W4A 2012

Organising the W4A conference takes a lot of time and effort, for little, to no reward. Indeed, a conference such as this can only proceed at such a high quality based on the volunteerism of a dedicated community of researchers. This year, as with every year, the WEB4ALL Conference Steering Committee would like to thank our chairs and co-chairs for all their hard work over the space of the previous year. Thanks specifically go to:

• General Co-Chair – Julio Abascal
  
  UPV/EHU, Spain.
• General Co-Chair – Markel Vigo
  
  University of Manchester, UK.
• Programme Co-Chair – Rui Lopes
  
  Google, USA.
• Programme Co-Chair – Paola Salomoni
  
  University of Bologna, Italy
• Challenge Co-Chair – Jeffrey P. Bigham
  
  University of Rochester, USA.
• Challenge Co-Chair – Yevgen Borodin
  
  Stony Brook University, USA.
• Student Awards Co-Chair – Shari Trewin
  
  IBM TJ Watson, USA.
• Student Awards Co-Chair – Anna Cavender
  
  Google, USA
• Special Issue Co-Chair – Chieko Asakawa
  
  IBM Research, Japan.
• Special Issue Co-Chair – Hironobu Takagi
  
  IBM Research, Japan.