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    Sunday, November 23, 2008

    Our Guests:     Yuval Wagner and Gila Gertel

    Date Sunday, November 23, 2008
    Time 18:30-21:00
    Location IDC Herzliya, Arison building, room L203 (Lobby)
    (Directions)
    Speaker

    Yuval Wagner and Gila Gertel

    Presentation

    "Accessible Technology Why & How?"
    Agenda
    18:30 – 19:00 Networking Reception
    19:00 – 19:10 Meeting opening and introductions
    19:10 – 19:30 Yuval Wagner (Chairman) - Access Israel Organization
    19:30-21:00 Gila Gertel - Accessible Technology Why & How?


    About our guest and presentation:

    Yuval Wagner
    Founder and chairman of Access Israel, a non-profit Organization dedicated to advancing accessibility for people with Disabilities and their full integration into Israeli society.

    Gila Gertel
    Web Accessibility Manager at Access-Israel and Accessibility consultant of the Israeli Internet Association (ISOC-IL).
    Leader of the Israeli Web accessibility Task Group - aimed at increasing awareness and knowledge on this subject and its importance.  
    Expert of Accessible Technology for people with disabilities specializing on Web Accessibility. Consulting to Large and medium Web sites and Web applications to comply with standards such as W3C-WCAG and Section 508.

    Accessible Technology Why & How?
    www.nagish.org.il
    The lecture will include the following topics:
    Why should we create Accessible Technology:
      1. Quantification and characterization of target audience
      2. World wide accessibility policy.
      3. Accessibility and Business -  ROI study case.
    How to create Accessible Web Sites
      1. The essence of accessible web sites.
      2. Standards Compliance

    To register please send an email to: info.ILPMA.org