Session Chairman: Pierre-André Probst,Chairman ITU-T
Study Group 16
Welcome address, Malcolm Johnson,Director,
ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
(ITU-T)
Opening remarks: Importance of accessible ICTs to developing countries,
Yury Grin,Deputy Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)
TheConvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a Blueprint for Accessibility Standards, Axel Leblois, Executive Director,
G3ict
Latestdevelopments in standardization and
harmonization of accessible ICT - SWG -
Accessibility, Josée Auber and Alex Li, ISO/IEC SWG-A
10:00 — 11:00
Session 1 - Human interfaces: design for accessible
ICTs
Recent evolution of accessibility features and
standards, standards supporting assistive
technologies, gaps, and opportunities.
Session Chairman: Whitney Quesenbery,President,
Usability Professionals’ Association
Designing for universalaccessibility, Bill Curtis-Davidson, Business Development
and Solutions Leader, IBM Worldwide Human Ability and Accessibility Center
ISOwork on Ergonomics for accessible ICTs, Tom Stewart, Chairman, TC 159/ SC 4,
"Ergonomics of human-system interaction"
ETSIHuman Factors activities in the European context (Putting users at the centre of technology), Stephen Furner,Chairman,
ETSI Technical Committee Human Factors
MakingAccess Attainable for the Other 25 - 75% of Users with Disabilities:
New Standards and Approaches, Gregg Vanderheiden, Ph.D., Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chair, INCITS/V2 and Vice-chair,
ISO/IEC, JTC 1/SC35
11:00 — 11:15
Coffee break (Supported by G3ict)
11:15 — 12:30
Session 2 - Accessible contents and services:
addressing information deprivation
W3C initiatives, globalization of web
standardization efforts, issues in ensuring
compliance with accessibility standards (lack of
awareness, speed of technology development, lack of
training of web developers etc.); digital television
and digital radio opportunities.
Session Chairman: Eric Velleman,Director, Bartiméus
Accessibility Foundation
InformationDeprivation and the impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Martin Gould, Director of Research and
Technology, National Council on Disability
DAISYfor Everyone, Development of Accessible Multimedia Standards, Hiroshi Kawamura, President, DAISY Consortium
Web AccessibilityInitiative: Guidelines Development, Harmonisation, Implementation, Judy Brewer, Director, Web
Accessibility Initiative, World Wide Web Consortium (WAI/W3C) (via Web cast from
Beijing, P.R. China)
IPTV standardization, features andgaps, Clive Miller, Technical Broadcasting
and Engineering Consultant, RNIB
12:30 — 12:40
Signature of the “Cooperation Agreement for
development of a Toolkit on e-Accessibility &
Service Needs for Persons with Disabilities”
This Cooperation Agreement will enable ITU-D and
G3ict to collaborate in the development of an
on-line toolkit to support policy makers evolve and
mainstream policies and strategies addressing ICT
accessibility and service needs of persons with
disabilities. The toolkit, which complies to the
dispositions of the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, will support global
standards and serve as a global electronic
repository of policies and strategies and as a
platform for sharing experiences on best practices.
12:40 — 14:00
Lunch break and knowledge fair
14:00 — 15:00
Session 3 - Mobility: Wireless Devices and Phones, accessibility and assistive functionalities
There are close to 3 billion mobile devices worldwide today, the largest number of ICT devices of any kind, which calls for a particular focus on their accessibility. Wireless devices also open significant opportunities for assistive solutions supporting the mandates of the Convention, which will be addressed by the panel.
Session Chairman: Jim Tobias, President, Inclusive Technologies
Universaldesign approach by NTT DoCoMo (Introducing accessible mobile phones in Japan), Yoshinobu Nakamura, NTT DoCoMo
AccessibleMobile Technology, Sean Hayes, Incubation Lab Accessibility Business Unit, Microsoft
Mobile ICT for People withCognitive Disabilities, Clayton Lewis, University of Colorado, USA
15:00 — 16:00
Session 4 - Product development methodologies
Ensuring that products are designed with accessibility features at an early stage, use of universal design methodologies.
Session Chairman: Chiara Giovannini,Program Manager, European Association Representing Consumers in Standardization (ANEC)
ITU-T SG 16work on accessibility guidelines in standards, Gunnar Hellström, ITU
Structuringdevelopment processes to achieve global accessibility compliance, Roman Longoria, Vice President, Computer Associates
ISO 9000quality management systems and accessibility
, Sean McCurtain, Head, Conformity Assessment, ISO
16:00 — 16:15
Coffee break (Supported by G3ict)
16:15 — 17:15
Session 5 - The role of government in supporting
accessibility standards
Public procurement, regulations, and incentives in
support of accessibility standards for ICTs.
Session Chairman: Kevin Carey,HumanITy & RNIB non-executive vice-chair
Governmentsupport of accessibility standards: Best Practices, Cynthia D. Waddell, Executive
Director, International Center for Disability
Resources on the Internet (ICDRI)
Recent US Regulatory Updates:Finished & Unfinished Business, Jim Tobias, Co-chair, TEITAC and President, Inclusive
Technologies
EU work on accessibilitystandards, Inmaculada Placencia Porrero, European Commission Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs, and Equal Opportunities and Martina Sindelar, DG Enterprise and Industry
17:15 — 18:00
Conclusions, recommendations and suggested follow-up
Session Chairman: 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
Conclusions by session chairs
Feedback from Industry, Standards Development Organizations
(SDO) and Government leaders on follow-up steps
Industry:Frances West, IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center
SDO:Andrea Saks, Convener, Joint Coordination Activity on Accessibility and Human Factors (JCA-AHF), ITU
Government: Urbano Stenta, Advisor on Disability, Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Summary of conclusions and recommendations, His
Excellency Luis Gallegos, Ambassador of Ecuador to
the United States and Chair, G3ict
