Call for Papers

1st Annual Accessibility conference and exhibition on 4th & 5th February, 2008 at New Delhi.

Call for papers to Techshare India 2008 are now closed.

Overview of Call for Papers
Program Committee
Topics of Interest
Submission Guidelines

Overview of Call for Papers

The 1st annual Accessibility conference and exhibition "Techshare India 2008 - Breaking the Barriers" invites submissions of papers for this conference to be held on February 4th & 5th, 2008 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India. A wide variety of submissions are encouraged in the topic areas outlined below. The list is suggestive of the types of papers for consideration, but by no means restrictive to these specific areas. The Organizing Committee will be reviewing the papers and will try to ensure that all disabilities are covered in the different area. The 2 types of sessions that we are looking for are:

General Session are 45 minutes in length
Workshops are 2 hours in length

Paper submissions are due on Friday, November 30, 2007.

Program Committee

All papers are reviewed and selection is made by the Organizing Committee that is composed of individuals working with different disabilities. To view the the profile of the Organizing Committee, go to Organizing Committee.

Topics of Interest

The following lists of topics, while of direct interest to the conference, should not be considered as limiting the submission of interesting papers on related topics. Papers covering all areas of disability and all areas of technology are encouraged.

List of Topics
Track No.	Track Name	Topics
Track 1	The Road Ahead – Envision the Accessibility Road Map	Importance of Accessibility Business case Legal case Social Case Impact of Accessibility & Disability Laws Persons with Disabilities Act Disability Discrimination Act American with Disabilities Act Section 508 Laws in other countries Impact of Technical Standards WCAG ATAG UAAG Path to adopt accessibility Employee perspective Policies Infrastructure Training Technology Information in alternate formats Customer perspective Increasing the target market Case Studies of Implementing Accessibility
Track 2	Making a Difference	Education & Employment – an impact on people with disabilities Problems faced by people with different disabilities Education Visually Impaired Hearing and speech Impaired Mobility Impaired Learning disabilities Accessible formats DAISY Large Print Braille Audio Tactile diagrams Employment Technologies used by people with different disabilities Visually Impaired Hearing and speech Impaired Mobility Impaired Learning disabilities
Track 3	Bridging the Digital Divide	Web Accessibility Software Accessibility Rich media Integration of accessibility Implementing VPAT Transition from WCAG 1.0 to 2.0 Importance of: Effective CSS Captioning ALT text Device Independence Mobile web Accessible E-learning Testing

Submission Guidelines

Download the call for papers submission form.
Please send the call for paper submission form to callforpapers@barrierbreak.com.

More information

Presenters of papers that are accepted must register as delegates for the conference. In addition, the presenters needs to fund their own travel.
To find out information about registration fees, booking process and to register online, visit the Conference Registration page.

If you have any questions about submitting your presentation or the appropriateness of your presentation topic, please contact the Techshare Team who will be happy to help.