Friday, 2008 May 2

Facilitators to Submit State-of-the-Art Working Paper (no more than 10 pages in length) and Corresponding Resources

Friday, 2008 May 16

Distribution of State-of-the-Art Working Paper and Resources to Constituency Group Leaders/Members

Wednesday, 2008 Jun 25-27

Summit to Create a Cyber-Community to Advance Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals in STEM (DHH Cyber-Community)

2008, Jun 25

Facilitator’s Pre-Summit Meeting (Half-Day Afternoon)

2008 Jun 26-27

Team Meetings, Draft Summary Report/Recommendations

Monday, 2008 Sept 15

Final Summary Report/Recommendations

Pre-Summit Facilitator’s Meeting – Wednesday, June 25, 2008 (afternoon)

Summit plans, logistics, and unresolved issues will be addressed in preparation for the two full day working team meetings.

Summit Day 1 – Thursday, June 26, 2008 (full day)

After a brief welcome, each of the working groups will meet as a panel in the presence of all other Summit participants. The co-facilitators will lead discussions among the panel members using the white paper for that team as a catalyst for articulating the potential benefits and challenges of creating an on-line remote interpreting and captioning infrastructure for that constituency group. At the conclusion of the session, other participants will be invited to comment (9:00 AM – 2:00 PM)

Participants will then be asked to breakout into their working groups (closed session) to refine and articulate the major issues and challenges associated with the development of the new on-line remote system from their respective constituency group (2:00 PM until completion – dinner will be brought in).

Summit Day 2 – Friday, June 27, 2008 (full day)

The facilitator and co-facilitator of each team will present their team’s recommendations, in sequence, to the entire Summit gathering, with all members participating in discussions (9:00 AM – 3:00 PM).

Concluding summary remarks will be offered by the conference organizers and the next steps will be presented to the Summit participants.