Opening Session

(Wednesday, July 12, 09.00 - 10.30, Plenary Hall)

 

Welcome Notes

o.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Günter Pilz (Vice-Rector, University of Linz)
Harry J. Murphy (General Chair of ICCHP 2006)
o.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kotsis (President of the Austrian Computer Society)

 

Opening Perspective: The European eInclusion Policy

Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, Information, Society and Media Directorate-General, ICT for Citizens and Businesses, eInclusion

 

Introducing the Keynote Speaker:

Univ. Prof. Dr. Sepp Hochreiter, Head of the Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Linz

 

Opening Keynote: Towards Brain-Computer Interfacing

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Robert Müller
Intelligent Data Analysis Group, Fraunhofer FIRST, Berlin, Germany
and
Neuroinformatics chair, Department of Computer Science, University of Potsdam, Germany

"Brain Computer Interfacing (BCI) aims at making use of brain signals for e.g. the control of objects, spelling, gaming and so on. This talk will first provide a brief overview of the current BCI research activities and provide details in recent developments on both invasive and non-invasive BCI systems. The second part -- from a machine learning and signal processing perspective -- shows the wealth, the complexity and the difficulties of the data available, a truely enormous challenge. In real-time a multi-variate very noise contaminated data stream is to be processed and classified. Finally, I report in more detail about recent results achieved by the Berlin Brain Computer (BBCI) Interface that is based on EEG signals and take the audience all the way from the measured signal, the preprocessing and filtering, the classification to the respective application.  BCI communication is discussed in a clincial setting and for gaming."

Panel Keynote I

(Thursday, July 13, 11.00 - 12.30, Plenary Hall)

Web Accessibility: Still an Exception?

chaired by:
Helen Petrie, University of York, United Kingdom
Gerhard Weber, Multi Media Campus Kiel, Germany

This panel will bring together experts from around the world to present the state of the art in Web accessibility. The panel will discuss the developments regarding guidelines (WAI), laws, observation efforts, tools for development and quality control, Content Management Systems and accessibility, training certification, quality marks, and other aspects.

On stage:

• Judy Brewer, Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (to be confirmed)
• Dominique Burger, Association Braillenet, INSERM UPMC, France; Co-ordinator of the EU-funded Project SupportEAM
• Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, EC, DG INFSO, eInclusion, Deputy Head of Unit
• Tetsuya Watanabe , National Institute for Special Education, Japan (to be confirmed)
• Mike Paciello, The Paciello Group, USA
• Mikael Snaprud, Associate Professor Agder University College, Senior Research Scientist Agder Research Foundation, Norway

 

Panel Keynote II

 (Friday, July 14, 11.00 - 12.30, Plenary Hall)

Accessible Content Processing: Is There Still a Role for Specialist Accessible Information Providers?

Chaired by
David Crombie, FNB, The Netherlands, Co-ordinator of the EU funded Project EUAIN (www.euain.org)

Design for All and eAccessibility are well-focused at a political and strategic level. This convergence could mean that specialised services for access to information are no longer needed as assistive devices can interact with content designed in an accessible way from scratch. Is this what is promised by eAccessibility and Design for All or does it mean that the role of service providers has to change?
As accessibility is integrated into mainstream environments are there a broader tasks to fulfil?Dominique Burger, Association Braillenet, INSERM UPMC, France; Co-ordinator of the EU-funded Project SupportEAM
The European Accessible Information Network (EUAIN) was established in order to bring together the different stakeholders in the accessible content processing chain and to build on common concerns. This session aims to highlight these developments and analyse the developments from different perspectives.

On stage:

• George Kersher, Secretary General of the DAISY Consortium, USA
• Andy Heath, Director of Axelrod Research and Consulting , GB
• Dominique Burger, Association Braillenet, INSERM UPMC, France

 last updated: 20.06.2006