[WSIS CS-Plenary] Global Forum on Disability in Tunis Day 2, 9:00-13:00, 18 Novemberr 2005.
Hiroshi Kawamura
hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net
Thu Nov 17 14:48:31 GMT 2005
Invitation to the Second Global Forum on Disability in the Information
Society, 15th and 18th November 2005, Tunis, Tunisia
Program of Day 2
18 November 2005, 09:00 - 13:00,
Room Amilcar, Kram PalExpo, Tunis
9:00-10:00
Session 2: Disaster Preparedness of Persons with Disabilities
Moderator: Hiroshi Kawamura, Japan
National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities Research
Institute
* Markku Hakkinen, USA
Accessible ICT for Disaster Preparedness and Warning; Human-centered Design
of Standards and Technology for Effective Communication
DAISY Consortium
* Stephen Shore, USA
Preparing persons with autism and those who support them for times of
disaster: The past with a look to the future
Autism Society of America
* Open discussion
10:00-11:30
Session 3: International Disability Alliance (IDA) panel discussion on equal
partnership in ICT development
Moderators:
Ms. Raja Isma$B!&(B, Tunisia (BASMA)
George Kerscher, USA (DAISY Consortium)
Panelists:
* Khalfan H. Khalfan Al-Salmany (Disabled Peoples' International)
* Betty Dion (Rehabilitation International)
* Kicki Nordstr$BN(B (The World Blind Union)
* Antti Raike (World Federation of the Deaf)
* Andre Van Deventer (World Federation of the Deafblind)
* Sylvia Caras (World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry)
11:30-12:00
Special Reports:
* Yvonne Grandbois, Switzerland
Accessible contents sharing of health and disability information on the web
World Health Organization Library
* Wantanee Panthachart, Thailand
The movement of ICT Accessibility in Thailand
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
12:00-12:40
Session 4: Adoption of the Tunis Declaration
Chair: Imed Eddine Chaker, Tunisia, (UNAT)
* Presentation of the draft declaration:
Monthian Buntan, Thailand, Thailand Association of the Blind
* Adoption of the Tunis Declaration
12:40-12:45
Closing:
* Kh$BqE(Bija Hammouda Ghariani, Tunisia
Secretary of State for Computer Science, Internet and Free open Source
Software
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