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Janina,<br>
<br>
I would also like to forward to this list the announcement of the first
international AEGIS Conference, to be held in Seville October 6-8. See
the attached for details. In addition to the conference itself, we are
also hoping to put together a GNOME Accessibility Hackfest at
one or the other end of the conference. I hope to have more details
soon on that, and then later more still when we publish the detailed
conference agenda.<br>
<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Peter Korn<br>
Accessibility Principal<br>
Oracle<br>
&<br>
AEGIS Technical Manager<br>
<br>
<br>
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Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:16 PM<br>
Subject: Event: Access for All in the desktop, web and mobile field: an
end-user and developer perspective<br>
To: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:info@guadec.org">info@guadec.org</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Dear colleague,<br>
<br>
We would like to kindly invite you to the 2nd Pan-European
Workshop/User Forum and the 1st International ÆGIS Conference entitled
“Access for All in the desktop, web and mobile field: an end-user and
developer perspective” which will take place in Seville, Spain on 6 and
7-8 October 2010 respectively. For the dedicated developers, a free
developer camp (clinic) will take place on the 9th of October 2010. All
events are organised by the ÆGIS IP initiative (Open Accessibility
Everywhere: Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards - <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.aegis-project.eu"
target="_blank">www.aegis-project.eu</a>), partially funded under FP7
(Theme: ICT&#8208;2007.7.1; ICT & Ageing).<br>
<br>
With an estimated total population of 501 million (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu"
target="_blank">http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu</a>,
1 January 2010), an estimated 45 million people in Europe have a LSHPD
(long-standing health problem or disability). A mere 20-30% are
believed to use Assistive Technology (AT), but concrete figures do not
exist. In fact, most people with disabilities are not even aware of
what AT exists. This workshop and conference aims to help spread the
word on the existence of AT, and especially on technology that is
freely available.<br>
<br>
The Workshop/User Forum aims to bring together end-users and experts in
the field of assistive technologies, from both the OSS community as
well as the proprietary one, that focus on the accessibility of
desktop, web and mobile applications. During the workshop the project
will present the tools developed so far, and will stimulate discussions
between both end-users and application developers vis-à-vis the
project’s outcomes so far. The outcomes will be taken into account by
the Consortium during the further course of the project. Participation
to the workshop will be free of charge.<br>
<br>
The conference aims to gather presenters that address both the
end-users as well as the developers’ perspective in a number of areas
(see topics below). Interactive demos of Assistive Technology ICT, in
the Rich Internet Applications, Desktop Applications and Mobile
Applications areas as well as developers’ tools that embed
accessibility plug-ins will also be demonstrated in a separate
exhibition area.<br>
<br>
The participation fee will be €150 for researchers, €50 for students
and people with disabilities and free for personal assistants.<br>
<br>
In addition, an exhibition space will be provided as well which will be
open throughout the conference duration. The fee for exhibitors will be
€ 300.<br>
<br>
The registration form for each of the aforementioned events will be
available shortly via the project’s website (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.aegis-project.eu" target="_blank">www.aegis-project.eu</a>).<br>
<br>
We kindly invite you and your colleagues to submit papers in the
following categories:<br>
<br>
* Scientific papers<br>
* Technical papers<br>
<br>
Conference topics (non-exhaustive list):<br>
<br>
* Accessible desktop applications (AT, developer tools and
accessible applications)<br>
* Accessible mobile applications (AT, developer tools and accessible
applications)<br>
* Accessible Rich Internet Applications (AT, developer tools and
accessible applications)<br>
* Accessibility and Standardisation (e.g. ISO, eInclusion, Policies,
Legislation)<br>
* Accessibility and Usability (e.g. Design for All)<br>
* Accessibility research (e.g. Assistive technology usage by
end-users and their satisfaction, innovative AT training via accessible
e-learning)<br>
<br>
<br>
Important dates:<br>
<br>
* Abstract submission: 28th May 2010<br>
* Notification of abstracts acceptance: 14th June 2010<br>
* Submission of external exhibitions by 30th June 2010<br>
* Paper submission deadline: 9th July 2010<br>
* Notification of acceptance and outcome of review process: 23rd
July 2010<br>
* Final camera ready papers: 31st August 2010<br>
* Registration by 30th September 2010<br>
<br>
<br>
Abstracts submission:<br>
Abstracts submitted in the context of one of the above topics should
