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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Summary

5. 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