Subject: Event: Anyone. Anywhere. A State of the Science Exchange on Modality-Independent Interaction
From: Ginette Perkins (ginettep@seals.org)
Date: Thu Mar 08 2001 - 09:06:19 PST
Anyone. Anywhere.
A State of the Science Exchange on Modality-Independent Interaction
This event, held in conjunction with the CHI 2001 Conference on Human
Factors in Computing Systems, will take place in Seattle, Washington on
April 1 - 2, 2001. Funding for this event is provided by NIDRR in
conjunction with the Information Technology Access Rehabilitation
Engineering Research Center grant.
This State of the Science Exchange presents a unique opportunity for
researchers, industry representatives, and leaders in the disability access
field to exchange ideas about where information technology is going and what
this means for usability of these technologies by people with functional
limitations. This is a particularly important topic, given the aging world
population and the higher incidence of limitations associated with this
demographic trend.
This two-day event, which is a cross between a mini-conference and a
workshop, will bring together a diverse group of researchers and
practitioners. Participants will be selected by the program committee
following a review of submitted position papers. Space is limited to 40
participants.
The first day will focus on where we are today with regard to access to
information technologies by anyone, anywhere. Presentations and discussions
will look at barriers to access as well as strategies or models currently
identified for providing access to everything from portable and personal
information systems to public devices and information networks.
The morning of the second day will focus on future technologies; the
afternoon discussions will explore the implications of these technologies.
This will include issues around wearable or "implantable" systems;
ubiquitous computing; net computing; speech, face or gesture recognition;
virtual reality and virtual presence; new types of display devices; and
increased use of artificial intelligence and heuristics.
Both days will feature presentations from some of the world's foremost
experts, along with selected papers from participants. All participants will
break into working groups for in-depth discussion of topics suggested by the
presentations.
Goals for this exchange are to:
* Broaden the vision of all participants beyond their specific expertise;
* Identify the issues and potential solutions for ensuring that future
information technologies are more usable for everyone, especially people
operating with functional limitations; and
* Develop an agenda for research and development to address the issues
identified.
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