Fwd: Request for participation: International Conference for Universal Design in Japan 2002

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>From: Satoshi Kose <skose@kenken.go.jp>
>Subject: Request for participation: International Conference for
>   Universal Design in Japan 2002
>
>Dear International UD Colleagues:
>
>I sent out the following mail in late December to you all.
>
>However, I have not heard anything from you whether you are willing to 
>join us or not. If you have missed the previous mail, please forgive me. 
>Perhaps it was sent during the holiday period.
>
>Since we have to start planning details of the conference soon, I would 
>like to know your decision.
>
>You can find present stage of our conference planning in our website 
>below. http://www.ud2002.org
>
>****************
>I send out this mail to ask for your cooperation.
>
>We are in the process of planning to host an International Conference for 
>Universal Design in Japan 2002. This is to be held from 30/Nov/2002 to 
>04/Dec/2002 in Yokohama, Japan.
>
>The basic idea is that we will ask for proposal of presentations, which is 
>soon to be announced through the web and direct e-mails. The format will 
>not be exactly the same (due to time limitation of planning), but we will 
>try to follow the line of two previous UD conferences hosted by Adaptive 
>Environments Center, and we expect to have AE's full endorsement.
>
>One crucial difference is that we will invite some UD professionals from 
>overseas, who will act as moderators of topic sessions. The presentations 
>for each session will be chosen so as to enable the session to become a 
>forum of dialogue between different approaches and cultures.
>
>We understand that Japanese accomplishments have been underrepresented in 
>the past two UD conferences, and we will try to encourage Japanese 
>colleagues to present their successes.
>
>We would like you to be a moderator (with your own presentation of some 
>kind). To assist your coming to Japan, we are trying to raise travel 
>funds. The amount of funding we are able to raise will dictate the number 
>of moderators we can invite from overseas.
>
>Assuming that we have enough funds, we plan to provide you invitee a rough 
>amount of 300,000 Japanese Yen, i.e., around 2300 USD. I expect the amount 
>is just enough to cover economy class discount return air ticket and 6 
>nights stay. We will not be able to offer you the presenter's honorarium, 
>nor the travel insurance.
>
>Some of you will be asked to become a keynote speaker, in which case extra 
>support may be provided. Further, some might be asked to extend their stay 
>to be a keynote speaker for UD symposium hosted by local governments. It 
>all depends on their wishes, but we have already been approached by some.
>
>I would be grateful if you would let us know of your availability and 
>willingness to come to Japan (30 November - 4 December 2002).
>
>Satoshi Kose
>Chair, Executive Committee
>International Conference for Universal Design in Japan 2002
>http://www.ud2002.org

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