International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

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Programme

Programme 2007
MONDAY 07th	Title and Presenter
08:45 - 09:00	Introduction
	Keynote
09:00 - 10:00	Enabling an Accessible Web 2.0 Becky Gibson
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee Break
	Session 1 - Mid Morning (Web 2.0 in Development)
10:30 - 11:00	Technical Paper: Ajax Live Regions: Chat as a Case Example Peter Thiessen and Charles Chen
11:00 - 11:30	Technical Paper: Web Accessibility and Open Source Software Zeljko Obrenovic and Jacco van Ossenbruggen
11:30 - 12:00	Technical Paper: Accessmonkey: A Collaborative Scripting Framework for Web Users and Developers Jeffrey Bigham and Richard Ladner
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
	Keynote
13:00 - 14:00	Web 2.0: Hype or Happiness? Mary Zajicek
	Session 2 - Early Afternoon (Understanding Usability)
14:00 - 14:20	Communications Paper: Position Paper: Accessible Image File Formats - The Need and the Way Sandeep Patil
14:20 - 14:40	Communications Paper: The National Accessibility Portal: An Accessible Information Sharing Portal for the South African Disability Sector Louis Coetzee et al
14:40 - 15:00	Communications Paper: A Preliminary Usability Evaluation of Strategies for Seeking Online Information with Elderly People Sergio Sayago
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee Break
	Session 3 - Mid Afternoon (Understanding Accessibility)
15:30 - 16:00	Technical Paper: Personalization of User Interfaces for Browsing XML Content Using Transformations Built on End-User Requirements Benoit Encelle and Nadine Baptiste-Jessel
16:00 - 16:30	Technical Paper: Accessibility for Simple to Moderate-Complexity DHTML Web Sites Cynthia Shelly and George Young
16:30 - 17:00	Technical Paper: Leveraging Rich Accessible Documents on the Web Rui Lopes and Luis Carrico
17:00 - 17:30	Technical Paper: Profiling Learners with Special Needs for Custom E-Learning Experiences, a Closed Case? Paola Salomoni, Silvia Mirri et al
17:30 - 18:00	Travel to the 'Grizzly House'
18:00 - 20:00	Conference Meal - Chat, relax, and share views and ideas in a more informal setting.
20:00 - Onwards	Post Meal Social

TUESDAY 08th	Title and Presenter
	Keynote
09:00 - 10:00	Accessibility of Emerging Rich Web Technologies: Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web Michael Cooper
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee Break
	Session 4 - Mid Morning (Accessibility and Guidelines)
10:30 - 11:00	Technical Paper: Quantitative Metrics for Measuring Web Accessibility Markel Vigo et al
11:00 - 11:20	Communications Paper: Mathematics on the Web: Emerging Opportunities for Visually Impaired People Cristian Bernareggi and Dominique Archambault
11:20 - 11:40	Communications Paper: Iconic Communication System by XML Language (SCILX) Nathalie Cindy Kuicheu et al
11:40 - 12:00	Communications Paper: Accessibility in Non-Professional Web Authoring Tools: A Missed Web 2.0 Opportunity? Christopher Power and Helen Petrie
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
	Keynote
13:00 - 14:00	Semantic Web: The Story So Far Ian Horrocks
	Session 5 - Early Afternoon (Web Accessibility Challenge)
14:00 - 15:00	Challenge Presentations: Making Multimedia Content Accessible for Screen Reader Users - Abstract / Media The HearSay Non-Visual Web Browser - Abstract / Media Using a CMS to create fully accessible websites - Abstract / Media (Natural Language) Interaction with Graphical Representations of Statistical Data - Abstract / Media The Status of using "Big Eye" Chinese Screen Reader on "Wretch" Blog in Taiwan - Abstract / Media Ajax Live Regions: ReefChat Using the Fire Vox Screen Reader as a Case Example - Abstract / Media
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee Break
	Session 5 Continued...
15:30 - 16:00	Challenge Conclusions: TBA TBA
	Session 6 - Late Afternoon (Web 2.0 and Accessibility)
16:00 - 16:30	Technical Paper: Accessibility 2.0: People, Policies and Processes Brian Kelly et al
16:30 - 16:50	Communications Paper: A Web Accessibility Report Card for Top International University Web Sites Shaun Kane et al
16:50 - 17:20	Technical Paper: Experimental Evaluation of Usability and Accessibility of Heading Elements Takayuki Watanabe
17:20 - 17:30	Closing

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