Baruch College hosts the 2nd annual Employment and Visual Impairment Conference "Changing Vision, Changing Lives." Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP), moderates the event. The conference is co-sponsored by New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, Johnson & Johnson, and Colgate-Palmolive.

The event takes place on April 2, 2009, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

[Part I -- 58 min.]

Opening Remarks

Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College;

Ann Clarkson, Assistant Dean, Continuing and Professional Studies, Baruch College;

David Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College;

Brian Daniels, Associate Commissioner, NYS Commission for Blind and Visually Handicapped

Keynote Address: "Dare to Succeed"

James Kutsch, PhD, President & CEO, Seeing Eye, Inc.

[Part II -- 55 min.]

Technology - Recent Trends

Moderator: Dawn Suvino, VISIONS

Presenters: Dr. Aries Arditi, The Lighthouse.

Steve Landau, Tactile Kiosk Directory;

Pratik Patel, Director, Information Technology Access, City University of New York

[Part III -- 45 min.]

Lunch & Metropolitan Placement Consortium "Breaking Barriers" Awards & Seiko Karate Demo

[Part IV -- 80 min.]

Technology - Web Usability Testing

Moderator: Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Presenters: Michael Burks, Accessibility Consultant;

Kate Schrauth, Executive Director, icouldbe.org

Lynnette Tatum, Senior Instructor, computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College

Comments from the audience moderated by Julie Jansen, Freelance Corporate Consultant and Career Coach and Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU