09.30 - 10.00

Registration and Coffee

10.00 – 10.45

Keynote:United in Diversity - EU Approaches to Digital Inclusion
Richard Howitt MEP, President of the All-Party Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament

10.45 – 11.15

Web 2.0 - challenges and opportunities for accessibility
Jonathan Hassell, Accessibility Editor, BBC jam

11.15 - 11.45

Networking and Refreshment Break

11.45 - 12.30

Courtroom Battles: Disability, Technology and the Law
Panellists:
Miranda Martin, Solicitor and Director, Martin Searle Solicitors
Sam Latif, iMpower Production Manager, GBS Consumer Solutions Procter and Gamble
Sarfraz Khan, Senior Legal Officer, Disability Rights Commission

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13.30 - 14.30

Three parallel workshops on:

1. Web Accessibility - sponsored by HOP Associates
Chair: Mel Poluck, Senior Reporter, E-Access Bulletin
Panellist:
Bob Crichton, Managing Director, HOP Associates
Léonie Watson, Head of Accessibility, Nomensa
Hugh Huddy, Lead Officer for PDF Accessibility, Royal National Institute of the Blind

2. Digital Broadcasting - the future
Chair: Dan Jellinek, Editor, E-Access Bulletin
Panellists:
Anthony Dooley, Television Policy Advisor, Broadcasting Policy Division, Department Culture Media and Sport
Ruth Myers, Chair, TAG

3. Access to education; it’s no game
Chair: John Lamb, Publisher, Ability Magazine
Panellists:
Jane Seale, Senior Lecturer in Educational Innovation in Higher Education, University of Southampton
Adrian Higginbotham, Project Manager, Standards British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)
David Colven, Technical Advisor, The ACE Centre Advisory Trust
Jonathan Hassell, Accessibility Editor, BBC Jam

14.30 - 15.30

Three parallel workshops on:

4. Accessibility and Public Procurement Policy
Chair: Dan Jellinek, Editor, E-Access Bulletin
Panellists:
Ruth Loebl, Senior ICT Development Officer, Royal National Institute of the Blind Digital Accessibility
Dr Paul Timmers, Head of Unit eInclusion, European Commission, Directorate-General Information Society and Media

5. Mobile Phones
Chair: Mel Poluck, Senior Reporter, E-Access Bulletin
Panellist:
Edward Chandler, Royal National Institute of the Blind
Stephen Furner, Senior Technology Manager, BT Human Factors

6. Dyslexia Friendly - User Friendly
Chair: Derek Parkinson, Deputy Editor, E-Access Bulletin
Panellist: Donald Schloss, Chief Executive, Adult Dyslexia Organisation
Fraser Hamilton, co-founder and Director, Designed for All

15.30 - 15.45

Networking and Refreshment Break

15.45 - 16.25

End keynote: e-Accessibility and EU policy

Dr Paul Timmers, Head of Unit eInclusion, European Commission, Directorate-General Information Society and Media

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