Session speakers

eAccessibility

Ray Adams

Dr Ray Adams was educated at the University of East London and at Churchill College Cambridge. He is a cognitive scientist with a BSc and PhD. He is the Founder and Centre Head of CIRCUA (Collaborative International Research for Universal Access) at the School of Computing Science, Middlesex University, London UK. The focus of this research centre is on major issues of inclusion and universal access to the resources of society.

He is author of numerous papers, book chapters and conference papers. He is also co-author of two books. He is general editor of a new electronic journal (E-UARM; universal access research methods) and a member of the committee of international conferences (ERCIM, CWUAAT, ASSETS and UAHCI) At Middlesex University; he is a module leader on two modules and supervises five PhD students.

Patrizia Bertini

Born in Manerbio, Italy, she gained her University MA degree cum magna laudeat Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italy) in 1999. She has gained a various experience in research, teaching (both graduate and undergraduate students), web design, project management and content design. She has a strong experience in Accessible web site design, project & content management and Accessibility auditing.

In 2004 she turned her attention to Digital television: she had been awarded with the e-Hungary scholarship and has been involved by ITTK (Internet Trend Research Institute) in Budapest, Hungary, as Research fellow in order to develop accessible DTT services for the Government. She also conducted strategic researches for the ORTT, the Hungarian Broadcasting Association.

Patrizia Bertini , since 2004, in behalf of FBL, works as a researcher to the EIAO (European Internet Accessibility Observatory) EU IST project.

She is a multidisciplinary researcher, able to deal with many aspects concerning Information society: e-government, legal issues, e-inclusion policies and strategies, technology development, social computing, HCI, accessibility, usability, assistive technologies, user needs, illness which leads to disability and linguistics issues as well.

All the links to the articles and books are available online at:http://www.patriziabertini.it/pubblicazioni.html.

Tero Heiskanen

PhD Student(Cognitive Science)
MSc
Researcher
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
Agora Center
University of Jyväskylä

Tuija Heiskanen

Master student of Occupational therapy
Department of Health Sciences
University of Jyväskylä
Occupational therapist

Design for All Strategies and Inclusive Public Services

Timo Ekroos

Position: Project Director
Organisation: North Karelia Universe of Applied Sciences/
Centre for Innovations for Independent Living, ISAK

Background: Timo Ekroos have been privileged to serve as a Project Manager, Manager of the unit and nowadays as a Project Director in ISAK activities since 1995. Earlier he served in the Finnish Association of People with Mobility Disabilities 1987 - 1995 .

Mirja Hiltunen

Mirja Hiltunen (Lic.Art., M.Ed.) is a lecturer in Art Education at the University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design. She has elaborated a performative art strategy as part of her work in art education and research. In her licentiate thesis (1999) she studied interdisciplinary art modes, events and performances held in Lapland at the end of 1980s and 1990s. During the past ten years, she has organized and guided several community-based art projects in Lapland. Her doctoral research deals with community-based art education in the northern socio-cultural context.

Kristin Ulven Jørgensen

Research scientist, SINTEF Health
Key qualifications: Human physiology; Respiration and thermoregulation. Fysical activity and Temperature measurements. Clinical research and Laboratory experiments. Results prosessing.
Membership: Tekna -The Norwegian Society of Chartered Technical and Scientific Professional

Marjo Mäenpää

Professor of Media Management, Dean of the Pori School of Art and Media in the University of Art and Desing. Former head of the New Media Program for Professionals, teacher, producer and publisher. Has MA in philosohy and social sciences at the University of Helsinki and studies in Multimedia Dramaturgy at the Theatre Academy 1996-97. Lectures in media design and management, design-for-all and accessibility in media. Coordinator of MUMMI-Multimodal Museum Interface -study project and productions.

Mikko Palo

Studies computing sciences at the University of Oulu. Works at the Finnish Association of the Deaf (FAD) since 2002. 2002-2006 worked as IT-planner in the FAD Education Unit, work included developing web sites related to education, especially suitable for sign language users. Palo also carried out studies for the Education Unit on how new technical equipment can be used in a signing environment. Currently works in the Centaur-project as a technical planner, his work includes eg. training peer trainers and developing an extranet for the needs of the FAD and the local deaf clubs.

Tapani Sainio

Education: Master of Arts, University of Helsinki 2002.

Professional experience:

- The National Board of Antiquities, Department of Monuments and Sites
2002 - 2006, planner.

- The National Board of Antiquities, Development Unit
2006 - coordinator.

