WSC: The World Standards Cooperation was established in 2001 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in order to strengthen and advance the voluntary consensus-based international standards systems of, ISO, IEC and ITU.

programme

3-4 November 2010
Premises of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Geneva (Switzerland)

1. Overall structure of the workshop

DAY 1: 2010-11-03 (Wednesday)
Time	Events
08:30 - 10:00	REGISTRATION
10:00 - 12:00	PLENARY
	Welcome and opening comment: Malcolm Johnson - Director, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Rob Steele - ISO Secretary-General *Gabriel Barta* - Head of technical coordination, IEC Central Office, representing the IEC General Secretary
	Keynote 1: *Kyung-wha Kang* - Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Convention for the rights of persons with disabilities
	Keynote 2: *Immed Eddine Chaker* - International Disability Alliance, represented through the Arab Organization of Disabled Persons, Chairman of the Tunisian National Union of the Blind (UNAT)
	Keynote 3 - Setting the stage on accessibility and standardization: *Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero* - , Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, Unit for the Integration of People with Disabilities
	Keynote 4: Joan Durocher (USA) - Executive Director, US National Council on Disability
	Statements by the moderators of the three break-out groups about the objectives for each group Break-out Group 1: *Ken Sagawa* (Japan) Break-out Group 2: *Gildo Santos* (Brazil) Break-out Group 3: *Axel LeBlois* (France/USA)
12:00 - 13:00	LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 15:30	Parallel meetings of the 3 breaks-out groups
	Accessibility and everyday products	Accessibility and buildings	eAccessibility and eInclusion
15:30 - 15:50	BREAK
15:50 - 17:30	Continuation of 3 break-out groups
Evening 17:50 - 20:00	SOCIAL EVENT: Cocktail

DAY 2: 2010-11-04 (Thursday)
Time	Events
	PARALLEL MEETINGS OF 3 BREAK-OUT GROUPS (continued)
9:00 - 10:30	Accessibility and everyday products	Accessibility and buildings	eAccessibility and eInclusion
10:30 - 10:45	BREAK
10:45 - 12:00	Accessibility and everyday products	Accessibility and buildings	eAccessibility and eInclusion
12:00 - 13:30	LUNCH BREAK
13:30 - 15:30	PLENARY Reports and discussions about the findings of the 3 break-out groups Rapporteurs break-out group 1: Kenji Kuraka (Japan) - National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Human Technology Research Institute, Head of Accessible Design Group, Japan / *Reinhard Weissinger* - Manager, Research, education and strategy, ISO Central Secretariat Rapporteur break-out group 2: Gabriel Barta - IEC Central Office, Head of technical coordination Rapporteur break-out group 3: Alexandra Gaspari - Accessibility Coordination Officer, ITU-T

15:30 - 15:50	BREAK
Final session 15:50 - 16:20	PLENARY Summary of the key outcomes of the workshop

2. Structure of the break-out group meetings

2010-11-03 (Wednesday), 13:00 - 17:30
and
2010-11-04 (Thursday), 09:00 - 12:00

(Wednesday afternoon break: 15:30-15:50)

Break-out group 1: Accessibility and everyday products	Break-out group 2: Accessibility and buildings	Break-out group 3: eAccessibility and eInclusion
Moderator: Introduction of the objectives of and plan for the break-out session Setting the stage:
• Ken Sagawa (Japan) - Professor at the Japan's Women University, Convenor of the Advisory Group on Accessible Design (AGAD) in ISO/TC 159 Ergonomics. • *Georg Krämer* (Germany) - Chair of ISO/TC 159 Ergonomics	• *Gildo Santos* (Brazil) - Project Leader and Convenor of ISO/TC59/SC16/WG1	• *Axel LeBlois* (France/USA) - Executive Director, G3ict (Global Initiative for Inclusive Technologies)
Speakers representing the stakeholder group Regulators/Governments: Formulation of key issues
• *Hiroyuki Kubo* (Japan) - Standardization Office for Consumers and Environment, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan • *Seongil Lee* (Republic of Korea) - Prof. for Systems Management Engineering, Sungkyunkwan Univ, Seoul	• *Ivan Donaldson* (Australia) - General Manager, Australian Building Codes Board, Australia • Benjamin Marco Kisungwe (Tanzania) - Occupational Health and Safety Authority, Tanzania • Armina Reichel (Germany) - Office of the Federal Commissioner for Matters relating to Disabled Persons, Germany	• *Luiz Alves dos Santos* - Policy Officer, European Commission, Unit: ICT for Inclusion
Speakers representing the stakeholder group Product Developers/Industry: Formulation of key issues
• *Klaus-Peter Wegge* (Germany) - Head, Siemens Accessibility Competence Center, Germany • *Miwa Morikawa* (Japan) - Accessible Design Foundation, Japan (small and medium enterprises)	• Verônica Camisão (Brazil) - Architect, Chair of ICTA Latin America (Rehabilitation International - International Commission on Technology and Accessibility - Latin America branch) • Luc Rivet (Belgium) - Secretary-General, European Lift Association	• *Luke Kowalski* (USA) - Vice President, Corporate Architecture Group, Oracle • Nasser Kettani (USA) - Regional Standards Officer, Microsoft Middle East and Africa • Monique Mai (France) / François-René Germain (France) - Group Accessibility / Vice President, Group Accessibility Director, Orange FT Group
Speakers representing the stakeholder group Disability Organizations/Consumers: Formulation of key issues
• *Bárbara Martin* (Spain) - Director of the Technical Office of European Affairs, International Relations Department ONCE (Spanish National Organization of the Blind), World Blind Union • Lindsey Etchell (UK) - Chairperson, ANEC Design for All Working Group, representing Consumers International and ANEC	• *Norma McCormick* (Canada) - Chair of ISO's Committee on Consumer Affairs (COPOLCO) • Ajith C. S. Perera (Sri Lanka) - Founder and Chief-Executive of IDIRIYA, Sri Lanka (Idiriya is a non-for-profit disability organization for professionals promoting accessible buildings and assistive technology) • Bachar Abdelsamad (Lebanon) Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union • Bette Dion (Canada) - President, Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES), Canada	• Wayne Hawkins (Australia) - Disability Policy Advisor, Australian Communications Consumers Action Network (ACCAN) • Arun Mehta (India) - President, Bidirectional Access Promotion Society (BAPSI), India, and professor and chairman of the computer engineering department at JMIT, Radaur, Haryana, India
Speakers representing the stakeholder group Standards Developers: Formulation of key issues
• Kate Grant (UK) - Accessibility consultant, Nine Tiles, UK • *Gerhard Fuchs* (Germany) - Bosch-Siemens Household Appliances	• Eduardo Alvarez (Uruguay) - Chair of ISO/TC 59/SC 16 Accessibility and usability of the built environment	• *Judy Brewer* / *Shadi Abou-Zahra* - World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) International Program Office / Activity Lead, Europe • Gunnar Hellström (Sweden) - CEO, Omnitor • Josée Auber (France) - ISO/IEC JTC 1 and Liaision officer to ITU-T • Yoshikazu Yorimoto (Japan) - ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 Information technology/Cards and personal identification • Floris van Nes (Netherlands) - Human Factors expert, Rapporteur of Question 4, ITU-T Study Group 2 (communication)

3. Side events

Display of a selection of accessibility-relevant consumer goods (during the breaks on both days and the social event in the evening of Day 1) and a demonstration of an “accessible living environment” by the Handicap Architecture Urbanisme (HAU), Geneva
Possibility for the presentation of the organizations participating in the workshop with an own booth and display of their work (leaflets, brochures, publications etc.)