Developed by the Public Relations and Publications office of Gallaudet University's Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, this list includes professional conferences, symposiums, exhibits, and day-long programs about education, or celebrating Deaf culture or designed to sensitize the general community to deaf and hard of hearing people.
Would you like to include your upcoming conference, symposium, exhibit, or program in this list? Please e-mail Timothy Worthylake at Timothy.Worthylake@gallaudet.edu or Info to Go at Clearinghouse.infotogo@gallaudet.edu.
Date: July 21-24, 2008
Event: Texas Statewide Conference on Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Place: Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa & Convention Center, Galveston, TX
Website: www.swced.org
Date: August 11-13, 2008
Event: International Conference on Diverse Abilities & Innovative Supports 2008: Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Community
Place: Historic Dole Cannery, Honolulu, Hawaii
Website: www.lifelibertyandthepursuitof.com/
Date: August 13-15, 2008
Event: 2nd Annual Pathways to Possibilities
Place: Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel, Virginia Beach, VA
Website: www.vcu.edu/partnership/pathways/
Date: August 18-22, 2008
Event: Educational Oral Transliterator Training Workshop
Place: The Mainstream Center, CLARKE, Northampton, Massachusetts
Contact: Claire A. Troiano, OTC
413-582-1147 T/V
E-mail: ctroiano@clarkeschool.org
Website: www.clarkeschool.org
Date: September 6, 2008
Event: ASL Expo
Place: Greensboro, North Carolina
Website: www.aslexpo.com
Date: September 6, 2008
Event: DEAFestival
Place: Forest Park Zoo, St. Louis, Missouri
Website: www.stldeafestival.org
Date: September 11-13, 2008
Event: The Institute of Political Leadership and Access Conference
Place: Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
Website: www.iplaccess.org
Date: September 13, 2008
Event: ASL Expo
Place: Orlando, Florida
Website: www.aslexpo.com
Date: September 19, 2008
Event: Annual ADA Conference Update
Place: BWI Airport Marriott, Baltimore, Maryland
Website: www.adainfo.org/update
Date: September 20, 2008
Event: ASL Expo
Place: St. Paul, Minnesota
Website: www.aslexpo.com
Date: October 4, 2008
Event: ASL Expo
Place: Pasadena, California
Website: www.aslexpo.com
Date: October 5-8, 2008
Event: 2008 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents Conference
Place: Crowne Plaza St. Louis Hotel, Clayton, Missouri
Contact: Steve Larew
E-mail: grcdirect@aol.com
Date: October 11, 2008
Event: ASL Expo
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Website: www.aslexpo.com
Date: October 14-18, 2008
Event: 26th Annual Closing The Gap Conference
Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Contact: Becky Hagen
E-mail: becky@closingthegap.com
Website: www.closingthegap.com
Date: October 18, 2008
Event: ASL Expo
Place: Birmingham, Alabama
Website: www.aslexpo.com
Date: October 23, 2008
Event: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Research Symposium
Place: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Website: www.nidcd.nih.gov
Date: October 23-24, 2008
Event: 29th Annual Fall Conference on Mainstreaming Students with Hearing Loss
Sponsored by the Mainstream Center at Clarke School for the Deaf
Place: Springfield, Massachusetts
Website: www.clarkeschool.org
Date: October 24-25, 2008
Event: Signing of the Spectrum: Meeting the Needs of Deaf Students with Autism
Place: Natick Crowne Plaza Hotel and The Learning Center for the Deaf, Framingham, Massachusetts
Website: www.deafautism.com
Date: November 8, 2008
Event: ASL Expo
Place: Rochester, New York
Website: www.aslexpo.com
Date: November 15, 2008
Event: ASL Expo
Place: Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Website: www.aslexpo.com
Date: November 20-22, 2008
Event: American-Speech-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention
Place: McCormick Place West, Chicago, Illinois
Website: www.asha.org/about/events/convention/
Date: November 22-20, 2008
Event: Addressing the Needs of Students Labeled Deaf & Low Functioning, At-Risk or Deafblind
Place: Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, Houston, Texas
Website: www.theansweris4.net
Date: December 13, 2008
Event: ASL Expo
Place: Austin, Texas
Website: www.aslexpo.com
Date: March 26-29, 2009
Event: Deaf Rochester Film Festival '09
Place: Rochester, New York
Contact: Stacy Lawrence, Chairperson
E-mail: smlbrh@rochester.rr.com
Date: June 19-25, 2009
Event: 10th Biennial Deaf Seniors of America Conference: Entertainment and Enrichment - The Highway to Learning
Place: Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Website: http://dsa2009.us/
