NOTE: These were the boards for the EU funded COGAIN project. The EU funded project ended in 2009 and the work continues in the COGAIN Association. The Steering Board (below) has been replaced by the Management Board of the COGAIN Association and the coordinator has been replaced by the President of the Association.

Coordinator

Coordinator
Kari-Jouko Räihä
Email: kari-jouko (dot) raiha (at) cogain (dot) org

Vice Coordinator
John Paulin Hansen
Email: john (dot) paulin (dot) hansen (at) cogain (dot) org

Steering Board

• Kari-Jouko Räihä (UTA)
  Deputy: Päivi Majaranta
• John Paulin Hansen (ITU)
  Deputy: Dan Witzner Hansen
• Bjarne K. Ersbøll (TUD)
  Deputy: Lars Kai Hansen
• Boris Velichkovsky (TUD)
  Deputies: Fiona Mulvey and Michael Heubner
• Fulvio Corno (POLITO)
  Deputy: Laura Farinetti
• Gintautas Daunys (SU)
  Deputy: Vincas Laurutis
• Michael Donegan (ACE)
  Deputy: Stephen Druce
• Richard Bates (DMU)
  Deputy: Howell Istance
• Arantxa Villanueva (UPNA)
  Deputy: Rafael Cabeza
• Olga Stepankova (CTU)
  Deputy: Marcela Fejtova

Board of User Communities (BUC)

The Board of User Communities (BUC) is an advisory body that helps the network manage contacts with the user communities in the whole European Union, and in the world.

• IT and Communication Centre Tikoteekki of the Finnish Association on Mental Retardation
  Representative: Ilkka Heikkinen
• Foundation for Assistive Technology (FAST)
  Representative:
• Scottish Centre of Technology for the Communication Impaired (SCTCI)
  Representative: Janet Scott
• West Midlands Rehab Centre
  Representative: Simon Judge
• Hospital Molinette, ALS Centre
  Representative: Adriano Chiò
• Heinrich Haus AAC Centre
  Representative: Carolin Sesterhenn
• ANEC, European consumer voice in standardisation
  Representative: Nikolaos Floratos

If you work in a user centre or related organisation that is interested in joining BUC, please contact office (at) cogain (dot) org. For individuals, the COGAIN Association may be a better option to join, read more about the COGAIN Association.

Board of Industrial Advisors (BIA)

• Kajoteca
  Representative: Jouko Ijäs/Petteri Jämsä
• Falck Vital AS
  Representative: Gisle Dimmen
• IGEL
  Representative: Ole Martin Brynildsen
• Eye Response Technologies
  Representative: Chris Lankford
• Easy Labs
  Representative: Lorenzo Filippis
• PRI Liberator Prentke Romich
  Representative: Andy Yardley
• Interactive Minds Dresden
  Representative: Markus Joos
• Smartbox Assistive Technology Ltd
  Representative: Gemma Erdley
• Alea Technologies
  Representative: Wolfgang Lehmann
• Magic Key
  Representative: Luis Figueiredo
• SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH (SMI)
  Representative: Christian Lappe
• Smarteye
  Representative: Bo Baversjö
• Mangold International
  Representative: Pascal Mangold
• Help I care (Representative of LC Technologies in Italy)
  Representative: Giulio Vaccari
• SR Labs Srl
  Representative: Francesco Maringelli
• HumanElektronik
  Representative: Stefan Schaaf

If you work in the field of assistive technology or related field and if your company is interested in joining BIA, please contact [outdated email address removed]. For individuals, the COGAIN Association may be a better option to join, read more about the COGAIN Association.