WIPO Headquarters, Room A, Geneva, February 2 to 5, 2010
Background
In a joint effort to promote accessibility, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) organized a unique Accessibility Workshop at the WIPO Headquarters for staff of the United Nations system and other International Organizations. The event was free of charge.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities entered into force on May 3, 2008. Article 9 (g) and (h) of this Convention require that measures be taken to ensure that accessibility is taken into account in the design of new information technologies and systems.
The objective of this Workshop was to promote awareness on accessibility and encourage webmasters within the United Nations system and other International Organizations to implement accessibility in their daily work.
Program
- Program for the four days and presentations
- Presenters:
- Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- Phil Archer, Mobile Web Initiative (W3C)
- Matt May, Adobe Corporation Ltd.
- Artur Ortega, Yahoo!
- Trainers:
- Matt May, Adobe Corporation Ltd.
- Marco Ranon, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
- Andrew Ronksley, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
- Matt May, Adobe Corporation Ltd.