Tuesday, 25 August 2009

• Welcome remarks: Dr. Eun-Ju Kim  
  Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific  
  BIOGRAPHY  |  SPEECH   
   
• Welcome remarks: Mr. Shigeru Mochida  
  Deputy Executive Secretary and Officer-in-Charge, a.i., ESCAP Secretariat   
  BIOGRAPHY  |  SPEECH   
  
  
• Welcome remarks: Professor Prasit Prapinmongkolkarn  
  Commissioner, National Telecommunications Commission of Thailand (NTC)  
  BIOGRAPHY  |  SPEECH   
   
• Opening address: Mr. Nimit Damrongrat  
  Advisor to the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), Goverment of Kingdom of Thailand  
  BIOGRAPHY  |  SPEECH   

• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD),  
  His Excellency Luis Gallegos, Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States; Past Chair of the UN General Assembly Ad-hoc Preparatory Committee for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Chair, G3ict
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
  
  
• Overview of the Toolkit for Policy Makers on e-Accessibility & Service Needs for Persons with Disabilities,  
  Ms. Susan Schorr, Head, a.i. Special Initiative Division (SIS), ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
   
• "Accessibility" in the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action, the regional policy guideline on persons with
  disabilities, 
  Ms. Aiko Akiyama, Officer-in-Charge and Social Affairs Officer, Social Policy and Population Section, Social Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Needs of ICT Accessibility: Challenges and Issues from User Perspective, 
  Mr. Sawang Srisom, Assistant Regional Development Officer, Disabled Peoples' International Asia-Pacific (DPI/AP) and
  Ms. Nantanoot Suvarnawoot, Ph.D. Student, Indiana University, USA
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Open Discussion
  

• World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) and legal perspective for Persons with Disabilities,  
  Mr. Monthian Buntan, Senator, Government of Kingdom of Thailand
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Defining "Disability", "Accessability", and ICT under the CRPD, 
  Mr. Axel Leblois, Executive Director, The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
   
• ICTs for Persons with Disabilities in Thailand, 
  Professor Dr. Pairash Thajchayapong, Senior Advisor to the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
  
  
• Open Discussion
  

• Overview of Public Procurement in Promoting ICT Accessibility, 
  Ms. Cynthia Waddell, Executive Director, International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
  
  
• Economic Imperative of Social Inclusion, 
  Mr. Gerard Ellis, Special Advisor to the Universal Access Committee of the European Disability Forum (EDF)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION [POWERPOINT Format] [Text]
   
• Policies and Activities on Increasing ICT Accessibility in Korea, 
  Mr. Joon-Ho Hyun , Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO), Republic of Korea
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION [WORD Format]  [POWERPOINT Format]
   
• Promoting Vocational Training and Employment for Persons with Disabilities,         
  Dr. Ow Chee Chung, Executive Director, Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD), Singapore
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
  
  Ms. Wong Shiow Pyng, Assistant Director, Digital Inclusion Sports & Social Cluster, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)
   
• Open Discussion
  

• ICT Standards in Promoting Accessibility, 
  Dr. Alexandra Gaspari, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
   
• NTTdocomo's Mobile Phones for Persons with Disabilities, 
  Mr. Ryuji Nagata, Manager of Product Department, NTT DoCoMo, Japan
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
  
  
• Co-regulatory Codes on Accessibility in the Telecommunications Sector, 
  Mr. Alan Chalmers, Manager, Consumer Interests, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Broadcasting Technologies for Persons with Disabilities: Current Services and Research Activities in Japan,   
  Dr. Tohru Takagi, Senior Research Engineer, Science and Technology Research Laboratories, NHK, Japan
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Open Discussion
  

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

• Australia's National Relay Service (NRS), 
  Ms. Silvia Superina, Manager, Service Access and Management, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
  
  
• Every Tool in My Pocket: In-Class Use of Mobile Phones for Children with Disabilities,  
  Professor Kenryu Nakamura, Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Universal Service Obligation for Persons with Disabilities,  
  Mr. Wares Borvonsin, Director, USO Project & Pilot Project Division, National Telecommunication Commission of Thailand
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Universal Service Fund Pakistan's Special Project on ICT for Persons with Disabilities,  
  Ms. Noshin Masud, Manager-Communications, Universal Service Fund, Pakistan
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Open Discussion
  

• Enabling an Accessible Web for People with Disabilities,  
  Mr. Shadi Abou-Zahra, Activity Lead, W3C/WAI International Program Office, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
  
  
• The Impact of the CRPD on the Internet and Websites,
  Ms. Cynthia Waddell, Executive Director, International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Universal Design and CEN Standards for IT Professionals,
  Mr. Gerard Ellis, Special Advisor to the Universal Access Committee of the European Disability Forum (EDF)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Policy Formulation for Internet and Electronic Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities,  
  Ms. Nirmita Narasimhan, Programme Manager, Centre for Internet and Society, India
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Open Discussion
  

• Innovative and Advanced Assistive Technologies,  
  Ms. Debra Ruh, Founder and CEO of TecAccess
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
  
  
• Mainstreaming Accessible Content through DAISY,     
  Mr. Tat Leong Chew, National Technology Officer, Microsoft (Singapore)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
  
  Mr. Norrizwan Rasip, Training Executive (Multimedia Services), Society for the Physically Disabled
  PRESENTATION
   
• Research and Development in Assistive Technologies and ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities,  
  Dr. Pansak Siriruchatapong, Director, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand
  BIOGRAPHY  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Very Affordable and Easy to Use Internet for Everyone using any Phone: Ensuring Social Inclusion for People with Disabilities,  
  Dr. Emdad Khan, Founder, President & CEO, InternetSpeech
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Open Discussion
  

