This page compiles a list of conference, workshops, courses and other events which might be of interest to the Usher syndrome community in India.
Events by Date
- 2025 March 1-3. Deafblind International Asian Conference 2025, Pokhara Nepal.
- First Regional DBI conference in Asia
- Organizer: Deafblind International
- 2024 November 14-17. ICEVI World Conference 2024. Ahmedabad India.
- Organizer: International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI).
- Theme: Inclusion in diversity: Equality and accessibility for all
- 2024 October 18-20. Empower 2024 Assistive Technology Conference
- Description: organized with the objective of bringing together all stakeholders in the assistive technology sector, which includes researchers, user organizations, industries as well as policy makers. to discuss issues involved in creation, production and dissemination of assistive technology solutions.
- Organizer: https://empowerconferences.in/
- 2024 July 19-20. 15th USH Connections Conference. In-person (Rochester New York, USA) and Online from any country.
- Organizer: Usher Syndrome Coalition
- 2024 June 21-22. Visions Conference. Chicago Illinois USA.
- Organizer: Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Focus: latest research advancements for retinal degenerative diseases (e.g. retinitis pigmentosa, Usher Syndrome). Blind and low vision community.
- 2024. March 2-3. 8th India Deaf Expo 2024. Pune.
- Organizer: Deaf Leaders Foundation
- Conference presentations
- Exhibitions by educators, inventors and businessmen on products and assistive technologies for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Entertainment, Pageant, Talent Show
- 2024 January 25-27. 8th National Deaf Conference 2024. Kolkata.
- Organizer: National Association for the Deaf (NAD)
- 2024 January 8-13. International Purple Fest 2024. Goa.
- Organizer: __
- 2023 September 30 - October 1. 5th National Convention of Speech & Hearing Association, Bihar (BISHACON 2023).
- 2023 July 12-14. DISES International Roundtable: Envision the Future: An Inclusive Society for All, Bangalore
- Organizer: https://dises-cec.org/
- 2023 April 2. Usher Syndrome and DeafBlind Families Meetup. Mumbai.
- Organizer: Usher Syndrome India
- 2023 February 2-4. 2nd National Conference of the Deaf-Blind (NCDB), Bangalore
- Organizers: Society for the Empowerment of the Deaf-Blind (SEDB), Enable India, and Chetana Trust
- Report by SEDB
- 2023 January 27-29. India Deaf Expo. Chennai
- Organizer: Deaf Leaders Foundation (DLF)
- Report by SEDB
- 2023 January 24. Empowering the Deaf: Achieving Accessibility in the Workplace. Bangalore.
- Organizer: National Association of the Deaf
- 2022 November 11-12. India Inclusion Summit. Bengaluru
- Organizer: https://indiainclusionsummit.com/
- 2022 October. World Federation of the DeafBlind (WFDB)
- Organizer: https://wfdb.eu/
- 2022 October 13-15. Empower 2022 Assistive Technology Conference, Chennai
- Description: 5th annual technical event, organized with the objective of bringing together all stakeholders in the assistive technology sector, which includes researchers, user organizations, industries as well as policy makers. to discuss issues involved in creation, production and dissemination of assistive technology solutions.
- Organizer: https://empowerconferences.in/
2020. 1st National Conference for the Deafblind: Inclusion through Technology and Advocacy.
Annual Awareness Days
- last day of February is Rare Disease Day
- last week of June is DeafBlind Awareness Week, in honor of Helen Keller's birthday (june 27)
- third Saturday of September, Usher Syndrome Awareness Day
- September is Deaf Awareness Month
- last full week of September is Deaf Awareness Week
Other Event Organizers
- National Association for the Deaf. Event list.
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