W4A Introduction 09
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This document provides information about the W4A 2009 6th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, which was held from April 20-21, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. It discusses the history and organization of the conference, lists the sessions and keynote speakers, and provides details on submissions, the review process, awards, and social events.
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W4A Introduction 09
- 1. Welcome W4A 2009 6th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility 20/21 April 2009 - Madrid, Spain
- 2. History W4A 2004 - New York USA W4A 2005 - Chiba, Japan W4A 2006 - Edinburgh, UK W4A 2007 - Banff, Canada W4A 2008 - Beijing, China
- 3. Organizers General Chair David Sloan (University of Dundee, UK.) Programme Co-Chairs Chieko Asakawa (IBM Research, Japan.) Hironobu Takagi (IBM Research, Japan.) Challenge Chair Leo Ferres (Universidad de Concepcion, Chile.) Special Issue Co-Chairs Jeff Bigham (University of Washington, USA.) Anna Cavender (University of Washington, USA.) Steering Committee Members Vicki L Hanson (2008-) Leverhulme Visiting Professor, University of Dundee, UK. Simon Harper (2003-) University of Manchester, UK. David Sloan (2008-) University of Dundee, UK. Yeliz Yesilada (2003-) University of Manchester, UK.
- 4. Sponsorship Thanks to our sponsors & supporters: Microsoft Web Accessibility Challenge Sponsored by Microsoft for five years! Google Zakon Group Mozilla foundation
- 5. Special Issue Authors of the best W4A 2009 papers will be invited to submit a paper to a special issue of Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS) journal Chairs: Jeffrey Bigham and Anna Cavender ([email protected])
- 6. Social Event Our Monday night social will be in the ‘Paintings Room', Level 2, next to the Auditorium. Time…tbc!
- 7. Interactive W4A Conference beyond this room: Twitter - tag with #w4a09 Facebook group - W4A http://is.gd/tnQV Afterwards: Comments, critique: email [email_address] Slides - http://www.slideshare.net/event/w4a2009
- 8. Theme Web Accessibility for Older Users: Are We There Yet?
- 9. Submissions 30 submissions from all over the world 9 technical papers and 9 communication papers Technical papers 30 min. (25 min. presentation + 5 min. Q&A) Communication papers 20 min. (15 min. presentation + 5 min. Q&A)
- 10. Sessions 20th April Ageing and the Future Tools and Guidelines Accessible Social and Rich Web 21st April Transcoding and WCAG 2.0 Accessible Everyday Guideline Revolution
- 11. Keynotes Mike Paciello Andrew Arch
- 12. Panel Session Monday afternoon, 1630-1800: “Supporting Older Web users in Spain” Chaired by Jose Angel Martinez Usero. Scientific Director of INREDIS Project, led by Technosite Grateful thanks to Alan Chuter, Technosite, for co-ordination
- 13. Online Challenge sponsored by Microsoft Adapting Learning Environments with AccessForAll User Tests Demonstration: Real Experiences in Measuring Web Accessibility Needs for People with Disabilities and the Elderly TeleWeb: Accessible Service for Web Browsing via Phone Accessibility for the HTML5 video Element Web-Based Chinese Sign Language Broadcasting System Demonstration movies are available at http://www.w4a.info/2009/
- 14. Process Each submission peer-reviewed by 3 reviewers Rebuttal process enabled author responses to review comments Author rebuttals were influential in making final selections
- 15. Awards Best Paper Award - technical paper John M Slatin Award - communication paper