Dear all, Long time since our last communication regarding the SII application. I, like some of you, still hope that we can follow up some of the threads in other ways. For now, I thought to inform you about a symposium that we are organising in relation to our SUITCEYES project, in which we will present some of the recent results. As you might know, we are developing a smart haptic interface in form of clothing in that project, which of course is an example of soft intelligent interfaces that we were all interested in. So I hope that the symposium will interest you. Furthermore, the symposium will offer the opportunity for us to get together in person and discuss and exchange ideas. Please join us if you can. And regardless of whether you can or cannot, please help us and spread the news about the symposium through your relevant networks as you see fit. Many thanks and best regards, Nasrine P.S. Sorry for double posting, I know that this message has reached some of you already through other lists. Does the newsletter not render properly? Please click here. ( https://www.anpdm.com/newsletterweb/46435F4B774945584679424559/464A59427842…) Haptic Communication – Breaking the Barriers for Inclusion and Participation How would you listen to the news, ask a shopkeeper about a product, know that your train has been cancelled, or find the keys that you have just dropped … if you could neither see nor hear? We would like to warmly welcome you to this insightful and engaging symposium! Date: August 22, 2019 Time: 09:00-17.00 (tentative) Venue: Vestindien C – Textile Fashion Centre (TFC) Building, University of Borås, Sweden Target Audience: • Researchers (disability studies, smart textiles, haptics, sensor technologies, linguistics, machine learning, user studies), • Decision makers (inclusion accessibility), • Stakeholders (people with deafblindness, families, interpreters, interveners, national support organisations, other interest groups) Registration Registration, including lunch, is free of charge. Please fill in the Registration Form at the following link https://Tiny.cc/1am77y ( https://one-lnk.com/x1eGxG9FB6m-Dihc5JB7x-uYcdCtbgZ8Pv60RMMdm8SGNJfHYUvoq1H…) by June 27th. About the symposium Information access and ease of communication are basic elements of daily living, often taken for granted, but not by people with deafblindness. If deaf, one can still see and communicate through visual clues; if blind, one can hear and communicate via spoken language. With a combination of both sight and hearing impairments the challenges are more than doubled. While there are many assistive technologies to facilitate communication for people with either sight or hearing impairments, there are very few useful communication tools for those with deafblindness. This is a gap that the SUITCEYES research project aims to bridge. SUITCEYES brings together cutting-edge research from multiple disciplines with the aim to improve the independence and participation of people with deafblindness by enhancing their communication, perception of the environment, knowledge acquisition and conduct of daily routines. Semantic representations of environmental clues and haptic communication are therefore, central to the project. In connection to this, the Symposium "Haptic Communication - Breaking the Barriers" (August 22) provides a forum for an interesting conversation on how signs, words, vocabularies and grammar can be emulated towards a haptic language. We will also share the latest news and research results from the project. You are warmly invited to join us and engage with Swedish and international experts in related fields. For more information: https://www.hb.se/en/About-UB/Current/Events/Symposium-Haptic-Communication… ( https://one-lnk.com/x1eGxG9FB6m-Dihc5JB7x-uYcdCtbgZ8Pv60RMMdm8SGNJfHYUvoq1H…) Please help us spread information concerning the symposium to your network of contacts. Accommodation in Borås For an indicative list of hotels in Borås, please click here. ( https://one-lnk.com/x1eGxG9FB6m-Dihc5JB7x-uYcdCtbgZ8Pv60RMMdm8SGNJfHYUvoq1H…) It is advisable to book accommodation, if needed, well in advance (due to other events happening in Borås at the same time). Contact If any questions, please feel free to contact Nasrine Olson, Project Coordinator, email: nasrine.olson at hb.se Thomas Bebis, Project Manager, email: thomas.bebis at hb.se About SUITCEYES SUITCEYES is a three year long (2018-2020) research project that has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 780841. 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