Registration Now Open for Tactile Reading Conference 2025!

We are thrilled to announce the opening of the registration for the Tactile Reading Conference 2025, taking place in Amsterdam on 2-4 June 2025. This prestigious international event is dedicated to advancing tactile solutions for individuals with visual impairments, showcasing innovations in braille, tactile images, 3D printing, and more.

Join us for three days of insightful discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities with over 400 experts and professionals from around the world. The conference, co-hosted by leading Dutch organizations such as Visio, Bartiméus, Dedicon, Christian Blind Library, and the Library Service for Accessible Reading promises to be a cornerstone event in the field of tactile reading. Secure your spot today and be part of shaping the future of tactile literacy.

Are your insights worth centre stage? The call for abstracts for the Tactile Reading Conference 2025 is also open already! Do you have innovative ideas and insights on tactile reading, braille, and accessibility? This is your chance to share them with many international experts. Submit your abstract here and be part of this inspiring conference. Together, we make reading and learning accessible for everyone! The deadline is 18 October 2024.

The first keynote speakers for the Tactile Reading Conference 2025 have also been announced. Prof. Astrid Kappers and Dr. Ans Withagen will discuss how the sense of touch can be subject to illusions, from both a scientific and practical perspective. Don’t miss out—register now for this unique and engaging conference on tactile solutions for people with visual impairments.

https://tactilereading.yellenge.nl/registration/#/tickets

We really hope to see you there!

Our 2024 annual meeting took place, this in year, from 16 to 18th of April in the fabulous Halle, by the river Saale, in Germany, hosted by our member BFW from the city.

With almost 60 participants from 25 of our members coming from 16 different European countries, this was one of the most attended General Meetings off all timer, for ENVITER.

The usual 3 full days dedicated to following your network goals had a balanced program that included presentations about ideas for future projects, our formal General Meeting and this year Conference on Wednesday subject to the theme “Moving and Being Moved Towards Social Inclusion”, during which we had the following presentations:

1. LOC.id, a Key to the Next Generation of Mobility, by Thomas Krämer (Berlin, Germany)
2. EMVI app, by Henri De Vroey (Belgium)
3. Project DIG.I.T.ABLE, by Alexandrina Kostova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
4. Objectification of Subjective Visual Stress – New Dynamic Measurement Methods in Optometry, by Anja Müller and Karina Jendrischik (Halle, Germany)
5. People with Neurological Visual Impairments: An Insufficiently Cared For Group of Visually Impaired People, by André Kunnig (Halle, Germany)
6. Increasing Knowledge among Caregivers about Providing Support to Persons with Autism and Vision Impairment, by Annie van den Heuvel (Vught, The Netherlands)
7. Moving Towards Inclusion through European Mobility Projects, by Ramona Ionela Muresan and Elisabeta Pintilie (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

During these 3 there was also time to experience BFW Halle’s “Sensory World” (a space specially prepared to promote information and awareness regarding visual impairment) and the Halle Planetarium, with its very interesting and innovative work towards making Astronomy accessible to everyone.

On 5th of April, our President and the network Coordinator visited our recent member organisation Valteri Center, in Helsinki (Finland).

Although the weather was very cold and frosty, their welcome was absolutely warm.

Thank you for your hospitality and looking forward to our future cooperation!

Once in every four years a European Conference in the field of people with visual impairments is organized by the International Council for Education and Rehabilitation of People with Visual Impairment, Europe Region (ICEVI-Europe), in cooperation with a host committee and local partners. 

ICEVI-Europe in cooperation with ENVITER member Robert Hollman Foundation proudly announce the milestone tenth European Conference in 2025. The 10th ICEVI-European Conference will be held from May 15 to May 17, 2025 at the Town Hall and University of Padova in Italy, thanks to the hospitality and collaboration of the Municipality of Padova and the University of Padova.

Join to actively take part in the exchange of knowledge and expertise and sharing of best practices within a network of people and institutions promoting the inclusion of people with visual impairment, as we explore this year’s theme: “Supporting children and young adults with visual impairment: What can we do? What can be done?”

The Conference, which will bring together hundreds of professionals from all over Europe, will focus on how support, using a multidisciplinary approach, can foster a better quality of life for children and young adults with visual impairment.  Presentations will be an opportunity to share experiences on four important areas of interest: individual development and assessment; education and learning; habilitation and rehabilitation; access, participation, engagement in society.  The final goal of the conference is the presentation of a Key Principles document provided to professionals who wish to offer a global approach which will support their work with children and young adults with visual impairment and their families.

We are pleased to announce our 2024 annual Conference, hosted by the BFW Halle in Germany, on Wednesday 17th April 2024.

The purpose of our Annual Conference is to create an opportunity for professionals to share their theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of vision impairment, focusing especially on innovative methodologies, practices and tools.

We are inviting proposals for paper presentations in the following thematic area:

“Moving and Being Moved Towards Social Inclusion”

Proposal ideas that extend beyond these thematic area will be considered by the Board of ENVITER.

Abstracts:

• Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 25th March 2024 (to be sent to:  coordinator@enviter.eu )
• Full papers must be presented in English.
• These papers will be considered for publication on our website.
• The presentation of the papers should be 20-30 minutes (including questions)

We also offer the opportunity for participation to people as presenters, speakers or as members of the audience who are not from ENVITER member organisations, so please inform your colleagues from the VI field about our conference.

We hope you will be able to join us.

For more information, please contact us.

Photo by Pete Linforth from Pixabay.