- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:21:00 +0100
- To: RDWG <public-wai-rd@w3.org>
- CC: Simon Harper <simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk>
Dear RDWG, The spaces are filling quite fast. If you would like to participate in this symposium, please register soon (next day or two). Best, Shadi On 17.11.2014 15:15, Shawn Henry wrote: > Dear WAI Interest Group Participants, > > The W3C WAI Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) invites you to > participate in an online symposium: > *Accessible Way-Finding Using Web Technologies* > 3 December 2014 at 15:00-18:00 UTC > > Researchers, practitioners, users with disabilities, and others are > invited to explore new and on-going research and development on > accessible way-finding using web technologies. Symposium participants > will examine different technologies, applications, concepts, and > solutions that help people with disabilities orient themselves, explore, > and navigate through the physical world. Goals of this symposium are: > - to explore current state-of-the-art in accessible way-finding > -to better understand the accessibility needs and preferences of people > with disabilities > - to explore promising web technologies and developments to provide > accessible way-finding. > For more information about the symposium, see: > <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2014/way-finding/> > > Participation information and registration is available from: > <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2014/way-finding/#participate> > > Space is limited; we recommend that you register soon to reserve a space. > > If you have any questions, contact Shadi Abou-Zahra: shadi@w3.org > > Tweet: https://twitter.com/w3c_wai/status/534348925059477504 > > --------- > RDWG Background: > > The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) helps: > - increase accessibility considerations in research on web > technologies, including mainstream research, > - suggest research questions that may contribute to web accessibility > research projects, > - inform development of web accessibility solutions, > - decrease the number of potential barriers in future web-related > technologies. > > RDWG Symposia bring together researchers, practitioners, and users with > disabilities interested in a particular aspect of web accessibility to > advance research and development in that area. The online Symposia > include a panel with the authors of accepted papers, and provide an > opportunity for participants to ask questions. Symposia proceedings, > transcript, and a report are available publicly online afterward. > > For more information, see the RDWG FAQ: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/process> > > We welcome your ideas on this topic and your ideas for future RDWG work. > Please send comments to the publicly-archived mailing list: > <public-wai-rd@w3.org> > > This Symposium is developed with support of the EC-funded WAI-ACT > Project (IST 287725) described at: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ACT/> > > If you have any questions, contact Shadi Abou-Zahra: shadi@w3.org > > Regards, > Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach > Simon Harper, RDWG Chair > Shadi Abou-Zahra, RDWG W3C Staff Contact > Judy Brewer, WAI Director > > > > ----- > Shawn Lawton Henry > W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) > e-mail: shawn@w3.org > phone: +1.617.395.7664 > about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/ > > -- Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ Activity Lead, W3C/WAI International Program Office Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) Research and Development Working Group (RDWG)
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