The AEGIS project Final Workshop and 2nd International Conference: 'Accessibility Reaching Everywhere'

The two events will bring together end-users (people with disabilities) as well as platform and application accessibility developers, representatives organisations, the Assistive Technology industry and policy makers. Since 2008, the AEGIS consortium has been developing an Open Accessibility Framework comprising open accessibility interfaces, user interface components, developer tools, end-user applications and prototype accessibility solutions for desktops, rich Internet applications and mobile devices.

The project's Final Workshop on 28 November 2011 will focus on the realisations of the AEGIS (Open Accessibility Everywhere: Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards) project and provide attendees the opportunity to try out all outcomes of the project. The demonstrated products offer barrier-free access to desktop, mobile and web applications, are open source based and will be freely available.

The conference on 29 and 30 November 2011 will gather a wide array of experts and users in the area of Assistive Technology to discuss scientific and policy developments in accessible technology; showcase relevant projects and initiatives in the area of assistive technology.

This event comes ahead of the European Day of People with Disabilities that is marked by the European Commission via a policy conference in the first week of December each year, in close cooperation with the European Disability Forum (EDF).

An official invitation for registration, for submission of scientific papers and the participation of exhibitors will be issued in the near future.

Access to both events will be free, but places will be limited.

More information is available under www.aegis-project.eu.

Event email: julie.buttier@epr.eu