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Designs on the Games |
The seminar will highlight what should be considered from an accessibility viewpoint especially for disabled and older visitors when designing new technological systems for major sports events.
The event is based on the report Accessibility for visitors, by Dr John Gill, Chief Scientist of the RNIB, which calls upon Government departments, standard-setting organisations, commercial companies and user bodies to help make life easier for people with disabilities, by employing a range of the latest technologies from radio frequency identification devices to biometric systems. The report made special mention of easing the path for people attending the 2012 Games, whether affected by mobility, visual, dexterity, speech or hearing impairments, although the lessons apply across a whole range of events. The point was also made that in most cases improving such systems also benefited non-disabled visitors. [The Accessibility for visitors report can be accessed via the RNIB site www.tiresias.org under "publications"].
Who should attend the seminar?
Specifiers, designers, purchasers and installers of new systems as well as disabled consumers and organisations concerned with accessibility.
Sponsors
This seminar is sponsored by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and held at its headquarters in Savoy Place on the banks of the River Thames in London. The IET represents 150,000 members worldwide who are involved in science, engineering and technology. As a professional body, it has two main roles – the maintenance of professional engineering standards and the interchange and dissemination of knowledge and information – (www.theiet.org.) To this end, the IET is extremely pleased to support PhoneAbility and use its extensive knowledge base to consider how technology can smooth the path for visitors to major sports events such as the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The Government Department, BERR [the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform], has given its support by a financial grant to PhoneAbility, the British focal point for telecommunications vis-a-vis the needs of disabled and older people, which initiated this seminar.
Supporters
This seminar is supported by a large number of partner organisations please visit the supporter page for more information. We are very grateful for their help.
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