The Conference
Enabling Access for Persons with Disabilities to
Higher Education and the Workplace:
Role of ICT and Assistive Technologies
Date: 20th and 21st Jan 2012.
Venue: IIM Bangalore
Attendance: By registration only
Objectives:
- To identify and share best practices on enabling access of Persons with Disability to workspaces and educational institutions through ICT and other interventions.
- To bring together the key players in this field to showcase solutions and enabling technologies and discuss ways of increasing their adoption.
- Highlighting the role of ICT and other technologies in awareness generation, outreach and enablement of Persons with Disability; and barriers to adoption
- Showcasing of Best Practices and Innovations from leading Indian/ foreign solution providers, corporates and educational institutions
- Deliberating on enabling workplace environment, collaboration, adoption of open standards, and on copyright issues at both the levels of policy and technology adoption
Participants:
Over 400 stakeholder representatives and key decision makers from higher- education institutions; related government departments; and corporations, researchers, entrepreneurs and NGOs working on inclusion and diversity agendas, apart from trade bodies and Persons with Disability.
Agendas/discussion at the conference:
Exhibits:
Demos, educational material and posters showcasing the latest technologies and practices
Live performance:
Ability Unlimited, Dr. Pasha and team www.abilityunlimited.com
Kindly register to participate
Conference coordinator contact details:
Name: Joseph C C
E-mail: joseph@fourthwavefoundation.org or fourthwavefoundation@gmail.com Phone: +919886030985
Fourth Wave:
Diana Joseph: diana@fourthwavefoundation.org
Phone: 9916032975
IIMB- Nimisha Jashnani – nimisha.jashnani@gmail.com
Phone: 9901455650
