Connecting the world and beyond

Universal Design and Creating an Accessible Global Digital Future

15:00 - 15:10	Opening Remarks, Andrea Saks, DCAD Coordinator and ITU-T JCA-AHF Chair
15:10 - 16:00	Brief presentations by acessibility experts to raise issues Description of session here... 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 G3ict DARE Index (a new benchmark tool on ICT accessibility covering 119 CRPD signatory countries), by Francesca Cesa Bianchi, Vice President, Institutional Relations, G3ict
16:00 - 16:25	Open discussion
16:25 - 16:30	Wrap-up of the discussion by Andrea Saks, DCAD Coordinator and ITU-T JCA-AHF Chair

*To be confirmed