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Programme

Chair: Dan Jellinek, Editor, e-Government Bulletin

09.30 – 10.15

The duty to promote disability equality and e-accessibility
Jackie Driver, Service Improvement and Inclusion Team, Manchester City Council

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10.15 – 11.00

The business case for accessible e-government services
Shuna Kennedy, Chief executive AbilityNet

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11.00 - 11.30

Coffee

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11.30 – 12.15

Interactive Debate

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12.15 – 13.00

Broading access to information for print impaired people
Paul Blenkhorn, Professor of Assistive Technology, University of Manchester

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13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

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14.00 – 14.45

Jenny van Tinteren, Head of Accessibility Solutions, Job Centre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions

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14.45 – 15.20

Web accessibility from a user perspective
Jenny Craven, Associate Researcher, Centre for Research in Library and Information Management, Manchester Metropolitan University

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15.20 – 16.00

Maintaining and Developing Accessible Online Services
Peter Rainger, director, Key2Access Ltd., Accessibility and Assistive Technology Consultancy

This outline programme is subject to change and the Organisers reserve the right to alter the session topics, timings and speakers.