Fwd: Accessibility DevRoom fosdem 2011 CfP

[Penelope Stowe]

For those who hadn't seen the earlier discussions on this, there will
be an Accessibility DevRoom at FOSDEM this year.

I think it would be wonderful if we could get at least one talk on
Ubuntu accessibility at least submitted, if not accepted.

Please see the Call for Papers below.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Louis Suárez-Potts <Louis.Suarez-Potts at oracle.com>
Date: Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:58 AM
Subject: Accessibility DevRoom fosdem 2011 CfP
To: FOSDEM visitors <fosdem at lists.fosdem.org>
Cc: gnome-accessibility-list at gnome.org


Hi All,

**Call for talks for the accessibility DevRoom at fosdem 2011**

— http://fosdem.org/2011/ –  6 February 2011, 09:00 to 17:00,
Brussels, Belgium —


We will be holding an Accessibility DevRoom at fosdem 2011 [0] and are
requesting abstracts  for structured presentations now.

Important information, dates:

       • Submission deadline for abstracts: 2010-12-31

       • Notification of accepted speakers: 2011-01-10

       • Final schedule: 2011-01-12

       • Get together: 2011-02-05


**About this DevRoom**

Designing software so that it is accessible to and usable by people
with disabilities has been a significant theme in software user
interface development over the last few decades.  Recent national and
supra-national regulations, laws, and treaties - such as the UN
Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities - have only
emphasized this work.  There have been numerous significant
accessibility achievements in Free/Libre and Open Source Software.
These include work in accessibility frameworks and user interface
toolkits, in accessible applications, in developer and authoring
tools, and in the development and use of assistive technologies by
people with disabilities.

The focus of this DevRoom is to both demonstrate the breadth and scope
of accessibility technologies in open source software, and to provide
developers with the opportunity to collaborate - across desktops and
applications and assistive technologies.

We invite you to submit talks on these topics:

       • Inclusive design: state of the art

       • Specific problems in mobile devices

       • Document accessibility

       • Assistive Technologies & building blocks for same

       • Accessibility in user interface toolkits (Qt, JavaScript UI
libraries, …)

       • Accessibility support in developer tools


** Your submission must include:**

       * Your name

       * The title of your talk

       * A short abstract of one to two paragraphs (150 words, max.)

       * A short biography

       * Links to related websites/blogs etc.

* * * Send the abstracts (and ultimately presentations) to:
accessibility-devroom at lists.fosdem.org * * *

(For now, it's a moderated list and at this point, mostly a bucket for
submissions. if there is sufficient interest, all that will change, or
we can add more lists, if that's needed. )

Presentations are to be formal and not longer than 45 minutes, plus 15
extra for questions. Panels with more than one speaker are possible,
as are shorter presentations of 20 minutes, though the preference is
for the longer format. Indeed, it's entirely possible that there will
be some creative compromises….

The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2010. The proposals will
be considered by a committee of peers. If your proposal has been
accepted, you will be informed by email by 10 January 2011.

Please be so kind as to forward this call for abstracts and papers to
any and all relevant lists, sites, people. We hope to see you at
fosdem 2011!

-
Louis Suarez-Potts
OpenOffice.org
Oracle

[0] http://fosdem.org/2011/
[1] http://lists.fosdem.org/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-devroom
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