Future of Inclusive Design Online
Federal Communications Commission
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
10 am
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0702/DOC-...
Professor Lewis will focus on the evolution of technology, how it is creating challenges to traditional thinking about making information and services available to people with differing functional needs and preferences, and providing opportunities for superior access. The presentation will highlight developments such as:
- The shift in focus from access to presentations of content to access of content itself.
- Replacement of mass production by customized, individualized creation.
- Non-visual access for traditionally "visual" activities like games, interactive simulations, and visual programming.
- The need for useable tools to allow end users to create and customize their own information environment.
- The prospect that technology can automatically create new and different presentations of information and services.
- Policy changes that may be needed to address such opportunities.
Following the presentation, demonstrations of accessible technology solutions will be held, 12:30 - 3 pm, in the FCC's Technology Experience Center located in the same building.
To register to attend, email Aaron Vimont at Aaron.Vimont@fcc.gov or call (202) 418-2738. Pre-registration is encouraged.
A free webcast of the live event, with open captioning over the Internet, will be available at FCC.gov/live. Pre-registration is not required for the live webcast.
Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Send detailed requests, with contact information, to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). Requests should be made as early as possible