FYI - HCI folks interested in Accessbility: Developing with Accessibility Event

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...Yes, You may certainly register for the webcast of the event. It can be

viewed http://www.fcc.gov/live

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
The FCCs Accessibility and Innovation Initiative (A&I) is planning an

event called "Developing with Accessibility," at the FCCs 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
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

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: ***@fcc.gov 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

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