11:00~18:30 at Nippon Foundation conference room
Attendees 27 people (including 2 people from NF)

Report of 3rd study tour of USA

1. Date and Overview of study tour: Mayumi Shirasawa
2. Report of study tour
   Materials to enhance Deaf awareness
   • "Materials to enhance Deaf awareness in America" Takaaki Ohkura
   • "Policy to support Deaf students" Takayuki Kimura
   • "Deaf awareness Software Developed by Doshisha Univ." Takayuki Kimura
   • "It's a Deaf Deaf World" Mifuji Harada
   Services and needs
   • "Providing student services based on Deaf students' needs" Ayumi Yoshikawa
   • "Academic support" Mifuji Harada
   • "Speech to text service" Takaaki Okura
   • "Sign language interpreting using video remote technology: VRS and VRI" Takayuki Kanazawa
   Constructing a support system for Deaf students
   • "Supporting each institution through site coordinators" Takayuki Kanazawa
   • "Approach toward the cumulative trauma disorders in NTID" Tsuyoshi Saito
3. Discussion

Report on PEPNet-Japan projects

1. Developing Japanese Tip Sheets
2. Developing training program for notetakers
3. Developing manuals to construct student supporting system
4. Discussion

9:30~12:15 at Nippon foundation conference room
Attendees 32 people (including 2 people from NF)

1. Reporting
   3rd study tour to America Result of application for research fund 9th Asian-Pacific Conference for the Deaf Publication
2. Discussion
   2nd symposium of PEPNet-Japan Delegations from PEN-International and NETAC Project plan of second half fiscal year 2006 Administrative structure of PEPNet-Japan after the second half fiscal year 2006
3. Others

13:30~16:00 at Ocean vessel building conference room
Attendees Approximately 60 people (32 from PEPNet-Japan, 28 from public)

Program

13:30~15:30 Deaf student services at Rochester Institute of Technology
Overview of study tour: Mayumi Shirasawa

• "Enhancing Deaf awareness of students and faculty members" Takaaki Okura
• "Providing student services based on Deaf students' needs - Notetaking,Interpreting,C-print" Ayumi Yoshikawa
• "To construct support system in your institutions" Takayuki Kanazawa

15:30~16:15 The challenge and role of PEPNet-Japan based on the outcomes of study tour - Deaf awareness·Information access·Support system?

• Mayumi Shirasawa
• Jo Matsuzaki
• Haruyasu Ohta
• Keiko Kuraya