BrailleNet organised the first European e-Accessibility Forum at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in 2007. Since then, around 200 stakeholders from a variety of sectors working on ITC, accessibility, disabilities and public services come together once a year to discuss the latest developments in digital accessibility in relation to a given theme.
Over the course of the day, participants have access to conferences, workshops and demonstrations, and opportunities to network over a sit-down lunch.
Previous conference themes:
- 2007 / Online services – a benefit for all
- 2008 / Accessible e-books: an opportunity for the disabled
- 2009 / Mobile communications helping people with disabilities at work
- 2010 / e-Accessibility of Public Services in Europe
- 2011 / Benefits and costs of e-Accessibility
- 2012 / Putting e-Accessibility at the core of information systems
- 2013 / Developing e-Accessibility as a Professional Skill
- 2014 / User-driven e-Accessibility
- 2015 / e-Accessible Knowledge
- 2016 / e-Accessibility in a Connected World
- 2017 / e-Accessible Culture
Programme Committee
An international programme committee helps to shape the conference programme each year.
The 2017 programme committee includes:
- ABOU-ZAHRA Shadi, W3C Consortium, WAI Initiative
- ASSIMACOPOULOS André, Association pour le Bien des Aveugles, Geneva (Switzerland)
- BERNIER Alex, Association BrailleNet (France)
- BURGER Dominique, UPMC-INSERM (France)
- ENGELEN Ian, KUL (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – Belgium)
- KAHLISCH, Thomas, Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde, Leipzig (Germany)
- KERSCHER George, Daisy Consortium
- KRIKHAAR Koen, Dedicon (The Netherlands)
- LAURIN Susanna, Funka Nu (Sweden)
- LEBLOIS Axel, G3ICT
- LUCENO Varju, Daisy Consortium
- LUCIEN-BRUN Stéphanie, CFHE (Conseil Français des personnes handicapées pour les questions Européennes)
- MARMOL Bruno, INRIA (France)
- MAY Mike, Sendero Group (USA)
- MIESENBERGER Klaus, University of Linz (Austria)
- PETRIE Helen, University of York (UK)
- RICE Donal, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (Ireland)
- TORNER Véronique, AlterWay (France)
- TYLER Steve, Royal National Institute for the Blind (UK)
- VARGENAU Marc-Etienne, Nokia (France)