AccessWorld
March 2000 • Volume 1 • Number 2
Calendar
March 20–25, 2000
California State University at Northridge’s Center on Disabilities’ 15th annual international conference, “Technology and Persons with Disabilities.” Hilton Los Angeles Airport and Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotels, California. Contact: Center on Disabilities, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330–8340; phone: 818–677–2578; fax: 818–677–4929; E-mail: <itm@csun.edu>; Web site: <www.csun.edu/cod/>.
March 29–31, 2000
Focus on Access Technology Conference. Hilton Minneapolis and Towers, Minneapolis, MN. The conference is sponsored by Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision, Mississippi State University. Contact: Katherine Evans, Mississippi State University, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision, P.O. box 6189, Mississippi State, MS 39762; phone: 662–325–2001; fax: 662–325–8989; Web site: <www.blind.msstate.edu/focus/>.
April 1, 2000
CHI 2000 Conference. The Hague, The Netherlands. The conference is an international forum for the exchange of ideas and information about human-computer interaction. Contact: CHI 2000 Office, 703 Giddiness Avenue, Suite U-3, Annapolis, MD 21401; phone: 410–263–5382; fax: 410–267–0332; E-mail: <chi2000-office@acm.org>; Web site: <www.acm.org/sigchi/chi2000>.
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