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The Accessibility Forum will conduct a half-day webcast on October 30. We are planning for a four-hour meeting starting at 1:00 PM. During this time, we will report on the outcome of the membership and organization structure discussion and the plans developed by the AT/EIT Interoperability and the Objective Measures project teams. We will also have panel discussions on current developments in the federal government concerning Section 508. For a complete agenda click here.

The structure and content of the web cast will be quite different from what we planned for the September Forum. While the Webcasting format is clearly more accommodating to information dissemination than to decision-making, we expect a high degree of interactive capability will be available to members who tune in, and the Accessibility Forum is very excited about this as a meeting format.

The Webcast meeting will originate from National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA. Registration for attending in person is full, so please tune in to the web cast.

For information, please contact:
Accessibility Forum Staff:
Phone: 843-760-3310; Fax: 843-760-4098; e-mail: forumstaff@aticorp.org

The mission of the Accessibility Forum is to provide government agencies and vendors of E&IT and Assistive Technology with effective and broadly accepted metrics and methods to assess whether E&IT products comply with Section 508 accessibility standards. The Accessibility Forum seeks industry leadership and user involvement in development of these accessibility assessment metrics and methods. The Accessibility Forum provides the infrastructure for continuing collaboration and dialogue between users and vendors. It should also provide a means for vendors to gain insight into accessibility needs that could be addressed in future products.

Agenda

Start End Topic Leader 1:00PM 2:50PM -State of the Forum -Welcome -Agenda Review -Organizational Structure Overview -Communication Infrastructure -Projects Review Ed Reniker, Accessibility Forum Staff Panel Discussion: A Federal Government Legislative and Policy Council Jennifer Sheehy, Policy Advisor, Domestic Policy Council (White House Staff) Melissa Wojciak, Tech and Procurement Policy Subcommittee Staff Director Panel Discussion: A Federal Government Implementation Perspective on 508 Dave Capozzi, The Access Board Lee Holcomb, CIO/ NASA 2:50PM 3:20PM Break 3:20PM 4:50PM Projects Update EIT and AT Interoperability Project Bill Hetzner, Accessibility Forum Staff Identification and Development of Objective Measures Project Jim Kindrick, Accessibility Forum Staff 4:50PM 5:00PM Meeting Wrap-Up Jack Corley, Accessibility Forum Staff