From: janina@netcom.com (Janina Sajka)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Telecomm Policy Training Invitation
Date: 15 Oct 92 04:35:29 GMT
Reply-To: janina@netcom.com (Janina Sajka)
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Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25023

This coming Tuesday, 20 October, World Institute on Disability will
conduct a day-long training session on policy issues concerning
disabled people's access to telecommunication technologies.  You
are invited to come and participate.

     WHEN:          8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
                    Tuesday, 20 October 1992

     WHERE:         Summit North Room
                    Ramada Inn
                    1870 Old Hudson Road
                    St. Paul, Minnesota
                    (612) 735-2330

                    This Ramada Inn is located at the intersection of
                    I-94 and White Bear Avenue east of downtown St. Paul

To reserve your place in this meeting, please

     CONTACT:       Linda Koerner
                    Minnesota STAR Program
                    (612) 296-2771 (Voice)
                    (612) 296-9962 (TDD)

This training session is the first in a series of similar sessions
which will be held in several locations around the nation.  These
sessions have been planned to provide people from different
disability constituencies with a comprehensive overview of both the
technological and policy issues affecting all disabled people's
access to telecommunication services and products.The sessions are
intended to train individuals to participate more effectively in
statewide and national telecommunication policy issues.

The Minnesota training session has been organized by the STAR
Program of the Governor's Advisory Council on Technology for People
with Disabilities and will be hosted by U S West.  The agenda
appears below.

		     AGENDA

Regional Training Session on Telecommunications Policy

	   BLUE RIBBON PANEL PROJECT
	  WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY

		October 20, 1992

Summit North Room:
 8:30 a.m.     Continental Breakfast available

 9:00 -  9:15  Welcome, Introductions, Purpose of the Session,
               Overview of Agenda
               Rachel Wobschall, STAR Program
               Deborah Kaplan, WID

 9:15 - 10:00  The State of the Art in Telecommunications
               Technology:  Are We Having Access Yet?
               Deborah Kaplan, WID
               Janina Sajka, WID

10:00 - 10:45  The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission:  How Do
               Consumers Make Their Needs Known?
               Dee Knaak, Commissioner, Minnesota Public
               Utilities Commission

10:45 - 11:00  Break

11:00 - 11:45  Telecommunications Programs for Persons with
               Disabilities in Minnesota
               William Lamson, Coordinator, TACIP

11:45 -  1:15  Luncheon with Speaker, Nelson Updaw,
               Telecommunications Manager, Minnesota Department
               of Public Service

Wabasha Room:
 1:15 -  2:15  Exhibits of Telecommunications Equipment and
               Services

Summit North Room:
 2:15 -  2:45  Using WIDNet as a Tool for Advocacy
               Janina Sajka, WID

 2:45 -  3:45  Panel Discussion:  How to Have a Positive Impact
               on the Industry

 3:45 -  4:00  Break

 4:00 -  4:30  Federal Policy and Telecommunications:  What's
               Going on in Washington, DC?
               Deborah Kaplan, WID

 4:30 -  5:00  Evaluations of the Session, Wrap-up