>From what I read in that announcement it's in DC.
----- Original Message ----- From: "VaShaun Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:48 PM Subject: Re: Developing with Accessibility Event Is this online, in DC or where? The listing is not clear. On Jul 17, 2012, at 6:32 PM, Don Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: "Developing with Accessibility" Event > When: September 6-7, 2012 > Time: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM on each of two days > Where: FCC Commission Meeting Room and training rooms > RSVP: Please RSVP by August 31, 2012 to [email protected] > > The FCC's Accessibility and Innovation Initiative (A&I) is planning an > event > called "Developing with Accessibility," at the FCC's headquarters on > September 6 and 7, 2012. The event is designed to spur increased > collaboration on accessibility solutions among developers from industry, > consumer, and government sectors. The event will encourage the use of > accessibility APIs (application programming interfaces), as well as > publicly > available data sets, in order to build accessible apps for mobile phones > and > websites. A key objective is to promote the concept and practice of > developing applications with regard for generally-accepted accessibility > guidelines, thereby maximizing their usability for everyone, including > people with disabilities. > > The event will offer training on development topics, in-person > collaboration > on programming projects, and professional networking among developers. As > important as the actual event itself will be collaborative activity in > electronic spaces before, during, and after the event. Rather than limit > this to accomplishments that can be achieved during a single, in-person > event, this Developer event is not intended to be an end in itself, but > will > instead serve as an organizing opportunity to create mechanisms for > ongoing > collaboration among developers who are interested in building accessible > technology solutions. > > It is also a goal of the A&I to make smart use of new media tools to > create > electronic spaces for such collaboration. We encourage others to also > activate online collaboration spaces associated with this effort. To this > end, we suggest use of a particular abbreviation, "DevAcc," as an > electronic > tag that facilitates searching and coordination toward these objectives. > > Please pre-register for the event by sending your name, affiliation, and > contact information to [email protected] by August 31, 2012. Also send > disability accommodation requests to [email protected]. > > If there are particular ways that you'd like to participate, or related > activities that you'd like to inform us about, also feel free to write to > [email protected]. > > The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or other > mobility aids. Open captioning and assistive listening devices will be > provided on site. Other reasonable accommodations for people with > disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the > accommodation you will need and tell us how to contact you if we need more > information. Make your request as early as possible. Last minute requests > will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send an e-mail to: > [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at > 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty). > > The general session of the event will be webcast with open captioning at > http://fcc.gov/live > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
