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National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

RERC Project Directors Meeting

May 14–15, 2009

Doubletree Crystal City Hotel
Arlington, VA 22202

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AGENDA	(Printer-friendly agenda in Microsoft Word format)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
8:30 am – 9:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:45 am	Welcoming Remarks/Introductions/General NIDRR Update NIDRR’s Goal of the RERCs as a Cohesive Collaborative Group Ruth Brannon, M.S.P.H., M.A. Delegated the authority to carry out the functions of Director Director, Division of Research Sciences NIDRR
9:45 am – 10:00 am	Break
10:00 am – 11:00 am	Discussion and Formation of Planning Committee NIDRR Staff, RERC Grantees
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Discussion and Nomination of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) NIDRR Staff, RERC Grantees
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch (on your own), Planning Committee Meets
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	Description of Goals and Activities of New Centers RERC on Wheeled Mobility in Everyday Life (PowerPoint) – Georgia Institute of Technology (20 min) RERC on Communication Enhancement (PowerPoint) – Duke University (20 min) RERC on Hearing Enhancement (PowerPoint) – Gallaudet University (20 min)
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm	Break
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm	Description of new KT4TT Center, and the value of the Center to the RERC program Joseph P. Lane, M.B.P.A. (PowerPoint) Director, Center for Assistive Technology University at Buffalo-SUNY
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm	Break
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm	News from the VA Robert J. Jaeger, Ph.D. Scientific Program Manager Office of Research and Development Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Department of Veterans Affairs
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm	News from the FDA Joel B. Myklebust, P.E., Ph.D. (PowerPoint) Director, Division of Physics Food and Drug Administration Department of Health & Human Services
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Reception

Friday, May 15, 2009
8:30 am – 9:00 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:20 am	Description of Goals and Activities of New Centers RERC on Accessible Public Transportation (PowerPoint) – Carnegie Mellon University (20 min) RERC on Prosthetics and Orthotics (PowerPoint) – Northwestern University (20 min) RERC on Universal Interface and Information Technology Access (PowerPoint) – University of Wisconsin/Madison (20 min) RERC on Successful Aging with Disability (PowerPoint)* – University of Southern California (20 min) * This presentation is very large (51 MB), please allow adequate time to download.
10:20 am – 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am – 11:15 pm	Planning Committee Report and Discussion
11:15 am - 11:30 am	Break
11:30 am - 12:15 pm	Further Discussion of SIGs
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm	Open Forum
12:45 pm	Adjourn

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