[Imc-makerspace] Fwd: Invitation - Public Inclusive Infrastructures - NPII/GPII meetings for Europe
Stewart Dickson
MathArt at Emsh.CalArts.edu
Wed Sep 8 07:11:00 CDT 2010
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Subject: Alert and Invitation - NPII/GPII meetings for Europe
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:19:42 -0500
From: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv at trace.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv at trace.wisc.edu>
To: Stewart Dickson <sdickson at uiuc.edu>
This email is to make you aware of a series of planning meetings and
networking opportunities that are occurring at the end of this month -
and the beginning of the next - and to invite you to participate as you
are able.
An international consortium of people and programs has begun to form
with the intention of creating enhancements to the global broadband
(wired and wireless) infrastructure to facilitate access by people who
would otherwise face barriers due to disability, literacy or aging.
The goal of the group is to bring together cloud, web and platform
technologies to create */National and Global Public Inclusive
Infrastructures/* that could make access simpler and more affordable,
while addressing the needs of groups not adequately served today. It
would build up and expand what we have today and enable new types of
accessibility and extended-usability technologies and services.
More information about the basic concepts and components of */National/*
and */Global Public Inclusive Infrastructures/* can be found at
/*http://NPII.org <http://npii.org/>*/.
The NPII/GPII concept is not a wholly new concept. Rather, it is a
combination and extension of many different existing efforts. Yet it
brings them together in a way that has the potential to fundamentally
change what is possible and practical.
*European Organizational Meetings*
You have been sent this invitation because of your interest and/or prior
work on accessibility of ICT. The meetings at the end of this month are
intended to bring together people who are interested in the concept --
and in developing it within Europe. If you are interested in
participating in this effort, we hope you will be able to join one of
the meetings listed below.
If you are unable to attend any of the meetings but are still interested
- let us know by sending an email to *join at NPII.org
<mailto:join at NPII.org>*. We will be holding a teleconference
call/meeting in late Oct/November for those who cannot make any of these
meetings. Also feel free to pass this invitation on to others who may be
interested.
The following four meetings have been scheduled:
* *In Brussels at ICT 2010, 28 Sept. (Tuesday), 12:30 - 2:00 PM* -
An ad hoc networking meeting on NPII/GPII, to be held between the
two networking sessions on Aging and Built-In Accessibility (see
conference website
<http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2010/index_en.htm>
for additional details). Because space is limited to 25 persons,
this meeting must be by invitation only, with first priority to
related EC projects in the field. To indicate your interest in
being part of this meeting, send an email to *join at NPII.org
<mailto:join at NPII.org>*.
* *In Beaulieu (EC Offices), 29-30 Sept. (Wed. - Thursday)* - An
extended meeting titled */“A Networking, Exploration, and Planning
Session On Development of a European and Global Public Inclusive
Infrastructure/*” will provide a longer working period to explore
a collaborative European effort in this area.
o This meeting will begin on 29 Sept. at 2:00 PM, ending at
7:00 PM. It will continue on 30 Sept. at 9:00 AM, ending at
6:00 PM.
o The European Commission has provided a venue for the meeting
at their Beaulieu offices in Brussels.
o This will be an open meeting. Anyone who is interested in
working toward a European and or Global Public Inclusive
Infrastructure is invited.
o For security reasons, registration is required. The
*deadline to sign up is 21 Sept*.
o To register, send an email to *join at NPII.org
<mailto:join at NPII.org> *with: (1) your name, (2) company or
organizational affiliation, and (3) email address. Indicate
your desire to attend the 29-30 Sept. meeting. [Note: we
understand that due to travel arrangements - not everyone
will be able to attend both days.]
o We are exploring the possibility of participation in the
meeting by phone. If you cannot attend in person, but wish
to participate by phone, please send an email to
*join at NPII.org <mailto:join at NPII.org>* with your request to
be included by phone, if it becomes available.
*
*In Madrid at Technosite, 5 Oct. (Tues.) *- A workshop at
Technosite will consist of a presentation followed by discussion.
[See attached brochure. For additional details send an email to
José Ángel Martínez Usero <mailto:jamartinez at technosite.es>.]
*
*In Seville at AEGIS Conference, 7-8 Oct. (Thurs.-Friday)* - The
AEGIS Conference will feature a keynote presentation of the NPII
concept and roadmap. There will be opportunities for informal
networking, with the possibility of a "birds of the feather"
meeting sometime during the conference. (See 1st International
AEGIS Conference <http://www.aegis-conference.eu/> for details.)
There will also be a teleconference late in October or November for
those who are interested in working toward an NPII or the GPII, in
Europe - (or elsewhere in the world) - but are unable to participate in
one of the meetings listed above. Please indicate your interest in
participating in such a teleconference by sending an email to
*join at NPII.org <mailto:join at NPII.org>.*
With warm regards,
/Gregg Vanderheiden
for the NPII Consortium/
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