On the first full day of their visit to NTID, all members of the PEN-International delegation met with the members of the PEN-International office at NTID for lunch, an overview of their schedule for the next week, a detailed presentation on the current accomplishments of PEN-International, and to welcome the representatives of Zhongzhou University of China, and the Institute of Social Rehabilitation at Novosibirsk State Technical University, Vladimir State University Center for the Deaf, and the Academy of Management "TISBI" at Kazan, all of Russia. At the conclusion of the meeting, the group toured NTID and RIT facilities.