2016 American Council of the Blind Conference and Convention
Welcome to the 55th Annual Conference and Convention of the American Council of the Blind!
This Conference and Convention is taking place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis Minnesota.
This page contains the schedule of events that will be streamed live and events that will be recorded and aired at a later time on ACBRadio Live Event.
All general sessions, Candidates Forum and the banquet will be streamed live on ACBRadio Mainstream and Live Event.
The workshops will be streamed on ACBRadio Live Event only.
The replays of the general sessions, candidates forum and the banquet will be aired on ACBRadio mainstream only.
The replays of the workshops including the workshops that were recorded and not streamed live will be aired on ACBRadio Live Event only.
The Friends in Art Showcase will air and replay on ACBRadio Café.
Starting this year, all archives of the ACB Conference and Convention sessions that have been either streamed or recorded by ACBRadio will be made available through the new ACB Events podcast feed as well as this page.
You can view and subscribe to the ACB Events feed by going to:
http://acbradio.org/acb-events.xml.
Each day's sessions should be uploaded and made available on the feed and scheduled for replay no later than 9:00 P.M. eastern time unless there are technical issues beyond our control.
Schedule of Events to be streamed live
Please note all times listed are in the Central Time Zone.
Saturday, July 2, 2016
1:15 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. 411 from the Information Access Committee
4:30 P.M. — 6:00 P.M. Resource Development Committee Easy Money
Sunday, July 3, 2016
2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Arm yourself for the trip from the Transportation and Environment Access Committee
7:00 P.M. — 10:00 P.M. 55th Annual ACB Conference & Convention Opener
Monday, July 4, 2016
8:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. ACB General Session
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
8:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. ACB General Session
2:45P.M. — 4:00P.M. Tools for Tomorrow from the Rehabilitation Task Force
5:45 P.M. — 7:00 P.M. Candidates forum
8:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. Friends in Art Showcase
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
8:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. ACB General Session
2:45 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Health care challenges from the Health Issues Task Force
Thursday, July 7, 2016
8:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. ACB General Session
1:15 P.M. - 2:30 P.M. Board of Publications Editor's Workshop
2:45 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. ACB Membership seminar
Friday, July 8, 2016
8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. ACB General Session
7:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. ACB banquet
Events that will be recorded and aired later in the evening and overnight
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Leadership Institute
Sunday, July 3, 2016
ADP Conference
The Future of Learning
Monday, July 4, 2016
MCAC Luncheon and program,
ADP conference
SASI "invisible Journey"
LUA program
Reading in unconventional ways
Tuesday, July 6, 2016
ADP conference
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
LUUA BRL AABT program
Friday, July 8, 2016
Sister power breakfast
Please note:
This schedule can change with very little notice due to any technical or resource issues that may come up unexpectedly at the convention site.