OcuSource.com, the vision impairment industry portal, announced motivational speaker Jim Stovall as keynote speaker, and singing sensation Pat Boone as opening night entertainment on Wednesday, June 8th at 7pm central time. The opening ceremonies will be held via online web-conference at http://www.ocusource.com
JIM STOVALL is one of the most influential blind individuals of our time. An accomplished speaker, Jim has been a national champion Olympic weightlifter, a successful investment broker, author, and entrepreneur. He is Co-Founder and President of the Narrative Television Network (NTN), which makes movies and television accessible for our nation's 13 million blind and visually impaired people and their families. Although originally designed for the blind and visually impaired, over 60% of NTN's nationwide audience is made up of fully-sighted people who simply enjoy the programming. NTN has grown to include over 1,200 cable systems and broadcast stations, reaching over 35 million homes in the United States, and NTN is shown in 11 foreign countries. With over 45 million units sold and 38 top-40 hits, PAT BOONE is recognized by Billboard Magazine as the #10 rock recording artist in history, placing higher on that impressive chart than either Madonna or Billy Joel. Entertainment Weekly proclaimed him 'Winner of the Week' in 2003 as Pat Boone incredibly landed his 61st hit on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart from his American Glory album. Pat also has enjoyed a successful movie career with memorable credits including "State Fair" and "April Love". THE OCUSOURCE ONLINE CONFERENCE OcuSource created the Online conference so that those individuals involved with vision loss can share in the excellent resources found at major industry conferences. The online "conference center" has easy-to-navigate "presentation halls" and "exhibit halls" which allow the visitor to find his or her way to the topic of interest. Presentations are completed in tcConference web-conference rooms, which are supplied by OcuSource's venture partner Talking Communities. Presentation topics include macular degeneration, living with vision loss, employment, education of the visually impaired, and presentations for vision care professionals. Exhibit halls are filled with "booths" staffed by manufacturers, vendors, agencies, organizations, and other entities eager to share information about their services and products. Visitors who are unable to attend the live portion of the conference can still experience all the benefits through archived streaming videos of the presentations available for 14 days after the close of the live portion of the event. Any time, day or night, from around the world, visitors can view the information from each of these exhibitors, request information, and in some instances, enter a voice-chat room and ask questions of the Representative. REGISTER NOW "Our greatest challenge is spreading the word to the seniors of North America," stated Lipschultz. "We're hoping for distribution throughout the network of senior-oriented websites and organizations". The expo is now accepting applications for exhibitors, presentations, and sponsors, all of which are available online at: http://www.ocusource.com/expo/expo.cfm CONTACT INFORMATION: Daniel Prins Accessibilty Plus! 952-938-4955 http://supportingthevisuallyimpaired.blogspot.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
