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IGF Theme(s) for workshop: Security, Openness and Privacy
Main theme question address by workshop:
Concise description of the proposed workshop:
The first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by the World Health Organization and the World Bank, suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability. Article 9 of The United Nations convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which has been ratified by over 100 countries, declares that what it calls States Parties "shall also take appropriate measures to: ... Promote access for persons with disabilities to new information and communications technologies and systems, including the Internet". This workshop will highlight methods of achieving inclusion on the Internet and will demonstrate some of the long-term, sustainable benefits that accrue to all of society.
Background Paper:
Name of the organiser(s) of the workshop and their affiliation to various stakeholder groups:
Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability
Have you, or any of your co-organisers, organised an IGF workshop before?: Yes
Please provide link(s) to workshop(s) or report(s):
http://www.itu.int/oth/T3601000181
Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are planning to invite:
Gerry Ellis, Feel The BenefIT, Ireland
Arun Mehta, Bidirectional Access Promotion Society, India
Peter Major, DCAD Co-coordinator, Switzerland
Jorge Plano, ISOC, Argentina
Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative, Austria
Judy Okite, Kenya
Name of Remote Moderator(s):