IWAT2019: International Workshop on Assistive Technology UFES Vitória-ES, Brazil, February 18-20, 2019 |
Conference website | http://iwatufes.com |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwat2019 |
Submission deadline | December 28, 2018 |
2ND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (FEBRUARY 18-20 2019, UFES)
Assistive Technology is a multidisciplinary field that involves products, resources, methodologies, strategies, practices and services with the objective to improve the functional capabilities and promote participation of people with disabilities or with reduced mobility in terms of autonomy, independence, quality of life and social inclusion.
The 2ND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY will represent a discussion forum for researchers, students and professionals who work with people with disabilities. International speakers from academia, government, industry, medical centers and end users are encouraged to participate in this event.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
A full paper (up to 4 pages) must be sent (until December 1st) to the email iwat.ufes@gmail.com (in any language of the event: Portuguese, Spanish or English), according to the template available at http://iwatufes.com/inscricoeseng.html
All the attendees must be registered in the event. A presentation of 15 minutes must be prepared, according to the template available at http://iwatufes.com/inscricoeseng.html
List of Topics
- Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI)
- Mobility (displacement of people with disabilities)
- Orientation (temporal and spatial)
- Environment Manipulation (physical/social)
- Activities whose results are not technological, but facilitates the development of technology (e.g., studies on the influence of political and social environments, studies of specialized training, fabrication, standardization, distribution, and financing process of assistive technology for people with disabilities)
Committee
General Chair
- Anselmo Frizera Neto
Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Espirito Santo
Organizing committee
- Teodiano Freire Bastos
- Eliete Maria de Oliveira Caldeira,
- André Ferreira
Invited Speakers
- Dr. Kim Adams, University of Alberta (Canada)
- Dr. Sridhar Krishnan, Ryerson University (Canada)
- Dr. Eduardo Rocon de Lima, Centro de Automática y Robótica (CSIC) (Spain)
- Dr. Ricardo Carelli, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (Argentina)
- Dr. Eduardo Caicedo, Universidad del Valle (Colombia)
- Dr. Adriano de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (Brazil)
- Dr. Carlos Eduardo Pereira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
- Dr. Eduardo Naves, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (Brazil)
Publications
Contributions will be accepted in Portuguese, Spanish or English.
Submission Deadline | Dec. 28, 2018 |
Notification of Acceptance | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Event | Feb. 18-20, 2019 |
Venue
The conference will be held in the theater and LABPETRO Auditorium of the Federal University of Espirito Santo (Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514 - Goiabeiras, Vitória, ES (Brazil), 29075-910).
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to iwat.ufes@gmail.com
For more information, please refer to http://iwatufes.com/