DfA 2006
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International Design for All Conference
Faculty of Arts and Design, University of
Lapland
Programme
Wednesday 13th September
12:00 - 16:00 Registration - Main Lobby
15:00 - 16:00
Poster
session
DfA and eInclusion Policies - Main auditorium
16:00 - 16:30 Opening &
Welcome
- Mauri Ylä-Kotola, Rector, University of Lapland
- Vappu Taipale, Director General, STAKES
16:30 - 17:30 Keynotes
18:00 Reception at the Rovaniemi Town
Hall
- Welcome, Mauri Gardin, Mayor of Rovaniemi
Thursday 14th September
DfA and eInclusion Policies - Main auditorium
09:00 - 12:30 Keynotes
- Ina Gudele, Minister for Special Assignments for Electronic
Government Affairs, Latvia:
Results
of Riga Ministerial Conference ICT for an Inclusive Society and
Latvia's approach to eInclusion
- Paul Timmers, European Commission, Directorate-General
Information Society & Media:
Let
the tail wag the dog? What does Design for All tell us about
eInclusion policy?
- Inge Ovesen, Director of NHS, Nordic Cooperation on
Disability:
Nordic
Council of Ministers' Design for All Programme 2005 -
2007
- Einar Lund, Ministry of Environment, Norway:
Norwegian
Design for All Action Plan
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
- Ulle Lepp, Estonian Foundation for the Visually Impaired:
Estonian
NGO's as promoters of inclusive information
society
- Lauri Pakkanen, Member of Secretariat, Social Affairs, National
Union of Students in Finland:
Universities
and social reponsibility - a challenge best met in
collaboration
12:30 - 13:00 Conclusions and discussion
DfA Strategies, R&D Results, Good Practice - Main
Auditorium
14:00 - 16:00 Keynotes
- Harri Länsio, Assistant Vice President, New Elevator Business,
KONE Corporation:
Design
for All in R&D - Case Broadgate Tower, London
- Shadi Abou-Zahra, Web Accessibility Specialist, W3C:
Web
Accessibility: The past, the present and the
future
- Ennio Macagnano, Meraka Institute, SA:
The
role of ICT in Design for All in South Africa
- Pier Luigi Emiliani, National Research Council, Italy:
Towards
eInclusion in Europe - Design for All an instrumental
tool
16:00 - 16:30 Break with refreshments
16:30 - 17:45 Parallel sessions
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Design for All Education - Main
auditorium
- Raike, Antti et al: Flexible and Sustainable
Learning Strategies for Higher Education
- Hakapää, Liisa: University for All - Rovaniemi
Case
- Pasanen, Tuija: I Hope - Students' Well-being
Project at the University of Kuopio
-
Design for All Strategies and Inclusive Public
Services - Lecture Hall LS 16
- Ekroos, Timo: Innovations for independent
living - how to increase the possibilities for independent living
for elderly and disabled people
- Hiltunen, Mirja: Community- based art
education in Lapland Towards empowerment through Art
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eAccessibility - Small auditorium
- Adams, Ray: E-accessibility; the challenges of
measurement
- Snaprud, Mikael et al: Early Results from
Automatic Accessibility Benchmarking of Public European Web Sites
from the European Internet Accessibility Observatory
- Bertini, Patrizia et al: European Internet
Accessibility Observatory: let's make accessibility measurements,
accessible to everyone!
18:15 Conference dinner and Cultural Events at the
Rovaniemi Art Museum
- Welcome reception
- Concert of the Lapland Chamber Orchestra: Atmopheric
Autumn
- Dinner keynote, Johanna Ikäheimo, Chair of the Board, Lappset
Group Ltd.
Friday 15th September
DfA Strategies, R&D Results, Good Practice -
call for papers
08:30 - 10:30 Parallel sessions
-
Design for All Education - Main
auditorium
- O'Neill, Hugh et al: Accessible online
learning: using design-for-all to achieve accessibility
- Miesenberger, Klaus: BFWD and Assistec: Two
University Degrees Relevant to Design for All: Accessible Web
Design and Assistive Technologies
- Lehtonen, Miika et al: MobIT: Empowering media
environment for all?
- Puupponen, Hannu: The Inclusive Higher
Education Project (ESOK )
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Design for All Strategies and Inclusive Public
Services - Lecture Hall LS 16
- Vivolin-Karen, Riitta et al: The
Centaur-project - networking the sign language using community in
the Web
- Mäenpää, Marjo et al: Design-for-All studies
of future designers
- Hoadley, Suzanne et al: Universally accessible
public transport
- Sainio, Tapani: From a project into an
everyday practice. Towards a Design for All strategy for the
National Board of Antiquities of Finland
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eAccessibility - Small auditorium
- Nykänen, Ossi et al: Adapting Web
Accessibility Guidelines to an Application Development Process
- Basdekis, Ioannis et al: Online communities
for all: the role of Design for All in the formation and support of
inclusive online communities
- Heiskanen, Tero et al: Augmentative and
assisting personal agent from a user psychological point of
view
- Chene, Denis et al: An Accessible TV for
All
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Ageing and ICT - Castrén Hall LS 11
- Reich, Klaus et al: Pedagogical considerations
on eLearning of elderly
- Hakapää, Liisa: Acceptable Design Features in
Aid Products Meant for the Elderly
- Rauma, Marika et al: Human impact assessment
of technology use among personnel working in elderly
care
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
Main auditorium
11:00 - 12:00 Discussion and conclusions
12:00 - 12:30 Closing keynote on the future challenges of
inclusive Information Society
Pekka
Himanen, Professor at the University of Art and Design Helsinki
UIAH, visiting Professor at Oxford University
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Interpretation services
Main auditorium
- loop system
- speech to text interpretation
- sign language interpretation
Parallel sessions:
- DfA Education: loop system, speech to text, on
Thursday 14th sign language interpretation
- DfA Strategies and Inclusive Public Services:
Loop system, on Friday 15th sign language interpretation
- eAccessibility: Loop system, Speech to text
interpretation
- Ageing and ICT: Loop
system
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