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Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Section 508

Posted on May 23, 2010

A webinar organized by EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) will take place on Monday, May 24 to discuss changes in the technical provisions of Sections 508 and 255. Registration is free and will cover the impact that the revisions have on multiple media streams.

The session will also be available in Second Life at the Sojourner Auditorium, Virtual Ability Island. The Second Life link is http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/56/169/23.

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Free Webinar: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Section 508

2 hours: Monday, May 24 combining 90-minutes of panel and 30-minutes of Q & A

Pacific time: 11-1
Mountain time: 12-2
Central time: 1-3
Eastern time: 2-4

Presenters: Susan Mazrui, Larry Goldberg, Jim Tobias and Gregg Vanderheiden
The Webinar will be captioned thanks to the kindness of AT&T

Sections 255 and 508 are the federal regulations that require accessible information and communication technologies (ICT). They are currently being revised, and the time is ripe for public comment before they are finalized. This webinar will go over the current environment, changes to the technical provisions, and how we all can participate in the process to make sure that the final regulations will provide the access needed by users to both current and emerging ICT.

Besides outlining the proposed rules, the panel will explore ideas to make the government and others adopt a new commitment to following these rules.

This is a timely topic, and you should register in advance to reserve a spot in the online Webinar room. Late registrations may not receive login instructions in time to join the Webinar.

Register for the Monday, May 24 Webinar on 508 rule-making.

Panelist Biographies

Susan Mazrui serves as Director of Federal Regulatory Affairs at AT&T Mobility, and was the first co-chair of the NSCIA (National Spinal Cord Injury Association) Business Advisory Committee. She has been on the board of directors for the World Institute on Disability and the Women’s Concerns Committee of the American Council of the Blind. She is a founding member of the Association of Access Engineering Specialists, and is a strong advocate for marketing with and employment of people with disabilities.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/susanmazrui

Larry Goldberg is PBS station WGBH Boston’s Director of Media Access. He heads the WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) and two access production/service departments at WGBH: The Caption Center and Descriptive Video Service.

http://www.boston-ia.org/library/bios/Larry_Goldberg_Bio.html

Jim Tobias has experience in education and the corporate world with technology and disability issues. He founded Inclusive Technologies to offer both technical and non-technical services to companies, agencies, and consumer organizations. He is a member of the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA), and sat on the Access Board’s Telecommunications Accessibility Advisory Committee. His products include a deaf relay service, and a database-driven customized interface for voice mail and IVR accessibility.

http://www.cast.org/about/council/jtobias.html

Gregg Vanderheiden is a professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madion. He’s Director of the TRACE R&D Center there. He does research on standards for access to Web-based technologies, operating systems and telecommunicaiton systems. He is interested in interface technologies, information transfer between sensory modalities, and enhancing environmental usability.

http://www.w4a.info/2010/news/2009/09/keynote-gregg-c-vanderheiden-director.shtml

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gregg-vanderheiden/5/108/bb1