[WSG] Highlights of Techshare India - India's first Accessibilty and Assistive Technology conference and exhibition

[Vasu]

Hello all,

“600 million people with disabilities in the world, 60 million in India
alone. Would you like to access this untapped market?” 

Techshare India, 2008 – Breaking the Barriers is the first accessibility
conference and exhibition in India that will highlight the needs of people
with disabilities. It will showcase the role of technology in the lives of
people with disabilities, looking not just at web accessibility but also
software accessibility, and accessibility on the move for mobiles and PDAs.
In addition, Techshare India will also highlight the importance of
implementing accessibility standards and complying to different
accessibility laws.  

Techshare India 2008 will be held on 4th and 5th February, 2008 at India
Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India. 

Special Attraction: Keynote speaker will be Shadi Abou Zahra, World Wide Web
Consortium, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Activity Lead.

Key Highlights of Track 1: The Road Ahead - Envisioning the Accessibility
Road Map

• Section 508 and Electronic Information Technology Accessibility - David
Baquis, Accessibility Specialist, US Access Board 
• Building accessibility in a large scale web application - experience with
Yahoo! Mail Classic - Omprakash Subarrao, Director Consulting Practices,
Yahoo! India 
• Envisioning the Accessibility Road Map  - Shilpi Kedia, Managing Director,
BarrierBreak Technologies 
 
Key Highlights of Track 2: Making a Difference

• Braille, Large-Print, DAISY and MP3 with one simple but powerful tool -
Dolphin EasyConverter - Steve Bennett, Sales Director, Dolphin Computer
Access
• Achieving Accessibility with Adobe Flex - Sameer Bhatt, Computer
Scientist, Adobe Systems 
• Indian Child Intelligence Test (ICIT) as a Diagnostic tool for identifying
Learning Disabilities - Dr. Analpa Paranjpe, Director, Morris Trust 

Key Highlights of Track 3: Bridging the Digital Divide

• From a Digital Divide to a Digital Alliance - A future on the World Wide
Web - Kenny Johar, Research, Architecture and Solutions Lead – Vision
Australia
• Automatic Generation of Speech Interface for GUI tools/applications using
Accessibility Framework - Navin Kumar, Project Engineer, CDAC Mumbai
• Bookshare.org: The online library built by people with disabilities - Lisa
D. Friendly, Director, BookShare.org
• Making mobile phones and PDAs accessible to the blind and visually
impaired Access on the go - Dinesh Kaushal, Lead Developer, Code Factory
  
 
In this India's First Accessibility and Assistive Technology conference and
exhibition, there will be an opportunity to meet:

•   US Access Board 
•   World Wide Web Consortium 
•   Yahoo! India
•   Royal National Institute of Blind People, UK
And many more from across the globe!

Registrations are now open! Please visit
http://www.barrierbreak.com/conferenceregistration.php to register online.
 
To catch up with the latest news about Techshare India visit
http://www.barrierbreak.com/techshareindia.php    

Thanks & Regards,
Vasu | Account Manager
BarrierBreak Technologies
India: +91 (22) 2686 0485 / 86
Cell: +91 99202 29081
USA: +1 (781) 452 0677
Web: http://www.barrierbreak.com  




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[WSG] Call for Papers - Techshare India 2008 - Breaking the Barriers

[Vasu]

Hello All:

Techshare India 2008 - Breaking the Barriers is the first ever accessibility
conference-cum-exhibition bringing the entire ecosystem; the government, the
corporates, the NGOs, the disabled, the product companies, and the education
providers under one roof. Techshare India 2008 will be held on 4th and 5th
February, 2008 at New Delhi, India.

Highlights of Techshare India 2008

We envisage Techshare India 2008 as a milestone that would bring a
revolution in the society for including people with disabilities in the main
stream.

. First "2-day Accessibility Conference-cum-Exhibition" in India 
. Organizing committee featuring international bodies such as Royal National
Institute for the Blind (RNIB), UK
. 500 plus delegates from government, non-profit, education institutes, and
corporate from across the globe
. 50 plus speakers, 4 Tracks, 6 accessibility workshops
. State-of-the-art experience lab showcasing assistive technology
. Exhibition with 25 plus stalls displaying assistive aids pan disability

Call of Papers

We invite you to submit abstracts to present at the Techshare India 2008
conference before the 30th November, 2007. All abstracts will be reviewed by
the Organizing Committee.

For submission procedures and suggested topics please visit our call for
paper page at http://www.barrierbreak.com/callforpapers.php 

Please visit our website at http://www.barrierbreak.com/techshareindia.php
for updates, announcements, and more information on Techshare India 2008.


Thanks & Regards,
Vasu | Account Manager
BarrierBreak Technologies
India: +91 (22) 2686 0485 / 86
Cell: +91 99202 29081
USA: +1 (781) 452 0677
Web: http://www.barrierbreak.com 

BarrierBreak Technologies a subsidiary of Net Systems Informatics





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