not exceed 500 words. The title, authors and their contact and
affiliation details (authors’ email address, telephone and fax number
and affiliation name and address) as well as keywords (up to five)
should be included.<br>
<br>
Under the title of your abstract, please quote the relevant conference
topic. We would strongly recommend you to propose more than one
conference topics, if applicable, quoting them in priority order.<br>
<br>
Authors who are unable to provide an electronic version or have other
circumstances that prevent such submission must contact us ( <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:info@aegis-project.eu">info@aegis-project.eu</a>)
prior to submission to discuss alternative options.<br>
<br>
Abstracts should be submitted to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:info@aegis-project.eu">info@aegis-project.eu</a>. You
need JavaScript enabled to view it by 28th May 2010.<br>
<br>
Submission declaration:<br>
Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been
published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a
published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under
consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is
approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible
authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it
will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any
other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.<br>
<br>
Any manuscript not complying with the above requirements will not be
accepted.<br>
<br>
Publications:<br>
Abstracts and camera-ready papers as well as exhibition applications
will be reviewed by the ÆGIS Scientific Committee. The final versions
of the accepted camera-ready papers will be published and will be made
available during the conference. The authors of each accepted
submission are required to give a presentation at the conference.<br>
<br>
In addition, the authors of the accepted technical papers, will be
invited to publish their software in the Open Source Community.<br>
<br>
Looking forward to meet you and welcome you to our Community!<br>
<br>
Kind Regards,<br>
<br>
Organisation Committee<br>
<br>
Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris<br>
Research Director<br>
ÆGIS IP Coordinator<br>
<br>
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas<br>
Hellenic Institute of Transport<br>
6th km. Charilaou- Thermi Road<br>
57001 Thermi<br>
Greece<br>
Tel. +30-2310-498265<br>
Fax. +30-2310-498269<br>
<br>
Athens office:<br>
17 Posidonos Av.<br>
17455 Alimos<br>
Greece<br>
Tel. +30-210-9853194<br>
Fax. +30-210-9853193<br>
<br>
E-mail: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:abek@certh.gr">abek@certh.gr</a>
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need
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http: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.hit.certh.gr"
target="_blank">www.hit.certh.gr</a><br>
<br>
Mr. Jon Azpiroz<br>
AEGIS Project Technical Coordinator for Fundación Vodafone España<br>
<br>
Fundación Vodafone España<br>
Avda. Europa,1 Ed. A 3a planta<br>
Parque Empresarial La Moraleja<br>
28108 Madrid<br>
Spain<br>
Tel. +34 610 51 60 61<br>
Fax +34 91 825 26 89<br>
<br>
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jon.azpiroz@vodafone.com">jon.azpiroz@vodafone.com</a><br>
Website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.fundacionvodafone.es" target="_blank">www.fundacionvodafone.es</a><br>
<br>
Ms Deborah Goodbody<br>
Head of Research Development, Innovation and Projects<br>
<br>
ACE Centre Advisory Trust<br>
92 Windmill Road<br>
Headington<br>
Oxford<br>
OX3 7DR<br>
<br>
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 759822<br>
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 759810<br>
<br>
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:goodbody@ace-centre.org.uk">goodbody@ace-centre.org.uk</a><br>
Website: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.ace-centre.org.uk"
target="_blank">www.ace-centre.org.uk</a><br>
<br>
Mr. Karel Van Isacker<br>
Project Manager<br>
<br>
European Platform for Rehabilitation<br>
15, rue de Spa<br>
B-1000 Brussels<br>
<br>
Tel. +32 2 736 54 44<br>
Fax +32 2 736 86 22<br>
<br>
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:aegis@epr.eu">aegis@epr.eu</a><br>
Website: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.epr.eu"
target="_blank">www.epr.eu</a><br>
<blockquote cite="mid:20100518005020.GK2315@sonata.rednote.net"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Our weekly Open A11y teleconference on Tuesday, 18 May
is CANCELLED. Our next meeting will be next Tuesday 25 May.
My apologies for the late notice.
Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net">sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net</a>
Chair, Open Accessibility <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:janina@a11y.org">janina@a11y.org</a>
Linux Foundation <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://a11y.org">http://a11y.org</a>
Chair, Protocols & Formats
Web Accessibility Initiative <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.w3.org/wai/pf">http://www.w3.org/wai/pf</a>
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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