1. Preannouncement of the Tactile reading conference 2017 Björn Westling Presentation at the Nordic braille authorities meeting, Helsingfors/Helsinki, October 1–2, 2015

2. Tactile reading conference 2017 Name: –Tactile reading: Children reading braille and graphics. For practitioners and academics. Organizers: –Swedish Agency for Accessible Media (MTM), and the Swedish Braille Authority –National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools, Sweden (SPSM) International, English speaking

3. Conference topics Development of tactual understanding Tactile reading and the brain Braille and literacy Tactile graphics Universal design and tactile reading

4. Who are we targetting? Teachers and others working with children with visual impairments. Academics in various research areas. Commercial companies, developers, innovators in the field of tactile reading

5. Our aim Share experiences and research Promote best practices and new ideas for research Get people together for future collaboration

6. Presenters One keynote speaker is already in place: –Kay Holbrook (founder of “Getting in Touch with Literacy conference”) You or your contacts? Please make submissions We also need help with the marketing!!

7. Time schedule November/December 2015, invitation/call for abstracts: –Presentations –Poster sessions September 2016: Publication of programme 6-7 april 2017 (Thursday–Friday): Conference at Clarion Stockholm (Södermalm)