Whitney Quesenbery chaired a panel at at a joint ITU and G3ICT Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The forum, The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Challenges and Opportunities for ICT Standards.
The panel on “Human Interfaces; design for accessible ICTs” looked at recent evolution of accessibility features and standards, standards supporting assistive technologies, gaps, and opportunities. Speakers included Bill Curtis-Davidson, IBM Worldwide Human Ability and Accessibility Center; Tom Stewart, Chairman, of the ISO series “Ergonomics of human-system interaction”; Stephen Furner, Chairman, ETSI Technical Committee Human Factors; and Gregg Vanderheiden, Trace Center. Their presentations are available from the conference program page.