REGIONAL TRAINING SESSION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
BLUE RIBBON PANEL PROJECT
WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY

June 25, 1993,  9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sheraton Hotel, 39 Dalton Street, Boston, Massachusetts
AGENDA

9:30 - 10:00    Registration

10:00 - 10:15   Welcome, Introductions, Purpose of Session
           þ Judy Brewer, Project Coordinator, Massachusetts Assistive
             Technology Partnership
           þ Deborah Kaplan, Director, Division on Technology Policy,
             World Institute on Disability
           þ Heidi Reed, Executive Director, DEAF, Inc.
           þ John Winske, Executive Director, Massachusetts Coalition of
             Citizens with Disabilities

10:15 - 11:00   Exhibits of Telecommunications Equipment and Services 

11:00 - 11:30   The State of the Art in Telecommunications Technology:  
           Are We Having Access Yet?
           þ Discussion led by Deborah Kaplan, World Institute on
             Disability     

11:30 - 12:30   Panel Discussion:  Massachusetts and Telecommunications: 
           
           What Have We Achieved?
           þ Marilyn Benoit, Director, Equipment Distribution Program
           þ Mary Essex, Outreach Manager, Relay Service
           þ Kenneth Gordon (invited), Chairman, Department of Public
             Utilities
           þ Donald Horan, Systems Analyst, and Charles T. Reardon,
             Director of Public Safety, Massachusetts Statewide
             Emergency Telecommunications Board 
           
12:30 - 1:45    Luncheon sponsored by NYNEX 
           þ Keynote Speaker, Congressman Edward Markey (invited), 
             Chair of Subcommittee on Telecommunications & Finance
           þ Introduced by Commissioner Barbara Jean Wood, 
             Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

1:45 - 2:15     Using WIDNet and Other Bulletin Boards as Tools for
           Advocacy
           þ Janina Sajka, Project Manager, World Institute on
             Disability

2:15 - 2:30     Break

2:30 - 3:30     Panel Discussion:  Effective Strategies for
           Telecommunications Advocacy
           þ Rick Colon, Associate Director, Public Affairs, New England
             Telephone
           þ Commissioner Charles Crawford, Massachusetts Commission for
             the Blind
           þ Marylyn Howe, President , Association of Late-Deafened
             Adults
           þ Al Sonnenstrahl, Executive Director, Telecommunications for
             the Deaf, Inc.
             
3:30 - 4:00     Evaluation of the Session, Wrap-up

4:00 - 5:30     Reception sponsored by NYNEX
           þ Commissioner Elmer Bartels, Massachusetts Rehabilitation
             Commission