FYI-re developing stuff for seniors and the disabled

> Global Summit and Showcase for Mobile Applications and Services for
> Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities  December 5-6,
> Washington, DC
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> The FCC will co-host the M-Enabling Summit, December 5-6, 2011, in
> cooperation with G3ict  the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs.
> The Summit will include a briefing session hosted at FCC
> headquarters as well as an industry conference and showcase
> organized by G3ict at the Gaylord National Convention Center in
> Washington D.C.s National Harbor.   The Summit will be entirely
> dedicated to reviewing how to best promote and implement accessible
> mobile communications and services for senior citizens and persons
> with disabilities.
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> FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and International Telecommunication
> Unions Secretary General Hamadoun Touri will be speakers at the
> Summit, alongside Mohammed Al Tarawneh, Inaugural Chairperson of the
> United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
> as well as over 60 speakers among private sector leaders, mobile
> accessibility experts and disability advocates.
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> The Summit will offer you an opportunity to:
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> 7        Learn from major mobile service providers how new mobile
> technologies and applications are helping to meet accessibility
> requirements for seniors and persons with disabilities
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> 7        Learn how the 21st Century Communications and Video
> Accessibility Act and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
> Disabilities can help to create a new global market opportunity
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> 7        Meet with applications developers and innovators currently
> developing advanced mobile assistive solutions and services for
> seniors and persons with disabilities
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> 7        Review the steps taken by leading public and private sector
> organizations to implement accessible mobile services for seniors
> and persons with disabilities
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> 7        Review how mobile communications can best serve persons
> with disabilities for emergency response and disaster preparedness,
> travel and tourism, health services, education, independent living
> and mainstream commercial services
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> 7        Learn how to develop accessible mobile web applications and
> services for seniors and persons with disabilities
>
> For additional information on attending the M-Enabling Summit, visit
www.m-enabling.com
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*Do not send inquiries or comments about the summit to me. I'm simply
forwarding this to the listserv on the hunch that some may wish to
attend or have an interest in the event. I am just passing along info
which may be of interest. I have no further info about the summit than
what you read here.


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