International Design for All Conference at the Arctic Circle

The International Design for All Conference was successfully completed on 15 September 2006 at the University of Lapland. Close to 150 participants representing almost 20 nationalities gathered to Rovaniemi, Finland for three days to discuss Design for All, accessibility and inclusion.

Take a closer look: news and pictures tell an immediate story about the conference days; all presentations can be downloaded from programme section.

Highlights from the conference.

Part 1: Policy discussions

The conference focussed on policy discussions round Design for All, e-Accessibility and e-inclusion reflecting the European approach to equality in Information Society - Information Society for All. Framework for the discussions arose from eEurope 2002 and eEurope2005 action lines and future challenges highlighed in the new i2010. What are the means to face the key challenges, with new member states, with ageing population.

Part 2: Research and implementation

Researchers and professionals from academia, public sector and industry were invited to present Design for All strategies, innovative R&D results and implementation strategies. How Design for All appraoch can be strategically developed in an organisation was also be discussed.

Organiser: The conference was organised by the European Design for All e-Accessibility Network EDeAN and the Finnish Design for All Network, with the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health STAKES and the University of Lapland as the key institutions.

Photo by Jeff Maion

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