Accessibility testing and evaluation workshop

Accessibility Testing and Evaluation Workshop

Date and Time:

Monday 6th March 2006 - 10.00-18.00

Place:

"Aula de Grado" Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática, Avda. Reina Mercedes s/n. 41012 Sevilla.

Aims:

This workshop will address issues related to testing and evaluation for accessibility. The workshop aims to provide participants an overall perspective of what is going on in the area of accessibility testing and evaluation, both within the research community and industry as well as giving some practical examples of different testing and evaluation procedures.

The target groups of the workshop are researchers and developers in industry and research organisations as well as people who are interested in the marketing of products.

Chairmen:

Harry Knops and Christian Bühler

Program:

10.00 - 10.20
Aurelia Calzada Muñoz, Directora General de Personas con Discapacidad. Consejería de Igualdad y Bienestar Social. Junta de Andalucía
Welcome and Accessibility Initiatives in Andalucía

10.20 - 10.30
Patrick Roe, Chairman Cost219ter
Introduction

10.30 -11.00
Inmaculada Placencia, European Commission
Public procurement and conformance assessment on eAccessibility

11.00 - 11.20
Maria Lozano, Universidad de Castilla-LaMancha, COST 294
ICT Usability Evaluation Methodologies

11.20 - 11.40
Rafael Lamas, Vodafone, Spain
Evaluation of Health and Social Experiences in Vodafone

Break

12.15 - 12.45
Dr Evangelos D. Bekiaris, CERTH, Greece
Assessment and evaluation in ASK-IT-project

12.45 - 13.15
Ed Chandler, RNIB, UK
Systematic evaluation for accessibility

13.15 - 13.45
Sabine DELAITRE, IPTS, European Commission
Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence

Break

15.30 -16.00
Jan-Ingvar Lindström, Sweden
Navigation, alarming and positioning - some glimpses of trials in Sweden

16.00 - 16.30
Alexandros Mourouzis, Greece
An evaluation framework and inspection tool for accessibility

Break

17.00 - 18.00
Discussion

Email sonia@atc.us.es for further information and to register - when registering please supply name, contact details, organisation name (if applicable) and any special requirement.