Invitation: WAI-Tools Online Open Meeting on 22 September 2020

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

The WAI-Tools Project invites you to participate in an online open 
meeting on 22 September 2020 from 14:00 to 17:00 Central European 
Standard Time (CEST). A provisional agenda, logistics, and registration 
information is available from:
    - https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/projects/wai-tools/third-open-meeting/

This meeting is free, and *registration is required by 21 September*.

This meeting is intended for web accessibility practitioners, evaluation 
and quality assurance tool vendors, website owners, European monitoring 
bodies, researchers, and users interested in large-scale monitoring of 
web accessibility. In this meeting you will learn about:
    - Progress on Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules
    - Updates to the Portuguese and Norwegian observatories
    - WCAG-EM Report Tool and Accessibility Statements Generator

We encourage you to participate if you are interested in:
    - Web accessibility evaluation and testing
    - Large-scale web accessibility monitoring
    - Managing the quality assurance process

We particularly invite participants involved in related projects and 
efforts in Europe and internationally, with interest in accessibility 
conformance testing, including manual and automated testing methods.

Background on the WAI-Tools Project: The WAI-Tools Project is co-funded 
by the European Commission, to help drive web accessibility evaluation 
and repair through:
    - Building on the on-going W3C efforts on WCAG Accessibility 
Conformance Testing (ACT);
    - Ensuring consistent accuracy across automated, semi-automated, and 
manual testing;
    - Pursuing leading edge technologies testing, including dynamic and 
mobile applications;
    - Leveraging the existing market of commercial, free, and open 
source evaluation tools;
    - Demonstrating large-scale accessibility monitoring built on open 
standards and tools.

See more information about the WAI-Tools Project and its deliverables:
    - https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/projects/wai-tools/

If you have questions, contact Shadi Abou-Zahra: shadi@w3.org

Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid 
cross-postings where possible.

Regards,
   Shadi Abou-Zahra, WAI-Tools Scientific Coordinator

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Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Received on Monday, 24 August 2020 17:13:55 UTC