The
First European
SignWriting Symposium 2005
Het
Eerste Europese GebarenSchrift Symposium 2005
European SignWriters Unite!
Download PDF Flyer of the Information below
First Session Begins 9:00am on July 21st
Brussels,
Belgium
The Symposium will be
held at:
Kasterlinden School
Dilbeekstraat 1,
1082
Sint-Agatha-Berchem
Sint-Agatha-Berchem
is near Brussels.
A lot of teachers and developers in Europe have discovered SignWriting and feel the need to share their questions and experiences with others. How do we use SignWriting in education? Which computer programs do I need? Why are SignSpellings important? There are a lot of questions about SignWriting, and it's time an organization spreads information and gives SignWriting the recognition it deserves!
Hotel accomodation, food and possible interpreters will be at your own expense.
Can Attend?
Limited
to 30 Participants
The Symposium space is donated to us
by the Kasterlinden School. The school has requested no more than 30
participants. So SignWriting users should sign up quickly!
We
will do our best to find room for you....
Are you a teacher who uses SignWriting? Or have you made
amazing discoveries or developed fantastic software for SignWriting?
In other words, if you feel you can contribute to this symposium
or you are struggling with the same questions written above, contact
us, and we will try to make room for you!
6. Hotels
Hotels
near Brussels
Look for hotels to make reservations yourself:
http://www.brussels-hotels.com
If you wish to stay close to the place where the Symposium is held,
try to find a hotel in or near Sint-Agatha-Berchem.
7.
Big
Celebration
July 21st!
Spectacular
Event on July 21st!
This
year Belgium is celebrating its 175th birthday! The Belgian Independence
Day is the 21st of July. And the 21st is also the first day of our First
European SignWriting Symposium!
So we will celebrate this by being able to attend a GREAT spectacular
event in Brussels on the evening of July 21st together!
For those who wish to know more about the history of Belgium, there
is an exhibition in Brussels about the Belgian struggle for independence,
and how Belgium became a country 175 years ago. And on the web, you
can also find information in English, Dutch, German and French
on these websites:
http://www.expo-madeinbelgium.be/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Belgium
How
to Register for Symposium
Write to:
Kathleen Heylen and Sara Geudens
katjesaar@hotmail.com
Send us an email message, and answer these questions:
1.
What is your current occupation or study?
2. What are your reasons for wanting to attend the symposium?
3. What are you more interested in: SignWriting for Deaf Education,
or SignWriting software development?
4. Are you hearing or Deaf? If you are hearing, do you understand English
very well, well, or not so well?
Committee
Kathleen Heylen and Sara Geudens
katjesaar@hotmail.com
Shane Gilchrist Ó hEorpa
shane.gilchrist.oheorpa@francismaginn.org
Ingvild Roald
iroald@hotmail.com
Stefan Woehrmann
stefanwoehrmann@gebaerdenschrift.de
Trevor Jenkins
trevor.jenkins@suneidesis.com
Valerie Sutton
Sutton@SignWriting.org
Flemish Online Dictionary: http://gebaren.ugent.be/
Signs are written in Flemish Sign Language, by Kristof de Weerdt, Kathleen Heylen and Sara Geudens.
Fax: 858-456-0020
Voice: 858-456-0098