- From: Greg Gay <greggay@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 13:55:53 -0400
- To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Dear Colleagues, Save the date for the 15th International Web for All Conference (W4A’18, which is to convene in Lyon, France, April 22-24th (http://www.w4a.info) Co-located with The Web Conference 2018 (www2018). The 2018 theme is "Internet of Accessible Things". In addition to work in the traditional core areas of W4A, we are also interested in work that explores the use, potential, and perils of the Internet of Things phenomenon for accessibility. Areas of interest include but are not limited to the following: age, cognition, culture, education, emotions, dexterity, disability, diversity, health, hearing, income, infrastructure, language, learning, literacy, mobility, situation, society, and vision. In keeping with this years theme, we particularly welcome submissions that address the following topics: Making IoT More Accessible New IoT to Improve Accessibility IoT Applications in the Connected Workplace Novel Application of IoT to Improve Accessibility IoT Use and Expectations by People with Disabilities Machine learning and AI for Accessibility Standards for IoT Accessibility Cloud Computing and IoT that Deliver Accessible Experiences Everywhere Leveraging IoT for Inclusive Work and Education Accessible Smart Homes, Cities, and Transportation Wearable Devices and Technology Access, Digital Assistants, and Intelligent Agents Remote Healthcare and Robotics IoT, Big Data, and Analytics Submit 10-page technical or 4-page communication papers detailing engineering solutions and scientific insights into Web and Mobile technologies addressing diverse user needs. Submit 2-page extended abstracts to enter the Web Accessibility Challenge or for consideration for inclusion in the Doctoral Consortium. All submissions will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Intuit will award $2000 and $1000 respectively to the best technical and communication papers. IBM will provide travel grants to the winners of the People with Disabilities Student Award. Awards for the Accessibility Challenge and Doctoral Consortium will be announced shortly, along with full details of the Hackathon and Poster Track. Important dates: Midnight UTC-8 (PST) Submissions to Main Track: January 17, 2018 Submissions to Accessibility Challenge, IBM PWD Award and Doctoral Consortium: January 21, 2018 Author Notification: February 7, 2018 Rebuttal Period: February 8-14, 2018 Final Decisions: February 21, 2018 Camera Ready Copy Due: February 28, 2018 Conference Organisation General Chairs - gc2018@w4a.info Chris Bailey – UXPA UK Jeff Bigham – Carnegie Mellon University, USA Program Chairs - pc2018@w4a.info Volker Sorge – University of Birmingham, UK Mike Paciello – The Paciello Group, USA Challenge Chairs - cc2018@w4a.info Silvia Mirri – University of Bologna, Italy David Sloan – The Paciello Group, UK. Doctoral Consortium - dc2018@w4a.info Dragan Ahmetovic – Carnegie Mellon University, USA Giorgio Brajnik – University of Udine, Italy IBM PWD and Student Award Chairs - sc2018@w4a.info Chieko Asakawa - IBM Research, Japan Yevgen Borodin - Stony Brook University, USA.
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