18th September 2001, Quality Station Hotel, Perth

9.30am

Registration & Coffee

10.00am

Welcome
Deafblind Scotland

10.15am

A Brief History
Michael Anderson, John Whitfield & Stephen Joyce

10.45am

In Terms of Equality
Yvonne Strachan, Head of Equalities Unit, Scottish Executive

11.15am

The Bigger Picture
Jackie Hicks, Chief Executive, Deafblind UK

11.45am

Workshops

The future - Working in Partnership - Stuart Smith, Director RNID

The future - Technology - Prof M Johnson, University of Strathclyde

The future - Improving Lives - Mike Cairns, Director RNIB Scotland

12.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm

The Role of the Local Society
Lynn Grant, Tayside Association for the Deaf
Fiona Sandford, Glasgow & West of Scotland Society for the Blind

2.00pm

Workshops
Repeated

2.45pm

Panel Session: Sensory Impairment - Personally Speaking
Carly Brownlie, Stephen Joyce & Hilary Davies

3.15pm

Plenary Session