2008 PEPNet Conference Proceedings

Acknowledgments and Conference Sponsors

We are grateful to the support and involvement of colleagues who helped make this conference so successful. We would like to thank the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for their support of the four regional centers and our related activities. We'd like to offer a special thanks to the session presiders, friends of PEPNet and other conference volunteers and planning committee members for their willingness to assist throughout the conference. Our deep gratitude goes to those who provided additional support for this conference, including:

• PEN-International in Rochester, New York (co-sponsor)
• National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York (donor)
• Hands On VRS (donor)
• Hamilton Relay Service in Aurora, Nebraska (donor)
• Beyond Hearing Aids in Erlanger, Kentucky (donor)
• Described and Captioned Media Program in Spartanburg, South Carolina (donor)

Of course, the interest and enthusiasm of all of the presenters and participants made this conference a very meaningful event. We appreciate the time and effort extended by many of the presenters to also submit an article for this volume of conference proceedings. To everyone involved, thank you very much.