Session
Short Title
Universal Design and Creating an Accessible Digital Future
Proposer's Name: Ms. Kaoru Mizuno
Proposer's Organization: ITU
Co-Proposer's Name: Ms. Andrea Saks
Co-Proposer's Organization: G3iCT
Co-Organizers:
Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (DCAD) (http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/accessibility/dcad/Pages/default.aspx) Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict) (http://g3ict.com/ )
Additional Speakers
Masahito Kawamori, ITU-T Q26/16 Rapporteur, Keio University
Muhammad Shabbir, Islamabad Pakistan Chapter
Agenda
- Introduction to the workshop topic by Andrea J. Saks, DCAD Coordinator
- Brief presentations by accessibility experts to raise issues
- Universal design – principles and practice, by Gunela Astbrink, Women With Disabilities Australia
- Impairment, Disability and Universal Design, Key concepts for Accessibility, by Gerry Ellis, Feel The BenefIT
- Standardization efforts at ITU for an accessible global future, by Masahito Kawamori, ITU-T Q26/16 Rapporteur, Keio University
- Next Generation Web Accessibility Guidelines, by Shadi Abou-Zahra, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- ICT Accessibility in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities, by Muhammad Shabbir, Islamabad Pakistan Chapter
3. Open discussion stimulated by the onsite moderator
4. Wrap-up of the discussion