The World Blind Union presents:
World Congress Braille21
Innovations in Braille in the 21st Century
September 27-30, 2011
The World Blind Union presents:
Innovations in Braille in the 21st Century
September 27-30, 2011
The selection of the contributions was done by an international programme committee. These are experts from libraries, educational centres and associations. The members of the committee ensured that all contributions to Braille21 followed the high quality demands of the World Congress.
The members are:
Peter Brass
Uwe Bruchmüller, Judge at the District Court of Magdeburg and Board Member of the German Association of Blind and Partially Sighted Students and Professionals, Germany
Dr. Judith Dixon, Costumer Relations Officer, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA
Dr. Thomas Kahlisch, Director of the German Central Library for the Blind Leipzig (DZB Leipzig), Germany
Andrea Katemann, Employee at the German Institute for the Blind Marburg (blista Marburg e. V.), Germany
Ajai Kutar Mittal, President of the All India Confederation of the Blind, India
Peter Osborne, Head International Development and Partnerships, Royal National Institute of Blind People, UK
»Braille does not distinguish between Latin and Cyrillic script but accommodates every language with few necessary special characters.«