Accessibility - Expert Meeting, UK Experts and Polis Partners
18 May 2006
Programme
9.45: Registration and coffee
10.15: Welcome and introductions, Chairman, Dr Stephen Garvin, Construction Director, BRE, Scotland
10.30: POLIS project overview, Dr Eng Nikos Sakkas, Apintech Ltd, Daedalus Group, BPM, Vrilissia, Greece
11.00: Presentations from UK Experts
Introduction, Professor Peter Lansley, Director, SPARC
Accessibility - three perspectives:
- Research
Dr Geoff Cook, Research Group for Inclusive Environments, University of Reading - Development & Implementation
Carol Thomas, Guide Dogs for the Blind &
Caroline Lewis, JMU, Cardiff - Communication
Sarah Langton-Lockton, OBE, for Accessible Environments
Questions
12.30: Lunch
13.15: Tour of BRE Innovation Park, modern methods of construction
14.00: Some Other EU Projects
Building Accessible Services, Annalisa Morini, CNR ITC (Construction Technologies Institute), Rome, Italy
Build for All, Silvio Sagramola, Centre National d'Information et de Rencontre, Luxembourg
14.30: Discussion on research: current and future requirements
15.50: POLIS Seminar – 19 May 2006: UK
16.00: POLIS Conference - November 2006: Belgium
16.15: Future actions and collaboration
16.30: Any other business
CIB WC84- Building Comfortable Environments for All, Annalisa Morini, Coordinator
16.45: Refreshments, hospitality and further networking
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