American Foundation for the Blind Leadership Conference 2015 and the Arizona AER Statewide Conference

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and Arizona AER invite you to the jointly hosted 2015 Leadership Conference: Rising to the Challenge.

The American Foundation for the Blind's annual Leadership Conference covers the most pressing and relevant topics in the field of blindness and offers many opportunities to learn from the best and brightest minds in our field, make new connections, and reunite with old friends while earning ACVREP and CRC CEUs.

The AFBLC attracts established and emerging leaders in the blindness field. Conference attendees include technology experts, corporate representatives, university professors, teachers of students with visual impairments, orientation and mobility instructors, rehabilitation professionals, and parents. They come from diverse organizations and institutions spanning the public and private sectors, including school districts, schools for the blind, Veterans Administrations, hospitals, private agencies, and universities.

The 2014 AFBLC attracted over 440 attendees from 39 states and 8 countries.

Registration is now open! Register today for the 2015 AFB Leadership Conference, which will take place at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel, April 9-11. Conference fees are $125 for one day, $200 for two days, and $250 for three days. Rates increase after March 9, so register early!

For hotel reservations, please visit the Marriott reservations page or call 1-800-309-8138 to book your room today. Also available is an accessible hotel reservation page produced by our sponsor, AudioEye. *NOTICE: It has been brought to our attention that some individuals who have registered for AFBLC have been contacted by third-party vendors to book hotel rooms during the conference. This is a scam known as "room block," "room rate piracy," or "room rate poaching." To avoid this scam, please do not book a room through any means but those provided by AFB.