Document Actions
Programme
Description of the Conference Programme
| Monday 25th | ||||||
| 0900 | Registration | |||||
| 0930 | Welcome address | Conference organizers, and Alf Holmelid, Research director, Agder University College | ||||
| 0940 | Official opening: eGovernance and eAccessibility in Norway | Wenche Lyngholm, State Secretary, Ministry of Government Administration and Reform, Norway | ||||
| 1000 | Introductory note on the role of IT Funk for research on eInclusion | Maja Arnestad, IT Funk The Research Council of Norway | ||||
| 1020 | Questions and comments | |||||
| 1030 | Coffee break - Touring the exhibits | |||||
| 1100 | European disability strategy | Inmaculada Placencia Porrero, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission | ||||
| 1125 | Questions and comments | |||||
| 1140 | Program overview | Conference organizers | ||||
| 1150 | Workshop trailers | Workshop leaders | ||||
| 1200 | Lunch | |||||
| 1300 | Technology Crossroad- ICT Barriers or eInclusion? | Cynthia Waddell, Juris Doctor, Executive Director of the International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet | ||||
| 1330 | Questions and comments | |||||
| 1340 | Towards large scale web evaluation - The EIAO project | |||||
| Part 1: Internet and sight impaired people-demonstration | Magne Lunde, MediaLt | |||||
| Part 2: Why is there a need for a Unified Web Evaluation Methodology - UWEM | Eric Velleman, The Bartiméus Accessibility Foundation | |||||
| Part 3: Large scale web accessibility evaluation, introduction to workshop 2 | Mikael Snaprud, Agder University College | |||||
| 1420 | Questions and comments | |||||
| 1430 | Coffee break - Touring the posters | |||||
| 1445 | Workshop 1 | Workshop 2 | ||||
| Policy measures to promote eAccessibility | European Internet Accessibility Observatory (EIAO) | |||||
| 1615 | Fruit break | |||||
| 1630 | Workshop 1 (continued) | Workshop 2 (continued) | ||||
| 1730 | End of workshops | |||||
| 1900 | Conference dinner | |||||
| Tuesday 26th | ||||||
| 0900 | Start of day 2 | Conference Organizers | ||||
| 0910 | Opening of day 2: Increasing Accessibility through Legislation | Anne Folkvord, Senior adviser, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion | ||||
| 0930 | eGovernment and disability-The Economic Imperative of Social Inclusion | Gerry Ellis, the European Disability Forum | ||||
| 1000 | The role of Public Procurement to achieve more accessible eGoverment services | Prof. Christopher McCrudden, Oxford University | ||||
| 1030 | Questions and comments | |||||
| 1040 | Coffee break - Touring the exhibits and posters | |||||
| 1100 | Panel session: How to achieve accessible eGovernment | Moderator: | ||||
| Inmaculada Placencia Porrero, European Commission | ||||||
| Panelists: | ||||||
| Eirik Lae Solberg (Microsoft Norway) | ||||||
| Karl Olav Wroldsen (Norwegian Tax Authority-The norwegian tax authority and accessibility) | ||||||
| Hans von Axelson (Swedish Agency for Disability Policy Coordination) | ||||||
| Arie Rimmerman (University of Haifa-How to achieve accessible eGovernment) | ||||||
| Bruce Perens (Sourcelabs) | ||||||
| Gerry Ellis ( European Disability Forum) | ||||||
| Christopher McCrudden (Oxford University). | ||||||
| 1215 | Workshop trailers | Workshop leaders | ||||
| 1215 | Lunch | |||||
| 1315 | Workshop 1 (continued) | Workshop 3 | ||||
| Policy measures to promote eAccessibility | eGovernment case studies | |||||
| 1515 | Fruit/Coffee break - Touring the exhibits and posters | |||||
| 1545 | Workshop 4 | Workshop 5 | ||||
| Universal Design - Design for All on mobile phones and digital TV | eGovernment indicators | |||||
| 1745 | End of workshops | |||||
| 1745 | Conference wine and cheese get-together | |||||
| Wednesday 27th | ||||||
| 0900 | Start of day 3 | Conference organizers | ||||
| 0910 | Free and open learning & research in Norway | Lisbet Rugtvedt, State Secretary, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway | ||||
| 0940 | Questions and comments | |||||
| 0950 | Copyright and patent policy for publicly funded organizations | Bruce Perens, Vice president at Sourcelabs, Leader in the Free Software and Open Source community | ||||
| 1020 | Challenges in forming an Intellectual Property Rights policy for publicly funded research | Odd M. Reitevold, Senior Adviser, Division for Innovation, Research Council of Norway | ||||
| 1030 | Coffee break - Touring the exhibits and posters | |||||
| 1050 | Panel session: Publishing learning materials and research results - prospects and challenges; Intellectual Property Rights in practice | Moderator: | ||||
| Jan Otto Pedersen, Chief Executive Officer, Sørlandets Teknologi-senter | ||||||
| Panelists: | ||||||
| Alf Holmelid, research director, Agder University College | ||||||
| Bruce Perens, vice president, SourceLabs | ||||||
| Odd M. Reitevold, Senior Adviser, Division for Innovation, Research Council of Norway | ||||||
| Åge Nigardsøy, president, The Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted | ||||||
| Øystein Johannessen, deputy director general, Ministry of Education | ||||||
| 1150 | Workshop trailers | Workshop leaders | ||||
| 1200 | Conference summary and outlook | Conference organizers | ||||
| 1210 | Lunch | |||||
| 1300 | Workshop 4 (continued) | Workshop 6 | ||||
| Universal Design - Design for All on mobile phones and digital TV | Technology for Participation (T4P) curriculum - How to teach universal design? | |||||
| 1500 | Fruit/Coffee break | |||||
| 1530 | Workshop 4 (continued) | Workshop 6 (continued) | ||||
| Universal Design - Design for All on mobile phones and digital TV | Technology for Participation (T4P) curriculum - How to teach universal design? | |||||
| 1730 | End of workshops | |||||