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 ITU Workshop on "Telecommunications Relay Services for Persons with Disabilities"
 Geneva, Switzerland, 25 November 2011 Contact: tsbworkshops@itu.int

Programme

(Updated on 25 November 2011)

25 November 2011
08:30 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome – Malcolm Johnson, Director TSB [ BIOGRAPHY ]
  • Introduction to the workshop and to relevant ITU-T work - Bill Pechey, Rapporteur Question 26/16 and Workshop chairman
    [ BIOGRAPHY ]
09:45 - 11:15 Session 1: Existing Relay Services; Experiences of Users and Operators
  • Relay services in Australia; the consumer perspective – Dani Fried, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Australia
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Relay services in UK – the consumer perspective – David Rose, DAART, UK
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • UN Route towards relay services throughout the world – Christopher Jones, Acceque UK and co-convenor of the ITU JCA-AHF
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Beyond the TRS: The regulatory, funding and resourcing barriers encountered by the Australian Communication Exchange (ACE) in piloting a captioned telephony (CTS) relay service in Australia – Sandy Gilliland, Australian Communications Exchange, Australia
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:45 Session 2: Regulatory, Legal, Policy and Operational Matters
  • Future Swiss and EU e-accessibility Visions for regulatory & policy communications aspects – Nuno Encarnação, OFCOM Switzerland
    [ BIOGRAPHY | PRESENTATION ]
  • Relay Services in Europe, technical perspectives – Emmanuel Buu, IVES, France
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • How accessibility-focussed public procurement policies can be used to improve the quality of future relay services – Mike Pluke, ETSI and Castle Consulting UK
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
12:45 - 13:00 Session 3: Performance Measurement
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 16:00 Session 4: Future and Recent Relay Services

This session aims at covering the following topics:
  • Relay services in support of emergency calls according to the REACH112 concept – Gunnar Hellström, Omnitor, Sweden
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Reaching Out More: Relay Services in Total Conversation – Jim Kyle, University of Bath, UK
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Relay Services; technology and user trends – Thor Nielsen and Niklas Cassel, nWise AB, Sweden
    [ BIO: NIELSEN | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • A Vision for Relay Services and Interoperability – Christian Vogler, Gallaudet University, USA
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Telecommunications Relay Services in Speech-to-Speech translation system in accordance with Recommendations F.745 and H.625 – Chiori Hori, NICT, Japan
    [ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT | PRESENTATION ]
  • Peering arrangements between video relay providers – Jeff McWhinney, SignVideo, UK
    [ BIOGRAPHY | PRESENTATION ]
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 17:15 Session 5: Questions and general discussion
Note that the detailed programme is subject to change.

 

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