Call for contributions: Thematic Session on Web Accessibility and Ageing, ICCHP 2008

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

Please note the following call for contributions to the ICCHP 2008 
Conference (International Conference on Computers Helping People with 
Special Needs)
         http://www.icchp.org/call
which includes an invitation on the topic of Web accessibility and 
ageing-related functional limitations. A description of the proposed 
Special Thematic Session (STS) on Web Accessibility and Ageing is available
         http://www.icchp.org/node/166

ICCHP 2008 will be held in Linz, Austria, from 9-11 July. Proposals 
are due 1 February 2008. Presentations are invited from ageing and 
accessibility researchers and experts, users and others. Suggested 
areas of focus include:
    - guidelines addressing Web accessibility requirements of the 
ageing population
    - studies and research on Web accessibility requirements of the 
ageing population
    - studies and research on design and authoring practices for the 
ageing population
    - studies and research on business benefits for inclusion of the 
ageing population

Guidelines for full papers and short papers are available at
         http://www.icchp.org/call/papers

Regards,

   Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C/WAI
   Andrew Arch, W3C/WAI
   Judy Brewer, W3C/WAI

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Judy Brewer    +1.617.258.9741    http://www.w3.org/WAI
Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G526
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA,  02139,  USA

Received on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 05:27:34 UTC