Hola:

Para los que vayan al Internet Governance Forum en RIo del 12 al 15 de Nov. les copio abajo las actividades que habrá en relación a la accesibilidad (en el sentido de los estándares necesarios para que las aplicaciones sean usables por personas con discapacidad)

Workshop:  Monday, Nov 12th, 15:30-17 hs

"Accessibility guidelines and standards for persons with disabilities"

http://info.intgovforum.org/yoppy.php?poj=52

Panelists:

# Monthian Buntan, President, Thailand Association of the Blind   

# Judy Brewer, Director, Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C   

# Margita Lundman, Program Director, The Swedish Handicap Institute   

# Mary Frances Laughton, Director, Assistive Devices Industry Office, Canada   

Moderator:  

# Hiroshi Kawamura, NRCD Research Institute, Japan 

Workshop: Tuesday, Nov 13th, 14:30-16 hs

"Making Accessibility a Reality in Emerging Technologies and the Web"

http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/accessibility/index.html

Panelists:   

# Welcome address by Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU  

# ITU-D: accessibility for and with persons with disabilities, Clara-Luz Alvarez, ICT Consultant and professor, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México  

# Towards embedded accessibility in next generation telecom services, Gunnar Hellström, Omnitor  

# Cynthia D. Waddell, The Internet Society Disability and Special Needs Chapter  

# Jorge Plano, The Internet Society Argentina Chapter (ISOC-AR)  

# Xiaoya Yang, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU 

# Steve Rondel, Conversay

Pre-IGF Conference:  Sunday, November 11  

"Digital Inclusion: Accelerating Global Participation and Access through Open ICT Standards"  (en el mismo hotel que el IGF)    

http://www.thebolingroup.com/digitalinclusion/agenda.html   

# 10.45-12.00   Panel 2: Increasing Accessibility to Government Services and Social Programs through Open Standards

Saludos

Jorge