Dear Colleagues,

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you well over the holiday
period.  While you lazing on beaches, climbing mountains, sailing or catching
up on the accummulated work of the last few months or years, please do not
forget that you can still submit papers to CVHI 2002 and that some young
researcher's bursaries are still available - see new deadlines below for the
submission of papers etc. This is a very good opportunity for young
researchers (up to age 35 with extensions for child career breaks, compulsary
military service or people with disabilities), as it covers the full costs of
conference attendance - travel, accommodation and registration fee. For more
information, see the conference web site
http://www.elec.gla.ac.uk/Events_page/CVHI/.

The cost of conference attendance is as low as possible and the fee is very
modest at 200 euros. We hope the majority of delegates will choose to stay in
the conference hotel. The costs are again very reasonable at 62 euros per
person per night for full board in a single room and 43 euros in a double
room.  

Best wishes.

Dr. Marion Hersh
Professor Michael Johnson

Vi Romanes
Secretariat
e-mail:v.romanes@elec.gla.ac.uk


CVHI'2002   EURO-ASSIST-VHI-2

Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for Vision and Hearing
Impairment, Accessibility, Mobility and Societal Integration 

6th -9th August, 2002 at Hotel Alixares, Grenada, Spain 

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS 

This second event in a new international conference series on Assistive
Technologies and Rehabilitation Engineering supported by the European
Commission will be held at the Hotel Alixares, Grenada, Spain. The conference
event will take place 7th-9th, August 2002 with Tutorial Workshops being held
on Tuesday 6th August 2002 at the Hotel. This First Call for Papers seeks
regular conference papers (six A4 pages) on any topic relevant to the
engineering and scientific themes of vision and hearing impairment assistive
technology. Contributions to the following proposed sessions and topics are
also sought: 

    Orientation and mobility aids for the blind and partially sighted. 
    Telecommunications for the deaf and hearing impaired
    Educational aids for children with hearing and/or sight impairments
    Ultra-sonic and robotic aids

    Disability and the elderly: designing assistive technologies to meet real
needs

    Libraries and talking books: assistive technologies for the blind

    Aids for communication in a noisy environment for the deaf and hearing
impaired

    Web access for the blind and deaf-blind
    Modelling and spatial relationships for the blind
    Digital hearing aids and other advances in communication technology 
    Cochlear implant technology

Timetable for Paper Submission and Conference Events

Abstracts (2A4 pages) due:
Invited session proposals due:          4th April 2002 approx.
Submission of YR applications:          4th April 2002 approx.
Full papers and early registration due: 1st June 2002 approx.
Tutorial day at CVH'2002:               6th August, 2002
Conference days of CVHI'2002:           7th-9th August, 2002

Abstract Layout
Abstract should be two A4 pages in length, one column and single line
spacing. Use Times New Roman font type. The Author for Correspondence should
be clearly identified at the top of the Abstract, and full postal, fax and
email contact details given. The contributions of the paper should be clearly
stated in the abstract, and a set of headings giving the outline contents of
the paper should be given along with a short list of the literature cited in
the paper. Papers will only be accepted on the condition that at least one
author will attend the Conference to present the work.  

Abstracts should be sent to the Conference Secretariat to arrive by 4th April
2002 approx. Abstracts should be emailed as a WORD document file to:
V.Romanes@elec.gla.ac.uk 

The file name should be author.doc, where author is the surname of the first
author of the paper or author1.doc, author2.doc, if there are several papers
by the same author. 

AND, three paper copies of Abstracts should be sent by post to:

Ms. V. Romanes
CVHI 2002 Secretariat
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
The University of Glasgow
Rankine Building
Glasgow, G12 8LT
Scotland, UK

Conference Registration Fees and Accommodation Information This conference
will be held at the Hotel Alixares, Grenada, Spain. A visit to the hotel
website http://www.hoteles-porcel.com will show the extensive and excellent
facilities of the conference venue. As with the very successful event in
Italy last year, it is anticipated that the event will have a residential
communal atmosphere. The hotel tariff is full board. The conference
registration fee will cover the provision of Conference Preprints, meeting
rooms, and refreshments.  

Scientific Organising Committee

Conference Chair: C. Anderson, Sweden 
Co-Chair:  M. Hersh, UK
O. Dias, Portugal
J. Gill, England, UK
Y. Hatwell, France
R. Hoffmann, Germany
E. Laukli, Norway
S Auilera Navarro, Spain
L.Pyfers, The Netherlands

Co-Chair: M.A. Johnson, Scotland, UK 
J. Engelen, Belgium
F. Grandori, Italy
J. Hicks, England, UK
G. Nicotra, Italy
D. Campbell, Scotland, UK
Manuel Carreiras, Spain


European Commission Support and Young Researcher Bursaries
This series of EURO-ASSIST-VHI Conferences is supported by the European
Commission under its Research Directorates Human Potential Programme: High
Level Scientific Conference. The support was awarded to Dr. Marion Hersh
(University of Glasgow, Scotland) and Professor Michael Johnson (University
of Strathclyde, Scotland) who are key organisers of the Conference series.
Two conferences are currently planned; the first was held in Italy in 2001
with the theme Support Technologies for Independent Living and Work. The
event in 2002 in Granada, Spain has the theme, Accessibility, Mobility and
Societal Integration. The European Commission support comprises 20 bursaries
for Young European Researcher for each conference planned in the series.  To
apply for a young researchers bursary please request an application form and
associated application notes from the Conference Secretariat by email to: 
V.Romanes@elec.gla.ac.uk. There may be financial support for some other
researchers.    

Vi Romanes
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
University of Glasgow

