Benton Event Center
17322 I-30
Benton, AR 72019
Session Evaluation Form
Presentations (available after conference)
Conference Handouts
Agenda for 2025 Annual Board Meeting
2023 Annual Business Meeting Minutes
2024 Annual Business Meeting Minutes
2024 Annual Financial Report
2025 Annual Financial Report
We are excited to welcome the following Exhibitors to this year’s conference:
NanoPac, Inc.
NanoPac provides technology-based solutions for people with low vision, blindness and other challenges. Products include video magnifiers, electronic braille devices, adaptive software, embossers, text to speech and voice recognition and more.
Seedlings Braille Books for Children
Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy and education by providing high quality, free, and low cost braille books for children.
World Services for the Blind
Vocational Rehabilitation
Arkansas School for the Blind
Arkansas School for the Blind
Creative Descriptions
Creative Descriptions provides real-time audio description (AD) as a service that provides narration of a visual event for people who are navigating significant vision loss.
AERBVI
The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) is a professional membership organization dedicated to professionals who provide services to persons with vision loss. We promote and support the professions by advocating for evidence-based practices, high-quality standards, value-added resources, and giving voice to issues of critical importance.
We provide professional development through conferences, virtual offerings, and publications to strengthen the knowledge, skills, and abilities of professionals within the field.
Educational Services for the Visually Impaired (ESVI)
Educational Services for the Visually Impaired collaborates with school districts, parents, and communities to provide support that empowers them to remove educational and environmental barriers and to create solutions that foster independence for all students with visual impairments in inclusive and least restrictive environments. We service students aged 3 to 21 in all 75 counties in the state of Arkansas.
Eschenbach Optik of America, Inc.
Eschenbach is a leading manufacturer of high-quality magnification and vision-enhancing products for the visually impaired. Our assistive technology products include desktop and portable video magnifiers plus a wide range of optical vision aids, contrast-enhancing eyewear and task lighting – all of which can improve the productivity, safety, and independence of students, professionals, and seniors with vision loss.
Division of Services for the Blind
The Division of Services for the Blind is a state agency that can provide services to you if you are blind, severely visually impaired, or losing your vision.
ViewPlus Technologies, Inc
For almost 30 years, ViewPlus has produced innovative braille and tactile graphics hardware solutions. By working collaboratively around the world, ViewPlus continuously works to improve opportunities in education and employment for blind and low vision students and professionals, helping make information accessible to all.
Arkansas AER 