Sponsored by Freedom Scientific

The 2013 ACB/Freedom Scientific Exhibit Hall is located in the Battelle South Ballroom on the third floor of the convention center.  It is filled with everything from jewelry to information resources to the latest in appliances and technologies designed especially for people who are blind and visually impaired.

ACB/Freedom Scientific exhibit hall hours are as follows:

The Communication Center is in Harrison on the first floor of the Hyatt and is open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Thurs., July 4 through Tues., July 9. This is where you can place ads in the paper, make braille or print copies, or volunteer to help produce the newspaper.

Jeff Thom
7414 Mooncrest Way
Sacramento, CA 95831
Phone (916)-995-3967
e-mail [email protected]

President: Mitch Pomerantz, Pasadena, CA

First Vice President: Kim Charlson, Watertown, MA

Second Vice President: Brenda Dillon, Hermitage, TN

Secretary: Marlaina Lieberg, Burien, WA

Treasurer: Carla Ruschival, Louisville, KY

Immediate Past President: Christopher Gray, St. Louis, MO

Directors:

Ray Campbell, Glen Ellyn, IL

Berl Colley, Lacey, WA

Sara Conrad, Stevensville, MI

Janet Dickelman, St. Paul, MN

Show your support for ACB in one or more of these ways:

Convention Sponsorships:

Stop by ACB/Vanda Pharmaceuticals Registration in Nationwide and become an individual or corporate ACB Convention Sponsor.  Individual sponsorships are bronze ($25), silver ($50), gold ($100), platinum ($250), and titanium ($500); sponsors receive special ribbons to wear on their convention badges, and are recognized both in general session and in the newspaper.

 
ACB: Discovering New Worlds
 
 52nd Annual National
Conference & Convention
American Council of the Blind
and
Special-Interest Affiliates
 
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Columbus, Ohio
July 4 – 12, 2013
 
Mitch Pomerantz, President
 
Hosted by ACB of Ohio
Nolan Crabb, President

Below are the links to the available formats for downloading.

The text to all the ads is in the MS Word .doc format; the color ads are in the .pdf format.

Table of contents in both formats have active links to the sections.

2013 Conference and Convention Program large print MS Word format .doc

Many, many thanks to our 2013 corporate sponsors. Their continued generous support of the American Council of the Blind and our conference and convention is sincerely appreciated.

Look for the 2013 corporate sponsors on acb.org, in the conference and convention program and newspaper, on ACB Radio, on the convention T-shirt, and throughout the week.  Be sure to thank them personally for their generous support.

Diamond Sponsors:

Dear Conference/Convention Attendees:

For the last time as your president, let me welcome everyone to the annual national conference and convention of the American Council of the Blind.  At the close of the banquet on Thursday evening I will conclude my sixth and final year in that capacity.

While we are gathering for the 52nd time in our history, this is ACB's first visit to Columbus, Ohio.  My initial visit to the state capital of Ohio was in the summer of 1968, when I attended Pilot Dogs, Inc.  My life-long fondness for White Castle burgers was born during that month.