“Special Needs incl. Persons with Disability & Elderly” Concertation Meeting #3 Brussels - 19 May 2003 Assistive Technology RTD Projects and Mainstream IT Platforms

Welcome to the very large Industrial players RTD framework programmes FP5: RTD projects + Accomp. Measures & Thematic Networks FP6: RTD & Support to Policies  IP & NoE: new challenges  ERA INDUSTRY Future IST Platforms Policy dev. & Regulation investigation COCOM / INCOM WG + Liikanen Workshop e-Accessibility WG

European Institutions Council, Parliament Actors European Institutions Council, Parliament Commission - College of Commissioners + Services: DG Information Society (Policy, Regulation, RTD) DG Entreprise (incl. Standardisation) DG Employment and Social Affairs DG Research, ... Member States Standardisation bodies Industry mainstream and special needs SMEs, large companies and multi-nationals Researchers NGOs

Summary

Standardisation procedures Syndication potentials Today’s aim IT-platforms manufactures efforts for accessibility, including connection facilities for third party Assistive Technology RTD projects and their difficulties for interacting with mainstream systems & services and for proposing new standards Standardisation procedures Syndication potentials Q&A, Panel and bilateral discussions => Better understanding and dissemination => Exchange of best practices => Establish efficient contacts for pending issues => Investigate RTD exploitation potentials