e-ISOTIS attends AUTONOMIA EXPO, Athens, Greece

From the 16th to 18th May 2008, e-ISOTIS attended and participated in AUTONOMIA EXPO in Athens, Greece.

Autonomia is the largest exhibition held in Greece that demonstrates products and services for people with disabilities, health, rehabilitation, special education, technology and independent living in Greece, also attracting participation from European providers.

e-ISOTIS stand was packed full of useful information…

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e-ISOTIS hosted the Workability Europe Board meeting

On 25th February, e-ISOTIS was proud to host the Workability Europe ( www.workability-europe.org ) Board meeting in Athens. e-ISOTIS organized the meeting and made sure that all attendants met the famous Greek hospitality.

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e-ISOTIS Attends CSUN 2008 (Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference) in Los Angeles

e-ISOTIS attended the internationally recognised CSUN conference, which looks at new developments in the field of assistive technology for people with disabilities.

In addition to the annual invite, e-ISOTIS was also invited to present the ASK-IT project to delegates, as this particular EC project has gathered momentum on an international scale with interest ranging from LA to Beijing.

e-ISOTIS presented the ASK-IT project (www.ask-it.org), discussing the details of how the project has been managed and what impact this project would have on quality of life for the ‘end user’. It was also demonstrated how this project can be adapted to other markets, from Asian markets to the American market looking at it from an Academic, Scientific and also Commercial angle.

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e-ISOTIS Interviewed on Greek National Television Channel ET3

On 7th/8th February 2008 ,

Nikos Floratos, the Business Development Manager for e-ISOTIS, was interviewed on Greek National Television channel ET3. This was in recognition for the work e-ISOTIS has done in projects looking to assist people with disabilities and the elderly.

ET3 is the largest regional television channel in Greece, with national coverage. On a daily basis, ET3 records shows and news bulletins that demonstrate how rural developments are having an impact on the wider society. ET3 is recognised for its links to assisting people with disabilities and ensures a high profile is given to this topic within Greece. In addition, with live links to its regional studios and with reports from regional Greece, the Balkans and the rest of Europe, ET3 was a fantastic medium for e-ISOTIS to promote the accredited work it does for the projects.

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Watch our interview at the Greek National TV channel ET 3

Our business development director, Mr Nikolaos Floratos gave an Interview that was broadcasted on the 7th and 8th February from ET 3. Mr Floratos talked about the activities of the organisation, its future as well as about some interesting projects for our community.

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e-ISOTIS organises the 1st EU4ALL Dissemination Conference in Lisbon

’The Lifelong Learning (LLL) paradigm, which supports the idea that learning should occur throughout a person¢s lifetime, is intended to integrate education and work in a continuous process in which all citizens should be able to access knowledge and perform work at any age and with any disability.’

The non-profit organization e-ISOTIS (Information Society Open to Impairments), organized the 1st EU4ALL dissemination conference in Lisbon, Portugal on the 8th-9th November 2007.

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eAbilities workshops - Invitation Letter and online Registration

Please click here information for upcoming eAbilities workshops.

Announcement of eAbilities 2nd Workshop

e-ISOTIS will participate as an exhibitor in the Rehacare Fair (stand: 3E58, Hall: 3) that will be held in Düsseldorf, 3/10 – 6/10/2007.

During exhibition dates, the eAbilities workshop (Room No 14 1st floor, near Hall 1) will be held in the Düsseldorf Congress Centre on 4/10/2007 from 13.30 pm to 17.30 pm.

Please click here for more details.

Are you a person with disability? You can still travel in most of the places all around Europe!!

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e-ISOTIS attends EURDICE project conference in Warsaw, Poland

e-ISOTIS participated in the EURDICE (EUropean Recommended materIals for Distance learnIng Courses for Educator) project conference in Warsaw, Poland, on 30th January 2007.
The agenda was as following:
Opening - Mr Slawomir Radon - General Director of State Archives (Polish, 5 min.)
Presentation of the Project - Ewa Rosowska (Polish, 15 min.)
Presentation of the portal EURIDICE - Andrea de Polo
Presentation of the elearning platforms and courses - Sara Roegiers
The usefulness of the digital libraries of the cultural heritage for the higher level education - Ms Monika Krakowska (Jagiellonian)
E-learning course based on the EURIDICE: “Typology of the archival materials” - Ms prof. Halina Robotka - ICIMSS, Mikolaj Kopernik University (author of the course)

In addition, e-ISOTIS gave an extensive presentation on the accessibility of websites.