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Education and Outreach Working Group Meeting
CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June 22, 2001

Participation

Participation is open to members of W3C/WAI's Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) and to individuals interested in participating in and contributing to the efforts of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). Any participants not already members of the EOWG should read the EOWG Charter and the how to join page, and send the requested information to the EOWG Chair.

Since the focus of this meeting is on exchanging information about promotion and implementation of W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) primarily in European countries, at this meeting we welcome people who are engaged in promoting implementation of WCAG in Europe but who are not currently involved in the EOWG. However, we request that they familiarize themselves with and be interested in coordinating their efforts with EOWG.

This EOWG meeting is held on the Friday immediately following the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting on June 18 and 19, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group meeting on June 20 and 21, also at CWI in Amsterdam.

Registration

Pre-registration is required for everyone attending the Education and Outreach Working Group meeting on Friday, June 22, 2001, even those who have registered for other W3C/WAI meetings that week.

Location

The meeting is hosted by Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI):

Kruislaan 413
1098 SJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 20 592 4171
Fax: +31 20 5924199

Hotels

Hotels are available through the following resources:

• Amsterdam Hotel Guide
• Bookings NL
• Hotelres.nl

Also there may be rooms available at these hotels although the listed CWI rates may no longer be valid.

Transportation

Maps and directions are available from the "About CWI" web site. There is a bus, but it requires a 1 mile walk from the bus stop to the campus. Cabs are also a good way to get there.

Agenda (Proposed)

The following is a proposed agenda, with as-yet unlinked documents for discussion and review. Comments to the EOWG mailing list welcome.

Friday, June 22, 2001

• 9:00 Continental breakfast
• 9:30 Introductions and agenda review
  • including brief overview of EOWG work
  • and brief overview of "WAI DA" project in Europe
• 9:45 Roundtable on different approaches to promoting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
  • what promotion strategies (e.g. for policy development; voluntary private sector implementation; etc.) are in use in different countries, including those implementing e-Europe initiative?
  • what are pros and cons of these strategies?
  • what issues emerge (e.g. harmonization/fragmentation of standard; need for translation; etc.)
  • which approaches are being most effective in which contexts?
• 10:45 Break
• 11:00 Update on recent WCAG development
  • expansion of techniques documents
  • early drafts of WCAG 2.0
  • progress on a coordinated glossary (which could help translation)
  • opportunities for feedback and participation on new development
• 12:00 Lunch
• 1:15 Examination of specific issues, for example (actual issues to be decided by participants at meeting)
  • how to get initial activity on Web accessibility started
  • how to encourage harmonization of recommended guidelines
  • priority considerations in implementation planning (awareness? training? technical assistance? translation of key resources? etc.)
  • priority areas of Web to address (government services? education? commerce? etc.)
• 3:00 Break
• 3:15 Networking possibilities
  • brainstorm about further exchange of information & strategies between participants
• 4:30 Adjourn

Readings

• DRAFT sample business case and changelog

Minutes

• Ideas from brainstorming sessions during the meeting.
• Minutes are available.

Last updated 30 January 2002 by Judy Brewer, jbrewer@w3.org

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