Casey Burkhardt

With paid internships at NASA and Google under his belt and an invitation from Google to return for a second stint there this summer, Casey Burkhardt definitely

is on the high road to success. An honors graduate of Toms River High School East, Casey is earning a 3.74 in his major related classes through his junior

year of a 5 year B.S/M.S. Computer Science program at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.  

Casey has low vision from albinism and has been a client of the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired since first grade. “They’ve been

really great; they help with books and readers and technology”, notes Casey, who uses an array of assistive tools including ZoomText and magnifiers.  

While at NASA, Casey worked on developing a computer simulation package for managing rocket propulsion test data and last summer, at Google, Casey worked

on making the platform for the Android mobile phone accessible to blind and visually impaired people. He plans to work again at Google this coming summer

with renowned blind mathematician and computer scientist T.V. Raman. 

He contributes free time to serving as webmaster for the New Jersey Association of Blind Students where he also had been a board member.

Get ready to Ride the Waves!

Registration for the Fall 2025 NCSAB Conference is open!

Theme: Waves of Change — Advancing Public Policy for the Blind
When: November 5–7, 2025
Where: Sunny San Diego, California at Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego CA

Participant Registration Link
Exhibitor Registration Link

Conference Rates

Early Registration: August 1 - September 19, 2025

  • Members Early Registration: $495 per person
  • Non-Member Early Registration: $845 per person
  • Group Registration (Members): $450 per person for 5 or more
  • One Day Registration: $400 per person
  • Speaker Registration: $300 per person for full conference
  • Exhibitor Early Registration: $1,690 (includes 2 persons per exhibitor table)

Late Registration: September 20 - October 23, 2025

  • Members Late Registration: $545 per person
  • Non-Member Late Registration: $895 per person
  • Group Registration (Members): $500 per person for 5 or more
  • One Day Late Registration: $450 per person
  • Speaker Registration: $300 per person for full conference
  • Exhibitor Late Registration: $1,740 (includes 2 persons per exhibitor table)

Hotel Reservations

Manchester Grand Hyatt
One Market Place, San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 232-1234

Room Rate: $299 single/double + taxes
Hotel Link for Reservations
Ask for the CSAVR/NCSAB room block.

Cut-Off Date: October 16, 2025.
Rooms available until sold out or cut-off date, whichever occurs first. Then the hotel prevailing rates apply.