WWW8 Developer's Day - 14 May 1999

Track D6: Room 715B, 8:30AM -- 5:00PM
Accessibility: Software and Design

Track Chair: Jutta Treviranus, University of Toronto

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Details of Talks:

• 8:30-9:15 Phill Jenkins, IBM,
  Special Needs solutions and accessibility for the Web and Java
• 9:15-9:45 Bruce Roberts, Lotus,
  Influencing Product Direction: Tips from the Front Lines [ Presentation   (remote)   ~  ZIP Download  (local) ]
• 9:45-10:15 Roberto Drassinower, SoftQuad,
  SoftQuad and Accessibility
• 10:15-10:30 Break
• 10:30-11:15 William Loughborough,
  User/Client/Friend Design Source Importance [  Talk ]
• 11:15-12:00 David Grogan and Sheela Sethuraman,
  Bobby doesn't mean boring   ...   [   Presentation   (local)   ]
• 12:00-1:00 Lunch
• 1:00-1:45 Madeleine Rothberg, WGBH,
  Recent Developments in Accessible Web-based Multimedia
• 1:45-2:30 Robert Neff,
  Incorporating Universal Accessibility
• 2:30-3:00 Break
• 3:00-3:45 Alan Cantor,
  Keyboard Only Access   ...   [ Presentation   (local)  ]
• 3:45-4:30 Chris Ridpath and Jan Richards, UofT,
  Authoring Tool Support
• 4:30-5:00 All Panel Discussion

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About the Chair:
About Jutta: (jutta.treviranus@utoronto.ca)
Jutta Treviranus has been working in the field of access technology for more than 18 years. She established and heads the Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC), Information Commons at the University of Toronto. The ATRC is an internationally recognized centre of expertise on barrier-free access to information technology and the Internet. The activities of the ATRC include: research and development, direct service to people with disabilities, as well as education and advocacy. Jutta also heads the Centre for Academic Technology, University of Toronto which assists faculty and researchers in effectively implementing academic technology. She holds a status faculty appointment in the Faculty of Medicine.
Jutta has published and conducted research in many areas related to information technology and the Web. Current projects include research and development of: a set of access tools for HTML and XML browsing and authoring tools, multimodal display systems to provide access the 3D curriculum, access alternatives for JAVA, a teleconferencing robot to provide telepresence to students who must be away from class due to medical reasons, access to on-line science, math and music curriculum, and accessible educational kiosks.