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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br>Dear Valerie.<div><br></div><div>Here is my abstract in English.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Rafaela<br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2015 10:11:55 -0700<br>From: signwriting@MAC.COM<br>Subject: SignWriting Symposium 2015 - abstracts, bios and photos<br>To: SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU<br><br>SignWriting List<div>June 6, 2015</div><div><br>Dear Presenters at the SW Symposium 2015 -</div><div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for the abstracts I have already received.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>I will start working on your web pages for the Symposium presentations when I receive your abstracts. Take a look at this web page to see an example of how the Symposium web pages look
</div><div><br></div><div>SignWriting Symposium 2014</div><div>Presentation by Claudia Bianchini</div><div><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0001.html" target="_blank">http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0001.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>As you can see, if you click on Authors on the above web page, it takes you to the biographies and photos of the presenters.</div><div><br></div><div>So, if you are a first-time presenter at the Symposium, I will need your biography and photos, as well as your Abstracts. If you presented in 2014, then I already have your bio and photos, unless you wish to update them, and if so, no problem - Just send me the updated files.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, if you wish to have a bi-lingual posting of your abstract and bio in your native language and also in English, you are welcome to send me the files in one language, or both, or I can arrange for the English translation
it is all good...</div><div><br></div><div>This is so much fun to be in touch with so many talented people -</div><div><br></div><div>Look forward to hearing from you - </div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><b>SIGNWRITING SYMPOSIUM 2015</b></div><div><div><div><br></div><div>PRESENTATION 1 <br><b>The Javascript-based SignWriting Keyboard for Use on Wikimedia and throughout the Web</b><br><br>AUTHOR<br>Yair Rand<br><a href="mailto:yyairrand@gmail.com">yyairrand@gmail.com</a><br><br>LANGUAGE: English<br>COUNTRY: Canada<br>CATEGORY: SignWriting in Software</div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>PRESENTATION 2 <br><b><strong>SignWriting Electronic Flashcards for Different Sign Languages</strong></b><br><br>AUTHOR<br>Andrι Lemyre<br><a href="mailto:andre-andre@hotmail.ca">andre-andre@hotmail.ca</a><br><br>LANGUAGE: English & French<br>COUNTRY: Quebec, Canada<br>CATEGORY: SignWriting in Education</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>PRESENTATION 3 </div><div><b>What three little pigs and a hungry wolf can teach us about sign language grammar</b><br><br>AUTHOR<br>James Shepard-Kegl<br><a href="mailto:kegl@maine.rr.com">kegl@maine.rr.com</a></div><div><br>LANGUAGE: English</div><div>COUNTRY: Nicaragua & USA<br>CATEGORY: SignWriting in Education</div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>PRESENTATION 4 <br><b>Embracing the Future of SignWriting with TrueType Fonts, HTML 5, and Unicode 8</b><br><br>AUTHOR<br>Stephen E Slevinski Jr<br><a href="mailto:slevinski@signwriting.org">slevinski@signwriting.org</a><br><br>LANGUAGE: English<br>COUNTRY: USA<br>CATEGORY: SignWriting in Software</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div></div><div><br></div><div><div>PRESENTATION 5 <br><b>The Search Possibilities of Formal SignWriting</b><br><br>AUTHOR<br>Stephen E Slevinski Jr<br><a href="mailto:slevinski@signwriting.org">slevinski@signwriting.org</a><br><br>LANGUAGE: English<br>COUNTRY: USA<br>CATEGORY: SignWriting in Software</div></div></div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>PRESENTATION 6 <br><b>Signtype: Designing a SignWriting Font Ideas and Challenges"</b><br><br>AUTHORS:<br>Janina Lentfφhr<br>Joachim Nitschke<br>Paul Rutrecht<br><br>AFFILIATIONS:</div><div>Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Department Design (<a href="http://www.design.haw-hamburg.de" target="_blank">http://www.design.haw-hamburg.de</a>)<br>Delegs (<a href="http://www.delegs.de" target="_blank">http://www.delegs.de</a>)<br><br>LANGUAGES:<br>Slide Presentation and Video Presentation<br>English (spoken language), Video (Sign language)<br><br></div><div>CATEGORY:<br>SignWriting in Research</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><br></div><div>PRESENTATION 7 <br><b>DELEGS Editor: A Step-by-Step Video Tutorial. Learn To Create SignWriting Documents in Multiple Formats.