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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