WAI Best Practices Exchange Training Introduction

Introductions

• Shawn Lawton Henry, W3C WAI Education and Outreach
• Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C WAI Web Accessibility Specialist for Europe
• Host: Fundosa Teleservicios
• Participants…

Logistics

World Wide Web Consortium

• International, vendor-neutral consortium
• Promotes Web evolution & interoperability
• 3 host sites
  • MIT for North America
  • ERCIM for Europe
  • Keio University for Asia
  • 14 outreach offices, including Spain
• Membership benefits

WAI Resource: http://www.w3.org/Talks/WAI-Intro/slide10-0.html

WAI

• Operates internationally
  • Introduce: Shadi Abou-Zahra for Europe
• Partnership approach
• Collaborative W3C working groups
• Opportunities for public comment

WAI Resources: http://www.w3.org/Talks/WAI-Intro/slide11-0.html, http://www.w3.org/Talks/WAI-Intro/slide12-0.html, http://www.w3.org/Talks/WAI-Intro/slide13-0.html

WAI Sponsors

• Government:
  • U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
  • European Commission's Information Society Technologies Programme
  • Canada's Assistive Devices Industry Office
• Industry:
  • IBM, Microsoft Corporation, SAP, Verizon Foundation, Wells Fargo
• Organizations:
  • Fundación ONCE

WAI Resource: WAI Sponsorship

About WAI

WAI Resource: About WAI

Best Practices Exchange Training

• On developing, evaluating, retrofitting Web sites conformant with WCAG
• Most to increase expertise,
  This to increase basic knowledge

Program