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Attention Marketing Professionals: This conference will
cover all issues related to marketing information services
and products to customers with disabilities: the legal and
regulatory requirements and the market attractors.
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ARE ENTERING A NEW ERA...
...SO SHOULD YOU!
INFORAMPS 96
New Markets and Inclusive Communications
A National Conference on Designing and Using an Accessible
Information Infrastructure
July 11 & 12, 1996
Kellogg Conference Center
Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
*Get an edge on the future!*
Hear industry leaders describe how user-friendly universal design
of telecommunications technology gives them a competitive
advantage.
*Do Business Inclusively!*
Learn how to increase your potential market size by opening up
your products and business practices to new users.
*Create better products and services for everyone!*
Designing information technology, products and services that can
be used by people with disabilities results in innovations that
help everyone!
*INFORAMPS 96*
Will celebrate the work and knowledge already gained regarding
the design of a user-friendly electronic environment; recognize
pioneering efforts within the industry; showcase exhibits of new
developments and breakthroughs; bring together professionals and
consumers with common interests; and add to the growing momentum
toward universal design.
*Interactive Virtual Conference*
A parallel, virtual conference will be accessible from any home
or office computer for participants who are unable to come to the
site at Gallaudet University. Join INFORAMPS 96 via audio
conference, download real-time transcripts and ask questions and
give comments via fax and E-mail.
PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE AGENDA
July 11, 1996
9:00 - 9:15 Welcoming Remarks
*I. King Jordan, President, Gallaudet University
*Deborah Kaplan, Issue Dynamics, Inc.
9:15 - 10:00 Keynote Address
*Vice President Al Gore (Invited)
10:00 - 10:30 Technology Demonstration
*John Gage, Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems
10:30 - 12:00 Roundtable Discussion:
Creating a New Paradigm of Universal Design Within the Industry
*Moderator, Steven Miller, Author, Civilizing Cyberspace
*Esther Dyson, EDventure Holdings, Electronic Frontier Foundation
*Tom Wheeler, Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association
12:00 - 2:00 Luncheon and Exhibits
2:00 - 2:30 Technology Demonstrations and Remarks about the
Value of Universal Design to the Disability Community
*Moderator, George Covington
3:45 - 5:00 Roundtable Discussion:
Universal Design: Markets or Mandates/What are the Incentives?
*Larry Roffee, Access Board
*Karen Krueger, Motion Picture Association of America
5:00 - 6:30 Evening Reception and tour of INFORAMPS 96
exhibits
*remarks from Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department
Commerce, National Telecommunications Information Administration
July 12, 1996
9:30 - 5:00 CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS - July 12
Choose from four tracks focusing on specific case studies:
POLICY
*The Telecommunications Act of 1996
*PCS Summit Process - Solving Hearing Aid Incompatibility and
Interference Problems
TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
*Accessible Information Kiosks
*Multimedia and World Wide Web Access
PUBLIC SECTOR
*Texas Electronic Textbook Accessibility
*State Purchasing Strategies:
Incorporating Accessibility into Contracts
BUSINESS PRACTICES
(For information industry representatives only)
*Market Research and Analysis: Demographics, Research Tools
*Operational Issues: Customer Service, Dealer/Supplier Relations
*CONFERENCE REGISTRATION*
(Lodging Deadline June 17)
Please return the following information to:
INFORAMPS 96
World Institute on Disability
510 16th Street, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94612-1500
Name:
Organization/Affiliation:
Address:
City:
State:
ZIP:
Phone (voice):
(TTY):
FAX:
E-mail:
One Day Attendance fee (circle one):
Non-Profit/Government @ $75.00
Foundations/Corporations @ $150.00
or
Two Day Attendance fee (circle one):
Non-Profit/Government @ $125.00
Foundations/Corporations @ $275.00
(Make checks payable to the World Institute on Disability)
Please circle which workshop track you will attend on July 12:
Policy Technical/R&D Public Sector Business*
*For information industry representatives only
Virtual Conference Registration @ $75.00 (circle if desired)
Please indicate any accommodations you need to participate in the
conference (circle any which apply)
ASL interpreter
CART (Computer Assisted Real Time)
Sighted Guide
Assistive listening device
Other (specify)
In what format would you like to receive INFORAMPS 96 materials?
Regular print
Braille
Computer disk (specify)
LODGING: Fully Accessible rooms are available at Kellogg
Conference Center on first come, first served basis at a cost of
$99/night (single). Reserve by June 17 by calling (202) 651-
6002. Reference INFORAMPS 96.
For those wishing to stay off campus, non-wheelchair accessible
rooms are available at the Bellevue Hotel, near Union Station,
(202) 638-0900.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
*American Express Foundation
*AT&T Foundation
*Bellcore
*Citibank
*The Dole Foundation for Employment of People with Disabilities
*Florida Endowment Foundation for Vocational Rehabilitation
*NEC Foundation of America
*NYNEX
*The JM Foundation
*The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
*World Institute on Disability
*CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
*Trace Research & Development Center, University of Wisconsin
*Alliance for Public Technology
*Information and Technology Accessibility Advisory Group
*Inclusive Technologies
For further information on INFORAMPS 96 please contact Clay
Carter at the World Institute on Disability:
Phone (Voice or TTY) 510-763-4100
FAX 510-763-4109
E-mail: clay@wid.org
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Jim Tobias Inclusive Technologies tobias@inclusive.com 908.441.0831 v/tty 908.441.0832 fax