i-CREATe 2009

3rd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology, 22 - 26 April 2009, Singapore

CALL FOR PAPER

The conference addresses current and future developments in the areas of Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology. Topic areas include, but not limited to:

• New rehabilitation techniques & studies, novel assistive technology products
• Assistive robotics, rehabilitative & therapeutic robotics, robotic environments and companions
• Biomedical devices and instruments
• Orthoses, exoskeletons, innovative mobility aids
• User interfaces, brain-computer interface, bio-signal control interface
• AAC products, studies & evaluations, translations
• Universal design, inclusive housing & work place, transportation, accessibility issues
• Smart home technology, environment control technology
• Computer access products, software, studies & evaluations
• Product development, commercialization, start-ups, and business related topics
• Social issues, policies, political issues related disability and aging population
• Gerontology and Geriatric Healthcare
• Community Services and Social Works
• Educational Improvement & Diversity : Case studies of good practices of AT & IT infusion in the special education classroom
• Learning Disabilities & Developmental Disabilities : the challenge of having a barrier free learning environment
• eTourism & disability
• Accessible Tourism websites and accessible Tourism Information Systems (TIS)
• Accessible Travel and Leisure holidays
• Accessibility information/guidelines/audits for tourism products
• Usability and user-interface studies
• Economic evaluations of Accessible Tourism
• Technologies and applications supporting Accessible Tourism
• E-Accessibility, e-Inclusion, Universal Design and usability
• Value creation and competitive based on social enterprises

Download the call for paper HERE.

Full Paper Submission Guidelines

• Papers should be original and not published in other conferences, journals, magazines, etc.
• Accepted work must be presented by one of the authors.
• Maximum of 2 PUBLICATIONS for AUTHORS (who are NOT full-time students, senior citizens – 65 yr & above and people with disability) registering for the conference.
• Maximum of 1 PUBLICATION for full-time students, senior citizens – 65 yr & above and people with disability registering for the conference.
• EXTRA PAGE FEE: Each paper MUST NOT EXCEED 4 PAGES. SGD 150 will be charged for EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE.
• EXTRA PAPER FEE: SGD 150 will be charged for EACH ADDITIONAL PAPER.
• ONLY electronic submission would be accepted.
• Note that only MS Word and PDF format documents are accepted and MUST NOT EXCEED 2MB.
• Kindly DO NOT SUBMIT WORD 7 docuemnts. Please save the word 2007 document in an older format such as word 97 – 2003.
• The final manuscript MUST use the exact ACM SIG templates.
  Download the MS Word template HERE.
  LaTeX users can download the relevant templates HERE.
• Each final paper submission is to be accompanied by a copyright form, CLICK HERE to download the form, complete it and email (icreate2009@start-centre.com) or fax it back to the conference secretariat at +65 67430263.

All paper submissions will be peer reviewed by the technical programme committee. The full conference papers will be published and indexed in ACM Digital Library and EI. Selected papers will be included in the Special Issue of Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology journal published by Taylor & Francis.

Below is a list of papers from i-CREATe 2007 selected for publication in Volume 3, Issue 6 (2008) of the Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology journal.

1. Jia, Xiaohong, Suo, Shuangfu, Meng, Fan & Wang, Rencheng, "Effects of alignment on interface pressure for transtibial amputee during walking," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 339 - 343, Nov. 2008.
2. Israsena, P., Dubsok, P. & Pan-Ngum, S., "A study of low-cost, robust Assistive Listening System (ALS) based on digital wireless technology," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 295 - 301, Nov. 2008.
3. Lee, Shwn-Jen, Yang, Ya-Hsin, Huang, Ping-Chin, Cheng, Yu-Ting, Lee, Chen-Horong & Wang, Tzyy-Jiuan, "Establishment of Resource Portal of Assistive Technology in Taiwan," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 344 - 350, Nov. 2008.
4. Wettasinghe, C. M. & Koh, T. H., "Axiomatic design theory for the analysis, comparison, and redesign of curriculum for special education," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 309-314, Nov. 2008.
5. Kencana, Andy Prima & Heng, John, "Experiment on a novel user input for computer interface utilizing tongue input for the severely disabled," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 351 - 359, Nov. 2008.
6. Lau, Hongyin, Tam, Eric W. C. & Cheng, Jack C. Y., "An experience on wheelchair bank management," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 302 - 308, Nov. 2008.
7. Smithmaitrie, Pruittikorn, Kanjantoe, Jinda & Tandayya, Pichaya, "Touching force response of the piezoelectric Braille cell," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 360 - 365, Nov. 2008.
8. Zeng, Qiang, Teo, Chee Leong, Rebsamen, Brice & Burdet, Etienne, "Collaborative path planning for a robotic wheelchair," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 315 - 324, Nov. 2008.
9. Ang, W. T., Tan, U. -X., Tan, H. G., Myo, T., Ng, C. K., Koh, K. L. & Cheam, B. S., "Design and development of a novel balancer with variable difficulty for training and evaluation," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 325 - 331, Nov. 2008.
10. Tan, Adrian Hock Guan & Ang, Wei Tech, "Towards an inclusive society in Asia: The invisible helping hand," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 366 - 380, Nov. 2008.
11. Manochiopinig, Sriwimon, Thubthong, Nuttakorn & Kayasith, Prakasith, "Dysarthric speech characteristics of Thai stroke patients," Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 332 - 338, Nov. 2008.

Authors should adhere strictly to the format instructions. The organizing committee reserves the right to return accepted papers to the author(s) that do not fully comply strictly with the format instructions given below.

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