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10:00 am on April 17, 2020 · a11y (127), universal design (2), wsis (34)

WEBCAST TODAY: Universal Design and Social Innovation during the COVID-19 Pandemic #WSIS @WSISProcess @ITU @MWHodin @anthonyg79 Masahito Kawamori @KeioGlobal Elise Daaland #UniversalDesign

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livestreamToday, Friday 17 April 2020, at 12:00 UTC, the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2020 (WSIS+15) presents ‘Universal Design and Social Innovation during the COVID-19 Pandemic‘. This panel, one of the ongoing virtual interactive TalkX series, will explore how universal design can ensure that everyone, including socially disadvantaged communities, can benefit from public health communications during the COVID-19 crisis. Speakers: Elise Daaland — Creative Director, Global Universal Design Commission Europe; Michael W. Hodin — CEO, Global Coalition on Aging; Masahito Kawamori — Rapporteur, ITU-T SG16 Q26, ITU and Professor, Keio University, Japan. Moderator: George Anthony Giannoumis — Associate Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University. Participation is via Microsoft Teams, with closed captions available.

LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/talkx

PARTICIPATE: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX

TRANSCRIPT: pdf | doc

TWITTER: #WSIS https://bit.ly/2XIzSz3

9:13 am on September 22, 2013 · accessibility (85), onewebday (6), universal design (2)

#OneWebDay 2013 is today September 22 with the theme “Working for Internet #Accessibility” in memory of @CynthiaWaddell.

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Today,September 22 2013, is the 8th annual OneWebDay. This year’s theme is “Working for Internet Accessibility”, particularly in memory of accessibility advocate Cynthia Waddell – who died in April 2013. Here is a 1 minute video of Cynthia adressing the topic at the 2011 IGF, courtesy of Elon’s Imagining The Internet project


View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/cuPlwRljjwA

And here is a longer video of ISOC-NY member Svetlana Kouznetsova talking about improving website accessibility at the WordPress NYC meetup in October 2012.


View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/6sTYOTB8hC8
Transcript : http://amara.org/en/videos/qRUMf4IqsNJi/en/280819/

The advance of the mobile Internet has familiarized the concept of responsive design – design that is responsive to all devices. It is important to extend this to universal design – design that is responsive to all people !