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Time and Date |
Conference Name |
Details |
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January 22, 2009 |
The Internet
Society e-meeting on “Accessibility and Disabilities”
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Chaired by
Cynthia Waddell, Vice Chair of the ISOC Disability and Special
Needs Chapter;
e-meeting to assist ISOC Chapters on creating awareness on
disability accessibility and support
Location:
ISOC Marratech
Auditorium Online
UTC/GMT 20:00 |
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January 26-27, 2009 |
Third Meeting
of the Informal Expert Group for the Fourth World
Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) 2009
|
Serve as
“Invited Expert on Accessibility” on U.S. State Department
Delegation; Provided Accessibility Input into Secretary
General’s Report; Meeting to be captioned for first time by
Caption First
Location:
International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) and
International Telecommunication Union
Geneva, Switzerland |
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January 28,
2009 |
ITU-T Study
Group 16, Question 26 |
Present report
on
1. Waddell
Background Paper commissioned by ITU for ITU Regional Workshop
on ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities for the
Africa Region in Lusaka, Zambia titled “Meeting Information and
Communications Technology Access and Service Needs for Persons
with Disabilities: Major Issues for Development and
Implementation of Successful Policies and Strategies”
2. Dynamic
Coalition on Accessibility and Disability convened at Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, India and moderated by
Cynthia Waddell
3. ITU
Workshop at IGF entitled “Including Accessibility & Human
Factors in the Universalization of the Internet- How to reach
persons with disabilities, the 10% of the next billion”
4. Toolkit for
Policy Makers under development by the Global Initiative for
Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ict) and
ITU
5. Update on UN
Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
6. Update on
Workplan per Malcolm Johnson request that Cynthia Waddell write
an ITU accessibility policy and procedure plan document in
accordance with the Workplan of Question 26.
Location:
International Telecommunication Union
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
March 16 – 21, 2009 |
24th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities
Conference (CSUN) |
Speaker, Update on
Accessible Web Litigation and United Nations Conference on Rights of Persons
with Disabilities
Speaker, Update on the 2009
Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)
Location:
Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Los Angeles, California USA |
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March 24 – April 2, 2009 |
ITU-T Study Group 2 |
Serve as “Invited Expert on Accessibility” for Study Group addressing
Operational Aspects of Service Provision and Telecommunications Management
Attend Lead study group for service definition, numbering and routing
Attend Lead study group on telecommunication for disaster relief/early
warning
Attend Lead study group on telecommunication management
Location:
International Telecommunication Union
Geneva, Switzerland |
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April 20-25, 2009 |
World Telecommunication Policy Forum 2009 |
Serve as
“Invited Expert on Accessibility” on US State Department
Delegation; provide input into Secretary General Report
Location:
Lisbon, Portugal |
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April 27-28, 2009 |
Seminar on United Nations
Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Regional seminar by British
Group, Inter-Parliamentary Union for members of parliament from 45 Countries |
Speaker on ICT obligations of the UN Convention; objective of
seminar is to inform parliamentarians on how they can encourage
their governments to ratify and implement the human rights
treaty.
Location:
Houses of Parliament
London, England |
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July 30 –August 1, 2009 |
18th Biennial Telecommunications for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI)
International Conference Theme: Washington: Where Access Begins |
Speaker: Panel Keynote: “Globalization of Standardization and
Making the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Accessible” Location
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
Washington, D.C. USA |
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August 16, 2009 |
World-Wise
Staycation |
Speaker: “Reflections - Advocacy as a Worldwide Ministry to
Persons with Disabilities”
Location:
First Presbyterian
Church Concord
Concord, California USA |
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August 25-27, 2009
|
Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT
Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
Jointly organized by the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific Region (UNESCAP) and the Global
Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict)
|
“Overview of Public Procurement in
Promoting ICT Accessibility”
“The Impact of the CRPD on the Internet and
Web Sites”
Trainer, Session 12: Workshop on Web
Accessibility
Location:
United Nations Conference Centre
Bangkok, Thailand
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September 14,
2009 |
Webinar
Great Lakes ADA Center |
Speaker, “An International Perspective of
Website Accessibility”
An increasing
number of countries around the world have adopted accessible web
design laws and policies. Because of the historic number of
signatories to the United Nations treaty or Convention on Rights
of Persons with Disabilities, it is expected that more attention
will be paid to this issue in the future. This session will
discuss the international movement towards web accessibility.
Location:
Online, see registration at
http://www.adagreatlakes.org/Publications/ATBulletin/. |
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September 16-18, 2009 |
Techshare 2009
RNIB's international assistive digital technology and
conference |
Keynote Speaker: “Back to the Future: ICT,
Disability Rights and the Convention”
Location:
ExCeL London
International Exhibit and Conference Centre
One Western Gateway
Royal Victoria Dock
London UK |
|
September 24, 2009 |
Accessible ICT Procurement Seminar
Organized by the Centre for Excellence in Universal
Design in conjunction with the NCBI Centre for Inclusive Technology |
Keynote Speaker
Location:
National Disability Authority Offices
25 Clyde Road
Dublin, Ireland |
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September 25, 2009
|
Master of Technology Law Class
School of Law
National University of Ireland at Galway
|
Guest Law Lecturer, “US Disability Rights
Law and the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
The Paradigm Shift Underway in ICT Design and Procurement”
Location:
National University of Ireland at Galway
School of Law
University Road
Galway, Ireland |
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November 15-18, 2009 |
Internet Governance Forum 2009 |
Plenary Speaker, Main Session on Access and Diversity, Dynamic
Coalition on Accessibility and Disability, Presenting The
Message for an Accessible ICT World Speaker, Workshop 110,
Global Internet Access for Persons with Disabilities, “Update:
The Impact of the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with
Disabilities on the Internet”
Speaker, Workshop 540, Best Practices for an Accessible Web
Location:
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
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December 14-18, 2009 |
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) meeting of the Standing
Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). |
Member of delegation to discuss proposed treaty on the sharing
of accessible works; treaty proposal provides for harmonization
of mandatory minimum limitations and exceptions to copyright for
the benefit of blind, visually impaired, and reading disabled
persons. It also ensures that works published under these
provisions can be legally exported and imported across borders. Location:
World Intellectual Property Organization
Geneva, Switzerland |