• Technology Training and Employability for Persons with Disabilities: Comparative Experiences from Four Latin American Countries,  
  Dr. Joyojeet Pal, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
  
  
• The Implementation Status of Thailand’s National Social Equality in ICT Master Plan,  
  Asst. Professor Dr. Proadpran Punyabukkana, Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• ICTs for Children with Mental Challenges,  
  Professor Arun Mehta, President, Bidirectional Access Promotion Society (BAPSI), India
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• DAISY in Sri Lanka,  
  Professor Dr. D.P.M. Weerakkody, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Open Discussion
  

Thursday, 27 August 2009

• Development of Screen Readers for Minority Languages,  
  Dr. Mamoru Iwabuchi, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
  
  
• Experiences of Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD) Project,    
  Ms. Kanitta Kamolwat, Director, APCD
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
  
  Mr. Ryuhei Sano, JICA Expert of Networking & Collaboration on Knowledge Management, APCD  
  BIOGRAPHY
   
• Sri Lanka's eNABLE Programme,  
  Mr. Jagath Ratnayake, Assistant Director, Policy and International Relations, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL)
  BIOGRAPHY  |  ABSTRACT  |  PRESENTATION
   
• Open Discussion
  

• Introduction to Public Procurement of Accessible ICTs
• Accessible ICT Mandates
• Procurement Policies
• Roadmap for Procurement Legislation
• Accessible Procurement Toolkits

RESOURCES

1. Waddell, Cynthia D. “Meeting Information and Communications Technology Access and Service Needs for Persons with Disabilities: Major Issues for Development and Implementation of Successful Policies and Strategies,” Background Paper, ITU Regional Workshop on ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities for the Africa Region, June 2008 (English and French)

English: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/sis/PwDs/Seminars/Zambia/Documents/Presentations/009-Waddell%20Cynthia-Background%20paper.pdf
French:  http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/sis/PwDs/Seminars/Zambia/Documents/Infodocs/021-Waddell%20Cynthia-Background%20paper-F.pdf

2. Follow the European Commission Mandate 376 for the European Accessibility Requirements for the Procurement of Products and Services in the ICT Domain at http://portal.etsi.org/stfs/STF_HomePages/STF333/STF333.asp  and at http://www.econformance.eu/ ; See Phase 1 ETSI and CEN reports; ETSI TR 102 612 V1.1.1 (2009-03) Technical Report; European accessibility requirements for public procurement in the ICT domain (includes Australia, Canada, Japan, USA) at http://portal.etsi.org/stfs/STF_HomePages/STF333/tr_102612v010101p.doc ; Phase 2 preparation is underway as of June 2009.

3. “Measuring Progress of eAccessibility in Europe: Assessment of the Status of eAccessibility in Europe” (includes country reports on procurement of accessible ICTs” October 2007 with 2008 Update at http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/einclusion/library/studies/meac_study/index_en.htm  (Referred to as MeAC Report)

4. “e-Accessibility Toolkit for Policy Makers, Online toolkit on e-Accessibility & Service Needs for Persons with Disabilities,” a Joint ITU/G3ict Initiative, follow at http://g3ict.com/resource_center/toolkit. 

5. McCrudden, Christopher. Buying Social Justice. Oxford University Press: New York, 2007.

6. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, sixty-first session, resolution A/RES/61/106 of 6 December 2006 at http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?navid=12&pid=150  with National Translations.

7. Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention: From Exclusion to Equality: Realizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, online at www.un.org/disabilities. 

8. JTC1 Special Working Group on Accessibility – http://www.jtc1access.org. 

9. Accessible Procurement Toolkit for Canada at http://www.apt.gc.ca/

10. IT Procurement Toolkit for Ireland at http://universaldesign.ie/useandapply/ict/itprocurementtoolkit. 

11. Magennis, Mark. “The purpose and design of an Irish Accessible ICT Procurement Toolkit” at http://t4p.no/t4p.no/conference/programme/media/Marc_Magennis_paper.pdf 

12. Buy Accessible Data Center and Training Resources for USA on accessible ICT procurement under the USA Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards at www.buyaccessible.gov

13. U.S. Access Board, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards, 36 CFR Part 1194, at http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/standards.htm

Spanish, Japanese, Digital Talking Book and Braille translations at http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm 

14. USA Section 508 website for technical assistance by General Services Administration at http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm

15. State of Connecticut, USA, accessible web training requirement for vendors at http://www.access.state.ct.us/training/trainingclass.html

16. Australia- Disability Discrimination Act of 1992, http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/ and World Wide Web Advisory Notes at http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html

17. Japan, Japanese Industrial Standards, JIS X – Information Processing at http://www.jsa.or.jp/default_english.asp

18. Waddell, Cynthia D. “Worldwide Accessibility Laws and Policies” in Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance, Apress 2006.

19. “Social Analysis and Disability: A Guidance Note: Incorporating Disability-Inclusive Development into Bank-Supported Projects (World Bank, March 2007) available from http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DISABILITY/Resources/280658-1172606907476/SAnalysisDis.pdf

20. ITU-T SG 16 Work on Accessibility, Total Conversation, at http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com16/accessibility/conversation.html

21. California State University, USA, Accessible Technology Initiative, Procurement resources at http://www.calstate.edu/Accessibility/EIT_Procurement/

22. World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva Plan of Action 2003 at http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/official/poa.html

23. World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis Agenda 2005 at http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html 
 

• Connectivity v. Accessible Web
• Accessible Web Benefits
• Technical Standards for Design
• UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Web Barriers & Accessibility Solutions
   

• Closing remarks, Ms. Thelma Kay, Chief, Social Development Division, ESCAP
  SPEECH   
   
• Closing remarks, Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
  SPEECH