ComingUp: IDRAC Conference 2017

Contributing Author: Gentle Heron

Virtual Ability, Inc.® presents the International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC), which will take place December 1-2, 2017. This is an annual professional conference held online, that is free and open to the public. The conference will take place in Second Life® at The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability.

This year's theme is "Who Is Responsible?" This theme is broad and open to interpretation by the presenters we invited to this year's event. If past conferences are any indication, we look forward to lively discussions and information sharing among presenters and our very interested and interactive audience.

Below is an at-a-glance schedule of the presenters who will share their observations of the progress, benefits and challenges in disability rights in different parts of the world as applied to the current theme. We will provide more information about the speakers and their presentations as it becomes available. Note: All times are listed in US Pacific Standard Time.

Friday December 1

8:00am Mr. Louis Olander, Doctoral Candidate, Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center

9:30am Dr. Margaret Nosek, Baylor College of Medicine

11:00am Dr. David Wasserman, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health

12:30pm Dr. Margaret Nosek, Baylor College of Medicine

2:00pm Dr. Amie O'Shea, Deakin University, Australia

3:00pm Social/Networking After Party

Saturday December 2

8:00am Dr. Christopher McMaster, New Zealand high school educator

9:30am Ms Katie Tastrom, MSW, Esq., blogger and author

11:00am Dr. Sonya Freeman-Loftis, Morehouse College

12:30pm Dr. Carol Moeller, Moravian College

2:00pm D. Anjali Forber-Pratt, Vanderbilt University

3:00pm Social/Networking After Party