4th European eAccessibility Forum: eAccessibility of Public Services in Europe

After three previous conferences, the European eAccessibility Forum is organised for the first time in Paris.

The 4th European eAccessibility Forum will provide participants the chance to discuss the complementary aspects involved in making this objective a reality in Europe. It will provide an opportunity to hear at first-hand about experiences from users with disabilities, public organisations and industry. The speakers are specialists involved in organisations representing users and consumers with disabilities, research organisations and companies operating at a European level or worldwide. Keynote speakers include -among others- Mr. Paul Timmers, the Head of Unit for eInclusion, European Commission. The conference will also consider the harmonisation of good practices over Europe.

Some topics to be discussed are the following:

• Needs of citizens with disabilities and aging citizens.
• Examples of accessible services.
• Public policies.
• Tools suppoting accessibility.
• Economical aspects.
• Mobile technologies.

Registration to the event can be performed with the payment of a fee. Further information can be found here. Expected participants will be around 200-250.

Event email: braillenet@snv.jussieu.fr