INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENABLED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES : A NATIONAL CONFERENCE
and S&T, Government of Karnataka, is organizing “IT for Persons with
Disabilities” - a National Conference on 20th & 21st December, 2010 at J
N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Malleswaram, Bangalore.
Fifteen years after the Persons with Disability Act was enacted in this
country, their inclusion in society has not seen any marked improvement.
In the same period, however, Information Technology has evolved by leaps
and bounds. Technology has become more powerful, user friendly and more
affordable by orders of magnitude in 2010, when compared to 1995. It has
been demonstrated across the world, that Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) provides a great opportunity to bridge the gap and help
PWDs to be more productive and integrate with the society, regardless of
the nature of their disabilities – Visual, hearing, mobility or
intellectual.
Karnataka, being India’s pioneer in ICT, is taking the lead in this
process and the conference is the first of its kind in the country. The
conference aims to bring together the leading players in the Industry,
NGOs sector and the relevant government functionaries to recommend
concrete action.
It gives us great pleasure to invite you for ‘IT for Persons with
Disabilities’ Conference. We request your gracious presence at the
Inaugural of the Conference scheduled at 9.30am, on 20th December,2010, at
J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Malleswaram, Bangalore.
Online registration and the agenda of the program is available on the
website http://events.itforpwd.com/venue.html. It will be an opportunity
to meet and interact with the experts in the field and derive maximum
benefit out of the Conference.Agenda of the conference is attached
herewith for reference.
Interested delegates from SAADYA may register online.
A line of confirmation regarding your participation to Ms.Champa,
Sr.Programmer – e-mail champa15@gmail.com will be highly appreciated.
Looking forward to welcoming you to ‘IT for Persons with Disabilities’
conference.
Department of IT, Biotechnology and S&T, Government of Karnataka, welcomes you to
“IT for Persons with Disabilities”
- a National Conference on 20th & 21st December, 2010 at J N Tata Auditorium,
IISc Campus , Malleswaram, Bangalore.
Fifteen years after the Persons with Disability Act was enacted in this country, their inclusion in society has not seen any marked improvement. In the same period, however, Information Technology has evolved by leaps and bounds. Technology has become more powerful, user friendly and more affordable by orders of magnitude in 2010, when compared to 1995. It has been demonstrated across the world, that Information and Communication Technology provides a great opportunity to bridge the gap and help PWDs to be more productive and integrate with the society, regardless of the nature of their disabilities – Visual, hearing, mobility or intellectual.
Karnataka, being India’s pioneer in Information and Communication Technology, is taking the lead in this process. The conference aims to bring together the leading players in the Industry, NGOs sector and the relevant government functionaries to recommend concrete action.
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