Riitta Vivolin-Karen

Project coordinator / The Centaur-project
The Finnish Association of the Deaf

Finished her sign language interpreter training in 1984 and worked as a full-time sign language interpreter and instructor until 1989 when she was employed by the Finnish Association of the Deaf (FAD). Worked as the coordinator for interpreting services at FAD in 1989-2001, her responsibilities included national referral of educational interpreters and creating & developing a network of interpreting agencies in cooperation with local deaf clubs and local authorities. 2001 - 2006 she worked as a planner in the Hely-project, studying and developing the instruction of sign language as a foreign language. The project published for instance the first general curriculum for sign language instruction in Finland and a series of four study books. Since winter 2006 she has been working as the project coordinator of the Centaur-project (2006 - 2008). Practically throughout her years at FAD she has been involved in the evaluation and development of tests aiming at measuring sign language skills. Besides her work Vivolin-Karén has participated in further training available for sign language interpreters and completed her Sign Language Interpreter Degree in 2005. Furthermore she has studied adult education and Finnish Sign Language. In autumn 2006 she will initiate master's studies at the University of Jyväskylä, majoring in Finnish Sign Language.

Design for All Education

Leena Koskinen

-Manager of the Virtual University Unit at the University of Art and Design Helsinki.

-Has MA in ethnology at the University of Helsinki and studied education technology at Oulu university.

-Started to produce distance education at the open university already at 1995 -During the past six years she has managed the virtual university unit.

-Aim: The university understands that Design for All covers the whole organization and its systems.

Klaus Miesenberger

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus Miesenberger, University of Linz, Institute Integriert Studieren.
Born December 6, 1966.
Professor for Computer Science, Man-Machine-Interaction (MMI). Specialisation in MMI for people with disabilities and assistive technologies. Managing director of service centre for students with disabilities. Member of OCG, IFIP, AAATE, FEDORA, EDeAN. Founder and president of the Competence Centre IT for People with Disabilities (KI-I) and ICC (Computer Camps).

Hugh O'Neill

Hugh O'Neill graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1994. He completed Ireland's secondary school teaching qualification, the Higher Diploma in Education in 1997. On graduating, he moved into IT, working for IBM, and later Perot Systems in both technical support and project implementation roles until 2002. In 2002 he began work in Trinity College Dublin (TCD) as the Assistive Technology Officer for the Student Disability Service. In 2005 he began work in the Central Remedial Clinic as a project co-ordinator on two IST framework projects, MAPPED and ARTEMIS. He has recently completed the MSc in IT in Education in TCD, carrying out research into online learning for blind people.

Tuija Pasanen

M.Soc.Sc.
Head of Student Services, University of Kuopio, Student Affairs Office

- general student advising of all the faculties
- coordinating admission requirements, organizing entrance examinations, publication of application results, admission requirement information with the PR Office
- coordinating the study opportunities at the University of Kuopio to senior secondary school groups and other prospective students
- member of the university's financial aid issues (vice-chairwoman)
- helping the curriculum development and the editing of course catalogues, especially in relation to course descriptions and general matters
- contact person in The Inclusive Higher Education project (ESOK) at the University of Kuopio

Alex Tagoulis

Partner of Net Media Lab, N.C.S.R Democritus

Studies:
2000-2005 University of Messologi
Department of applied informatics in business and administration
Final Assignment «e-Democracy»
2005-today Piraeus University
Post graduate Student in Teaching Technologies and Digital Systems
Specialty: eLearning

Ageing and ICT

Marika Rauma

Marika Rauma is doing her Ph.D. in organisational studies at the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. Her qualifications span wide range of themes, including gerontology, organisational studies and professionalism studies.

Poster session

Maija Hirvonen

PhD., Special needs teacher
Vocational Teacher Education College, Jyväskylä Polytechnic
• Senior Lecturer, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences
• Teacher training, special needs teacher training, planning, being in charge of various special projects of college, being in charge of special needs teacher education.

Key qualifications:
• Adult education for different target groups
• Special needs education qualifications
• Vocational education.

Marcelo Judice

Marcelo Júdice is an Industrial and Strategic Design Doctoral Candidate at University of Art and Desing Helsinki / Finland. With interest in Interface Design, he holds a Masters degree in Psychology
(2000) from University of Brasilia - UnB / Brazil, where increased his experience in ergonomics. Own a Bachelor degree in Graphic Design
(1996) from - UnB.

His research field is cultural design and user centered design. Where he wants to know how graphical elements could be used in product interfaces in different cultures. His work is supported by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

Kirsi Päykkönen

Doctoral student, Department of Applied Information Technology & Faculty of Art and Design, University of Lapland

M.Sc. (Econ.) at University of Jyväskylä, spring 2005. Major: information systems science. Minors: cognitive science, management and organization.

Anna Salmi

Agata Sawicka

Agata Sawicka is a postdoctoral research fellow at Agder University College. She is involved in two research lines: one dealing with simulation modeling for dynamic decision making, and the other dealing with web accessibility. In her work in the e-Accessibility area she focuses on issues related to development and communication of web accessibility assessments.

Mikael Snaprud

Mikael H. Snaprud, joined the Agder Research foundation in Kristiansand, Norway, in 1998 to work on standardisation and accessibility. Since 2000 he has been associate professor in ICT at Agder University College. He has worked on several accessibility projects both for access to the built environment and access to the web. He is the co-ordinator of the EIAO project.

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