, performing arts,
> visual art/exhibitions
>
>  2:15 pm-3:30 pm    Regroup and Report to full assembly/discussion
>
>  3:30 pm-4:00 pm    break
>
>  4:00 pm-4:45 pm    Video greeting from Michael Copps, Acting Chairman, 
> FCC
>
> Legislative Update - mandate for broadcast description; broadcast
> description
> In the digital era and the FCC; Department of Education funding -
> Eric Bridges, Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, ACB
>
>  4:45 pm-5:15 pm    Special Video/Audio Presentation --
> People with Disabilities in the Production of Description -
> Rick Boggs, President, Audio Eyes; Former Director of
> Described Media, VITAC
>
>  5:15 pm-6:00 pm    AD Around The World - Joel Snyder and international
> guests
>
> Dinner on your own
>
>  8:00 pm                    Screening of Arts & Entertainment Network
> documentary
>                                    Barack Obama, described by ACB's Audio
> Description Project
>
> Barack Obama tells the story of President Obama, from his childhood in
> Honolulu to the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.   It follows Obama 
> through
> his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia
> University and Harvard Law School, and through his political career in
> Chicago, where he rose to fame through a focus on ethics and political
> reform.  The video highlights Obama's Democratic primary campaign and his
> journey toward becoming the 44th President of the United States.
>
> Day III - Wednesday, July 8, 2009
>
>  12:30 pm-2:00 pm  Luncheon with speaker -
> Barry Cronin, Ph.D., creator of the Descriptive Video Service, WGBH-TV,
> 1994; previous positions include Director of Instructional Television for
> the National Technical Institute for the Deaf; Director of East Coast
> Operations for the National Captioning Institute; Executive Producer, 
> Family
> Education Network; recipient of an Emmy Award for the development of
> Descriptive Video Service, the Pioneer's Award from the Accessible Media
> Industry Coalition, Reynold's Society Achievement Award for development of
> closed captioning and audio description, and The Francis Joseph Campbell
> Citation from the American Library Association for service to the blind;
> currently serves as a consultant for Bridge Multimedia Corporation.
>
>    2:00 pm-3:00 pm ACB/ADP Awards -
>                                    - Young Described Film Critic of the
> Year" Awards Presentations
>                                    - Achievement in Audio Description -
> Media
>                                    - Achievement in Audio Description -
> Performing Arts
>                                    - Achievement in Audio Description -
> Museums
>                                    - Achievement in Audio Description -
> Research
>                                    - Barry Levine Memorial Award for
>                                         Career Achievement in Audio
> Description
>
>  3:00 pm-3:30 pm    break
>
>  3:30 pm-4:30 pm    Open Sharing / Discussion
>
>  4:30 pm                    Adjourn
>
>
> JOEL SNYDER
> Director, Audio Description Project
> American Council of the Blind
> jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083
> www.adinternational.org
>
>
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