Programme

Day and Date / Time / Details
Thursday May 10th / 18.00 onwards / Welcome reception hosted by the French Federation of Guide Dog Associations
Friday May 11th / 7.00 to 8.15 / Breakfast
Friday May 11th / 8.45 to 8.50 / Welcome from the Chair of IGDF
Friday May 11th / 8.50 to 9:15 / Official Opening of Seminar
Friday May 11th / 9.15 to 10:15 / Plenary session:
Building Extraordinary Partnerships – Guide Dogs’ Strategy 2010 to 2020
Presented by:
Graham Smith
Friday May 11th / 10.15 to 10.45 / Refreshments
Friday May 11th / 10.45 to 11.00 / Move to workshops
Friday May 11th / 11.00 to 12.15 / Workshop session:
Orientation and Mobility Guidelines for Guide Dog Mobility Instructors: what we have tried at Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Presented by:
Michael Meteyer
Friday May 11th / 11.00 to 12.15 / Workshop session:
Success rate can be a misleading metric
Presented by:
Eldin Leighton
Day and Date / Time / Details
Friday May 11th / 11.00 to 12.15 / Workshop session:
Guide dog mobility in shared space urban design
Presented by:
Kees Tinga and Else Havik
Friday May 11th / 11.00 to 12.15 / Workshop session:
Establishing Mobility Services in developing and Third World Nations: perspectives on Mobility Services in Timor Leste and Zimbabwe
Presented by:
Bashir Ebrahim
Friday May 11th / 12.15 to 13.30 / Lunch
Friday May 11th / 13.30 to 14.30 / Plenary session:
French Specificity, communicating and fundraising together
Presented by:
Christine Turc
Friday May 11th / 14.30 to 14.45 / Move to workshops
Friday May 11th / 14.45 to 16.00 / Workshop session:
Our Mission in time of Natural Disasters - Report on the damage and support for Visually Impaired people after 3. 11
Presented by:
Mr Kanai and Ms Yamaga
Friday May 11th / 14.45 to 16.00 / Workshop session:
First steps in the training harness at the age of five months
Presented by:
Jenny Meyer and Peter Steinkellner
Friday May 11th / 14.45 to 16.00 / Workshop session:
Measuring guide dog temperament
Presented by:
Jane Russenberger
Friday May 11th / 14.45 to 16.00 / Workshop session:
Training of Guide Dog Clients across a diverse cultural spectrum
Presented by:
Leon Bunguza
Day and Date / Time / Details
Friday May 11th / 16.00 to 16.30 / Refreshments
Friday May 11th / 16.30 to 17.30 / Plenary session:
Quality Guide Dog Teams from a Toyota Assembly Line?
Presented by:
Michele Pouliot, Brad Hibbard and Susan Armstrong
Friday May 11th / 17.30 to 19.00 / Free time
Friday May 11th / 19.00 / Dinner
Friday May 11th / 20.30 to 22.00 / DVD / Poster presentation
Saturday May 12th / 7.00 to 8.15 / Breakfast
Saturday May 12th / 8.30 to 9.15 / Annual General Meeting
Saturday May 12th / 9.15 to 9.45 / Nominations for IGDF Board Directors
Saturday May 12th / 9.45 to 10.15 / Delegates vote for IGDF Board Directors
Saturday May 12th / 9.45 to 10.15 / Refreshments
(available while voting for IGDF Board Directors)
Saturday May 12th / 10.15 to 11.15 / Plenary session:
IGDF Development Committee role in helping your Guide Dog School
Presented by:
Ken Lord, Jane Russenberger and John Byfield
Saturday May 12th / 11.15 to 11.30 / Move to workshops
Saturday May 12th / 11.30 to 12.45 / Workshop session:
An Outcome Standard for Guide Dog Teams
Presented by:
Graeme White and Dan English
Saturday May 12th / 11.30 to 12.45 / Workshop session:
Non Tangible Elements of Client Instruction
Presented by:
Judy Campbell
Day and Date / Time / Details
Saturday May 12th / 11.30 to 12.45 / Workshop session:
Celebrating 70 years of family partnerships
Presented by:
Kathleen Daly and Peggy Gibbon
Saturday May 12th / 11.30 to 12.45 / Workshop session:
E-learning, interactive knowledge support for Guide dog users
Presented by:
Peter van der Heijden
Saturday May 12th / 12.45 to 14.00 / Lunch
Saturday May 12th / 14.00 to 15.15 / Workshop session:
Assisting handlers following attacks on Guide Dogs: Implications for Guide Dog Teams
Presented by:
Brian Francis and Cheryl Godley
Saturday May 12th / 14.00 to 15.15 / Workshop session:
Competency Based Apprentice Hiring, Evaluation and Training
Presented by:
Rod Haneline
Saturday May 12th / 14.00 to 15.15 / Workshop session:
A genetic analysis of C-BARQ scores in young dogs being raised for work as guides
Presented by:
Kelly Schiefelbein
Saturday May 12th / 14.00 to 15.15 / Workshop session:
Guide Dogs’ Issues with Stairs: Origins and Resolutions
Presented by:
Lukas Franck
Saturday May 12th / 15.15 to 15.45 / Refreshments
Saturday May 12th / 15.45 to 16.00 / Announcement of new IGDF Board Directors
Saturday May 12th / 16.00 to 17.00 / Plenary session:
The Epidemiology of Behaviour in guide dogs
Presented by:
Lucy Asher
Saturday May 12th / 17.00 to 17.30 /
Presentation of Ken Lord Award
and Derek Freeman Scholarship
Day and Date / Time / Details
Saturday May 12th / 17.30 to 17.40 / Presentation of the draft international treaty on access rights
Saturday May 12th / 17.40 to 17.45 / Information about Gala Dinner
Saturday May 12th / 17.45 to 19.00 / Free time
Saturday May 12th / 19.00 to 23.00 / Gala Dinner - Seine River Boat tour
Sunday May 13th / 7.00 to 8.15 / Breakfast
Sunday May 13th / 8.45 to 9.45 / Plenary session:
All About Accreditation - A review of current standards and procedures to complete an effective accreditation
Presented by:
Bill Thornton, Marc Lyell, Brad Hibbard, Judy Campbell and Kevin Mundy
Sunday May 13th / 9.45 to 10.45 / Plenary session:
Innovation - Dog training and Client Service programs for hard of hearing and deaf blind clients
Presented by:
Andrea Martine
Sunday May 13th / 10.45 to 11.15 / Refreshments
Sunday May 13th / 11.15 to 11.45 / Message from the board
Sunday May 13th / 11.45 to 12.00 / Vote of thanks
- Host Organisation
- All Seminar sponsors and contributors
- Retiring Directors
Sunday May 13th / 12.00 to 13.15 / Seminar close and Lunch

Please note this programme is subject to changes, if they prove necessary, between now and the seminar.

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