</b><br><br>AUTHOR:<br>Stefan Wφhrmann</div><div><div><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="mailto:stefanwoehrmann@gebaerdenschrift.de">stefanwoehrmann@gebaerdenschrift.de</a><br><a href="http://www.gebaerdenschrift.de" target="_blank">www.gebaerdenschrift.de</a><br><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/germany" target="_blank">www.signwriting.org/germany</a><br><a href="http://www.delegs.com/DelegsPage/" target="_blank">www.delegs.com/DelegsPage/</a><br><br>Teacher of Deaf Children<br>Osnabruck School for the Deaf<br>Landesbildungszentrum fur Hoergeschaedigte<br>August-Hoelscher-Straίe 89<br>49080 Osnabruck <br>GERMANY</p><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">LANGUAGES: German, German Sign Language, with English subtitles and transcript</p><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">CATEGORY: SignWriting in Education</p></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;"></div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;">PRESENTATION 8 <br><b>Teachers Attitudes About SignWriting"</b><br><br>AUTHORS:</div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;">Dr. Mohamed Abu shaira</div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:m_abushaira@hotmail.com">m_abushaira@hotmail.com</a></div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;">Associate Professor, Special Education</div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;">King AbdulAziz University</div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);line-height:normal;white-space:normal;">P.O.Box 5758</span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);line-height:normal;white-space:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);line-height:normal;white-space:normal;">Jeddah 1454, SAUDI ARABIA</span></div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;">and</div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;">Dr. Abd elraroof Mahfooz</div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;">Professor, University of Jeddah</div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="line-height:1.38;">Jeddah - SAUDI ARABIA</span></div><div style="widows:1;color:rgb(20, 24, 35);line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;"><div><p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);line-height:normal;white-space:normal;"><br style="font-family:'lucida console', sans-serif;">LANGUAGES: Arabic and English</p><p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);line-height:normal;white-space:normal;">CATEGORY: SignWriting in Education</p><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);line-height:normal;white-space:normal;"></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>PRESENTATION 9<br><b><span></span>Signing to write: SignWriting in classroom<span>"</span></b></div><div><br>AUTHOR:</div><div><strong style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-center;"><font color="#00CC33" size="3" face="Arial"><strong><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0022.html#author" title="Author" target="_blank">Rafaela Cota Silva</a></strong></font></strong><br style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-center;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Higher School of Education</span><br style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-center;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">at Coimbra, Rua Dom Joγo III</span><br style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-center;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Solum 3030-329 Coimbra, PORTUGAL</span><br style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-center;"><a href="mailto:rafasilvalgp@gmail.com" title="Contact" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-center;">rafasilvalgp@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>LANGUAGES:</div><div>Portuguese, Portuguese Sign Language<br><br></div><div>CATEGORY:<br>SignWriting in Education</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>PRESENTATION 10 <br><b>A interpretaηγo de descriηυes imagιticas na leitura de um texto em SignWriting.</b></div><div><b>(The interpretation of the imagetic descriptions while reading a text in SignWriting)"</b></div><div><br>AUTHOR:<br>Marcos Kluber Kogut</div><div><a href="mailto:marcos_kogut@hotmail.com">marcos_kogut@hotmail.com</a><br><br>AFFILIATIONS:</div><div>Marianne Rossi Stumpf (adviser)</div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina</span><br style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-center;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Centro de Comunicaηγo e Expressγo - CCE</span><br style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-center;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bloco B - Sala 513 - Campus Universitαrio - Trindade</span><br style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-center;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Florianσpolis/SC, CEP: 88040-900, BRAZIL</span></div><div><a href="mailto:stumpfmarianne@gmail.com">stumpfmarianne@gmail.com</a></div><div><br>LANGUAGES:<br>Portuguese, Libras (Brazilian Sign Language), International Signs (basic level)<br><br></div><div>CATEGORY:<br>SignWriting in Research</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Still want to present your SignWriting project? 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write to me with your Title.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div>The presentations at the SignWriting Symposium 2015 will be like a continuation of the 2014 Symposium - Each presentation will have its own web page, with information about the author, and links to PowerPoints, written documents and videos.</div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>Call for Papers 2015</div><div><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015/Call_For_Papers.html" target="_blank">http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015/Call_For_Papers.html</a></div></div></div></div></div>________________________________________________
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