G3ict is the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs

Monday, March, 26, 2007
09:00 AM - 09:40 AM	Introductory Remarks Welcome remarks via DVD • Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations Introductory Remarks • Ambassador Luis Gallegos • Transcription Perspective from the Global Alliance, significance of the G3ict initiative • Sarbuland Khan • Transcription Overview of the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its implications for ICTs • Jean-Pierre Gonnot • Transcription Goals and objectives of meeting and review of agenda • Axel Leblois
Monday, March, 26, 2007
09:40 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote Address: "From Digital Divide to Digital Diversity - The Imperative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies" • Emilie McCabe • Transcription • PowerPoint
Monday, March, 26, 2007
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Panel: “Raising the challenge for a more accessible information society: case studies and perspectives from persons with disabilities” This panel will examine the pervasive impact of ICTs on all aspects of contemporary life from the perspective of persons living with disabilities. Systematic research of accessibility gaps among common ICT products will be presented, as well as hands-on examples of good practices and challenges covering the workplace, home, media, e-government, and public services applications. Panel Chair: C N Madhusudan Panelists: Martin Gould • Transcription• PowerPoint Larry Goldberg • Transcription • PowerPoint Ilene Morris - Sambur • Transcription • PowerPoint Caroline Millous Rene Leon • Transcription • PowerPoint Steven M. Rothstein • Transcription • PowerPoint • Perkins Fact Sheet Preety Kumar
Monday, March, 26, 2007
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Panel: “Identifying core areas of opportunity to foster greater accessibility of ICTs for persons with disabilities”. This panel will examine the potential for ICT industries of developing inclusive products and services from a market and industry perspective. Strategies that can best support the development of accessible and assistive features for ICT products will be examined, including through Private-Public Partnerships. Core areas of opportunities will be identified as well as specific funding and R&D collaborative methods which industry could benefit from. Panel Chair: John Vaughn Panelists: Barry K. Fingerhut • Transcription • PowerPoint Ted Henter • Transcription Victor Tsaran • Transcription Frank Hecker • Transcription Nikolaos Floratos • Transcription • PowerPoint Dr. Emdad Khan • Transcription • PowerPoint Michael Paciello • Transcription
Monday, March, 26, 2007
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM	Innovation Forum and Lunch Break
Monday, March, 26, 2007
02:00 PM - 03:45 PM	Panel: “Harmonization and standardization of accessible and assistive technologies: how to make it work on a global scale?” This panel will focus on the role of industry consortia, NGOs, standardization organizations, and international institutions in tackling some of the core areas of opportunities discussed during the morning session. The panel will reflect on recent global standardization success stories and current efforts by standardization organizations to determine which success factors could be leveraged to foster harmonization and standardization of key categories of accessible and assistive ICTs. The panel chair and panelists will be asked to contribute practical suggestions to foster new initiatives and/or work methods with multiple stakeholders. Panel Chair: Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero Panelists: Judy Brewer • Transcription • PowerPoint Dr. Hajime Yamada • Transcription • PowerPoint Ken Salaets • Transcription Tim Creagan • Transcription Chiara Giovannini • Transcription • PowerPoint Dr. Rodolfo Cattani
Monday, March, 26, 2007
03:45 PM - 05:00 PM	Panel: Legislation, regulations, procurement rules, and enforcement: how can the Public Sector best contribute to fostering greater awareness, innovation and compliance? This panel will include government representatives from around the world. Each panelist will present his/her own perspective with best practices examples and suggest recommendations for legislative and regulatory enforcement. The framework of the Digital Inclusion Index, measuring countries inclusiveness from an ICT standpoint, will be presented at the end of the panel. Panel Chair: Marcel Boisard Panelists: Ambassador Anda Filip • Transcription Peter Blanck • Transcription Peter Brecke • Disabled Digital Inclusion Index • Design • Questionaire • Responses Tamas Babinszki • Transcription Yannis Vardakastanis • Transcription Hendrietta Ipeleng Bogopane-Zulu • Transcription Dipendra Manocha • Transcription
Monday, March, 26, 2007
05:00 PM - 05:30 PM	Summary of key findings and recommendations from panels • Axel Leblois Call for action for local governments • Former Mayor Apolinar Salcedo of Cali, Colombia with Alex Mejia • Transcription
Monday, March, 26, 2007
05:30 PM - 05:45 PM	Concluding Remarks • Ambassador Luis Gallegos • Sarbuland Khan