<div>Josh,</div>
<div>Kath Moonan, also from AbilityNet, is another speaker who has done some interesting work and research on the accessibility of social networking sites, from the technical issues associated with platforms such as facebook to the importance to some people with disabilities of the social networking opportunities provided by such sites.</div>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Dónal.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Joshue O Connor <<a href="mailto:joshue.oconnor@ncbi.ie">joshue.oconnor@ncbi.ie</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi all,<br><br>There is an interesting conference in the UK on Web 2.0 and<br>accessibility hosted by AbilityNet. Its got a great line up with<br>
developers like Jeremy Keith, Christian Heilmann and Steve Faulkner.<br><br>Here is the blurb:<br><br>Accessibility 2.0: a million flowers bloom<br>25th of April 2008<br><br>AbilityNet are delighted to welcome you to our accessibility event of<br>
the year!<br><br>Focussing on the accessibility of Web 2.0 online applications, this<br>conference boasts some of the best experts from across the industry.<br><br>They will be looking at practical solutions to the Web 2.0 accessibility<br>
problems, showing cutting edge techniques. We want to make it a very<br>practical day, so that you will come away knowing what you need to do,<br>and where you need to focus to make sure you give access to all users.<br>
<br>Accessibility 2.0 will bring together experts from the Uk's leading<br>disability charities and some of the leading lights of the web industry!<br>There'll also be an opportunity to take part in a debate during our<br>
round table session for wider discussion.<br><br>Why a million flowers bloom?<br>This phrase has been used by T.V. Raman, a Google Research Scientist, to<br>describe the current wave of creativity and innovation brought about by<br>
the development of web applications.<br><br><br>For more see<br><br><a href="http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2/" target="_blank">http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2/</a><br><br>Josh<br><br>********************************************************************<br>
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