- From: Waddell, Cynthia <cynthia.waddell@ci.sj.ca.us>
- Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 17:43:17 -0700
- To: "'W3C interest group'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Members of the W3C may be interested to know that President Clinton is convening the first public conference to discuss the impact of the digital economy on May 25 and May 26, 1999 in Washington DC. The conference "Understanding the Digital Economy --Data, Tools and Research" is posted at http://www.ecommerce.gov U.S. Secretary of Commerce Daley will be delivering one of the keynotes and I will be presenting a paper at the Access Workshop panel the first day of the conference. My paper, "The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities: Overcoming Barriers to Participation," was commissioned by the National Science Foundation. It will be posted at the conference website and later published in October by MIT Press. The law and policy White Paper has a civil rights approach to topics including web-based transactions, electronic textbooks, long distance learning, and internet kiosks, for example. The paper is heavily annotated with hyperlinks to resources for your review. On May 26 there will be a breakout session to discuss my paper and public participation is highly encouraged. Members of the W3C are certainly welcome to attend. Registration information is at the conference website. Cynthia D. Waddell --------------------------------------------------- Cynthia D. Waddell ADA Coordinator City Manager Department City of San Jose, CA USA 801 North First Street, Room 460 San Jose, CA 95110-1704 (408)277-4034 (408)971-0134 TTY (408)277-3885 FAX
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