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ITU-T Accessibility workshops:
- Making Accessibility a Reality in Emerging Technologies and the Web (November 2007)
This workshop, organized by ITU as part of the Internet Governance Forum, brings together experts from around the world to examine how best to take into account accessibility needs in emerging technologies. It highlights the history of accessibility adoption into technologies, debates the advantages of designing with accessibility in mind and gives examples of current activities to ensure emerging technologies meet accessibility requirements from their inception. Check the event
homepage for more details.
- Accessibility I: ITU Takes Deaf People's Accessibility Needs Into
Account (July 2003)
The workshop "Accessibility I: ITU Takes…" highlighted the
benefits of standardization for the deaf community as well as for
manufacturers and service providers. Speakers included
representatives from the manufacturing, service providing and
academic communities. This workshop, 14-16 July 2003 Las Vegas
Nevada USA, took place within the Telecommunications for the Deaf (TDI)
Conference. The event homepage has the presentations and the
final
report. A transcription of the session can be read
here.
- Accessibility II: Communication by all means: Accessibility for
all in telecommunications enabled by multimedia standards (October
2003)
The workshop "Accessibility II: Communication by…", 13-17 October
2003 Geneva, briefed attendees on the status of standardization for
accessibility enabled by multimedia communication as well as on
societal support and on practical results from the implementation of
all-inclusive communications facilities. Speakers included
representatives from the standards-making bodies as well as
authorities and the user community. Check the
event homepage and the
workshop report for more details.
- Making accessibility a reality in emerging technologies
This workshop, organized by ITU as part of the Internet Governance Forum, brings together experts from around the
world to examine how best to take into account accessibility needs in emerging technologies. It highlights the history
of accessibility adoption into technologies, debates the advantages of designing with accessibility in mind and gives
examples of current activities to ensure emerging technologies meet accessibility requirements from their inception.
Check the event homepage for more details.
Other accessibility events:
- FCC summit on Accessibility and IP based services (May 2004)
On May 7, 2004, the Federal Communications Commission held a
Forum to discuss Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The purpose of
the Forum was to gather information concerning advancements,
innovations, and regulatory issues related to VoIP services.
Accessibility issues has been considered in presentations 2 (Gunnar
Hellstrom) and 4 (Paul Jones). Please find the presentations from
the summit
here.
- 4th Conference: Handicap 2006 (June 2006)
From 6th to 9th June, 2006, the IFRATH (Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur l’Aide Technique pour personnes Handicapées),
organized a conference, Handicap 2006, to discuss the technical assistance to people with physical disabilities or
age-related functional limitations. Accessibility issues has been considered in the presentation (French language):
«Normalisation des services d’accessibilité conversationnels» by Daniel Battu, Gunnar Hellstrom and Andrea Saks who
represented the ITU-T Q.26/16 Accessibility to Multimedia.
Events where relevant accessibility presentations were given:
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