Vision Plus 10

Programme

Thursday, 18 September
 
  Opening
09:00 Checking in of participants
10:00 Opening addresses
  Ludwig Muxel
  Mayor of Lech
  Manfred Rein
  Councillor of the Government of the Province Vorarlberg
  Prof. Robert O. Swinehart
  IIID President Elect
  Introduction
10:30 Tourist Information de Luxe - for All
David Quarmby
  Deputy Chairman Strategic Rail Authority, Board Member Transport for London, Past Chairman British Tourist Authority, London, UK
Chairman Vision Plus 10
10:40 Business opportunities and senior citizens
Hanne Meyer-Hentschel
  Meyer-Hentschel Management Consulting, Saarbrücken, D
11:05 Coffee break
  Keynote
11:15 Benchmarking tourist information
Prof. David Sless
  Communication Research Institute of Australia, Hawker, AUS
12:15 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
 
  Afternoon Session:  "Bricks and Tools"
14:30 Introduction
David Quarmby
  Chairman Vision Plus 10
14:35 Communicating across language barriers with pictograms
Barry Gray
  Signing & Design Manager Network Rail,
Chairman Sign Design Society,
Chairman ISO/TC145/SC1 "Public Information Symbols",
London, UK
14:55 Insights gained from developing the Tiresias Typeface family
Sylvie Perera
  Royal National Institute of the Blind, London, UK
15:15 Typography and the aging eye:
typefaces and their suitability for older tourists with vision problems
Prof. Paul Nini
  Visual Communication Design Program Coordinator, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
15:35 Coffee Break
16:20 Visually Supported Barrier Free Communication in Tachikawa City
Hisashi Aoki / Keiichi Koyama
  Mayor of Tachikawa, J / i Design inc. Tokyo, J
16:50 Pictorial Maps: Combining understanding and pleasure
Prof. Paul Mijksenaar
  Bureau Mijksenaar, Amsterdam + Technical University of Delft, NL
17:10 Discussion
17:45 End of Afternoon Session
  Evening
19:00 Social Event (let yourself be surprised)
   
Friday, 19 September
 
  Moving around in real and virtual information environments
  Morning session:  "Real information environments"
09:00 Introduction
David Quarmby
  Chairman Vision Plus 10
09:05 Pictorial Maps: Examples of best practice
Prof. Paul Mijksenaar
  Bureau Mijksenaar, Amsterdam + Technical University of Delft, NL
09:25 Creation of a barrierfree public transport network
Roland Krpata
  Vienna Transport, Vienna, A
09:50 Wanting to be as famous as the mountain – The design of a new railway brand
Florian Nussbaumer
  MetaDesign AG, Zurich, CH
10:10 Coffee Break
10:55 An Accessible Chester: Promoting the Civil Liberties
of Disabled People
Tim Metcalfe
  Chester City Council, Chester, UK
11:20 Dubai: A shopper's paradise and its
integrated information system
Harpreet Seth
  Intarch International Interiors LLC, Dubai, UAE
11:40 IIID Summer Academy - design learning in context
Veronika Schreyer
  Coordinator IIID Summer Academy 2003
"Travelling the City 2" (Salzburg), A
12:00 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
 
  Afternoon session:  "Virtual information environments"
14:30 Introduction
David Quarmby
  Chairman Vision Plus 10
14:35 Designing Inclusive Web Sites
Franz Pühretmair
  Competence Network IT to Support the Integration of People with Disabilities, Hagenberg, A
14:55 Quality information which makes tourism go round
Rachel Tym
  European Tour Operators Association, London, UK
15:15 Coffee Break
16:00 www.holland.com: Building an inclusive Internet platform
Karin Nijhuis
  Netherlands Board of Tourism, Leidschendam, NL
16:20 Accessing Tourist Information on the Move
Georg Niklfeld
  Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, A
16:40 Discussion
17:15 End of afternoon session
  Evening
19:00 Dining around
   
Saturday, 20 September
 
  Making visitors want to come again
  Morning session:  "Making visitors..."
09:00 Introduction
David Quarmby
  Chairman Vision Plus 10
09:05 Designing information for elderly tourists: What information designers should take into consideration
Christa Erhart
  Department for Geriatrics Christian Doppler Clinic, Salzburg, A
09:25 Caring for senior tourists
Nadja Herzog
  50plus Hotels, Landhotel Rupertus, Leogang, A
09:45 Access guaranteed, but just how hospitable are we?
An investigation from the Western Australian hotel sector
Prof. Martin A. O'Neill
  Department of Hotel and Restaurant Managment, Auburn University, Alabama, USA
10:15 Coffee Break
11:00 Information Design - a Success Factor in the Rising Competition in Tourism
Franz Heffeter
  Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management Klessheim, Salzburg, A
11:25 An innovative events planner for tourists on a time budget
Koray Duhbaci
  Yildiz Technical University, Interactive Media Department, Istanbul, TUR
11:45 Discussion
12:15 Lunch
 
  Afternoon Session:  "... want to come again"
14:30 Introduction
David Quarmby
  Chairman Vision Plus 10
14:35 Feeling safe even in emergencies:
The Benefon mobile phone and its SOS button
Christian Arabjan-Kappacher
  Eurofunk, St. Johann im Pongau, A
14:50 CIVIUM: A Geographical Information System For Everyone,
The Information Commons and The Universal Database.
Peter Lucas
  MAYA Design, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
15:15 Coffee Break
16:00 Discussion, Conclusions
  Inauguration of the IIID Expert Network "Tourist Information"
17:35 End of Vision Plus 10, Farewell drinks

 

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