Japanese version

Accessibility symposium - 16th March 2010

This symposium is a collaboration between several national and international agencies working with accessibility related issues.

Collaboration between:

  1. ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36/WG7 (Mr. Erlend Øverby)
  2. ATRC-University of Toronto (Professor Jutta Treviranus)
  3. Kobe University (Associate Professor Min Kang and Professor Narisuke Utsuki)
  4. Daisy Consortium (Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura)
  5. Japanese Society of Information and System in Education (Professor Toshio Okamoto)

Practical information

Date and venue

Tuesday 16th of March 2010 from 09:00 - 17:00
Takikawa Memorial Hall, Kobe University, Japan See Map, Takikawa Memorial Hall is number 31.

Agenda

09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 09:40 Welcome by Kobe University, and the organisers
Professor Narisuke Utsukiby (Kobe University)
Jutta Treviranus/Liddy Nevile/Erlend Øverby (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36/WG7)
09:40 - 10:00 A Dynamic Online IT Dictionary Based on Learner's Understanding
Yi Sun, Harumi Kashiwagi, Min Kang, Hidenari Kiyomitsu, Kazuhiro Ohtsuki (Kobe University)
10:00 - 10:20 Proposal of Learning Support System based on Knowledge Level of User
Kazue Takeda(Kobe Women's University), Junya Morishita and Min Kang(Kobe University)
10:20 - 10:40 A Study on Usability of LCMSs for Practice Use in Foreign Language Education
Yaheng Zou, Harumi Kasiwagi and Min Kang(Kobe University)
10:40 - 11:00 A digital White Cane
Anoumang Bienvenu, Dongseo University, Busan, Korea
11:00 - 11:15
Coffee break
11:15 - 11:45 Trends in accessibility and assistive technologies, a more flexible approach for the next generation web.
Jutta Treviranus, Director Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC); Toronto; Canada
11:45 - 12:15 Accessibility metadata and how to provide for just-in-time accessibility
Liddy Nevile, Convenor Dublin Core Accessibility SIG; Sunrise research, Australia
12:15 - 12:40 How to include everyone when developing accessibility standards.
Helle Bjarnø, IT-Director The Visual Impairment Knowledge Centre, Denmark
12:40 - 13:00 The role of standards in accessibility, the challenge of a global perspective.
Erlend Øverby, Convenor ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36/WG7 - Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training - Culture, Language and Individual needs
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Realizing a universal (cooperative-coexistent) society initiated by ICT
Nami Takenaka - President Prop Station
15:00 - 15:45 Presentation use cases of multimedia DAISY in Japan for/by persons with cognitive/psychiatric disabilities, one example of community based Tsunami preparedness initiatives being demonstrated at the Disaster Reduction Museum in Kobe until today.
Hiroshi Kawamura - President Daisy consortium
15:45 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
Discussions/Closing remarks

Timeframe

Registration and Participation

Goal of Symposium

To better explore and understand several accessibility issues, and to discuss the relationship between sustainability and accessibility/universal design/inclusive design.

Summary of position papers will be made available before the symposium.

Topics for the symposium

  1. Collaborative technologies and accessibility
  2. Sustainable technologies and accessibility
  3. Aging population and technology
  4. Rethinking Assistive Technology
  5. Individual adaptability
  6. Findings from Toronto Conference on OpenSource and Accessibility
  7. Standards in Japan
  8. Cognitive/Psychiatric challenges
  9. Diverse needs of learners in eLearning tools

Practical information

Contact Information

If you have any questions, would like to contribute or be a sponsor, please contact us.

For more information about the symposium please contact one of the following organisers: