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Segala invited to speak at seminar for Irish Design For All Network (IRL-DeAN) in Dublin, Ireland

Date: 6th of September 2006
Venue: Regency Airport Hotel, Dublin

Segala's web accessibility expert and contributor to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group, Sorcha Moore, has been invited to present "Moving from WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0 - Implications of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" at IRL-DeAN "Web Accessibility & Promoting Design for All" seminar in Dublin, Ireland.

The W3C accessibility guidelines are rapidly gaining worlwide acceptance as the standard for Web accessibility. They have been used as the basis of several international governmental standards such as the American "Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 Section 508" and the Australian "AusInfo Guidelines for Commonwealth Information Published in Electronic Formats".

This seminar will give participants the opportunity to learn about what is involved with the new WCAG 2.0 guidelines, and to discuss their implications.

The event will include presentations from Donal Rice, ICT Accessiblity Co-Ordinator, Public Services Accessibility Initiative National Disability Authority on the new NDA IT Accessibility Guidelines, and Dr. Pier Luigi Emiliani, Director of CNR (Italian National Research Council) IFAC (Institute of Applied Physics "Nello Carrara") and President - CNR Florence Area, on a new EU initiative aimed at promoting design-for-all in Europe.

"Web Accessibility & Promoting Design for All" will take place on the 6th of September, in the Regency Airport Hotel, Dublin. Please contact Hugh O'Neill, IRL-DeAN Co-ordinator, if you wish to attend - email honeill [at] crc [dot] ie.

Seminar Agenda
Web accessibility & promoting design for all September 6th, Regency Airport Hotel

• 09:45 Registration & coffee
• 10:15 Welcome
• 10:20 "Moving from WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0 - Implications of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" Sorcha Moore, Segala
• "Promoting Accessibility - Redeveloping the National Disability Authority's web guidelines." Donal Rice, NDA
• 11:30 Coffee break
• 12:00 "DfA@eInclusion - A new initiative to promote design for all" Pier Luigi, Institute of Applied Physics, Florence
• 12:45 Lunch
• 14:00 Network European activities overview & WCAG discussion
• 14:45 coffee
• 15:15 Forum. Ideas for future seminars. Summing up.

Directions on how to get there:

If driving, go out of town through Drumcondra along the Upper Drumcondra road, passing St. Patrick's College on the left. Further along, there is a crossroads with Griffith avenue. After the crossroads, the road becomes the Swords Road. The Regency Airport Hotel is on the right hand side of the road.

From other parts of Ireland, driving details are available at the Regency Airport Hotel Web site.

Public Transport:
The 746, 16A, 41, and 41B buses all go past the hotel towards the airport. Coming from the direction of town, the hotel in on the right hand side. Coming from the direction of the airport, the hotel is on the left.

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