Making the World Accessible in 2007
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Rockville, VA - June 1, 2007-- TecAccess LLC, the most awarded provider of accessibility solutions, has signed a scientific and technical partnership agreement with the Tunisian Association for the Development of Digital Technologies and Human Resources (ATTR), represented by its President, Professor Slaheddine Gherissi.
This highly anticipated partnership comes on the heels of a keynote address delivered at the 1st International Conference on Information and Communication Technology & Accessibility, in Hammamet, Tunisia, delivered by Dana Marlowe, Senior Vice President of Business Development at TecAccess.
Dana Marlowe´s presentation, entitled Accessible Technology: New Directions, New Possibilities, highlighted the state-of-the-art technologies, theoretical concepts, best practice examples, and innovative applications of Information and Communication Technologies and accessibility. Her informative presentation, which was broadcast daily in the Tunisian media, was also featured in a variety of Arabic and French media outlets. In attendance were over 300 accessibility experts, from 30 different countries, including the Minister of Technology and the Head of the Department of State of Tunisia.
Sharing the keynote podium with Marlowe was Shadi Abou-Zahra, Web Accessibility Specialist from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative, Austria, who discussed Web Accessibility - It´s Not Magic, it´s Art; Dr. Kinshuk, Professor and Director, School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, Canada, who addressed Opening Web-Based Learning to a Larger Student Community; and Dominique Burger, Association BrailleNet, France, who discussed Make it Accessible, They Say.
"The 1st International Conference on Information and Communication Technology & Accessibility was an incredible time to share experiences and best practice examples," explains Dana Marlowe. "One of the most beneficial components of the event was the networking among different countries, institutions, organizations, and companies. Everyone was truly committed to expanding the accessibility and IT learning and developments throughout our industry and community."
In addition to being asked to deliver the closing ceremony at the international event, Marlowe met with the President of the largest university in Tunisia, Manouba University, as well as with members of The Tunisan Association for the Development of Digital Technologies and Human Resources. Collaborating with other key international leaders in accessibility, Marlowe worked diligently to sign the partnership agreement with the Tunisian Association for the Development of Digital Technologies and Human Resources (ATTR).
The partnership between ATTR and TecAccess highlights both organizations dedication to the development and use of new technologies and the internet as an essential means to promote the integration of persons with disabilities in the information and communication society. In addition, this intercontinental collaboration signals a common mission to combine private and government entities in Tunisia and in the USA in an effort to promote methodologies and evaluation techniques leading to the conformity of web sites to the recommendations of accessibility of W3C, WAI, and Section 508.
Dana Marlowe, along with Debra Ruh, President and Founder of TecAccess, are currently leading a team of professional speakers and accessibility leaders at TecAccess who continue to travel the globe in 2007 to promote the business and societal impacts of technology that reaches everyone, regardless of age or ability level.
About TecAccess
Winner of numerous awards, including the 2005 Secretary of Labor´s New Freedom Initiative Award, TecAccess is an industry-leading IT firm providing Section 508 compliance and electronic and information technology (E&IT) accessibility solutions for clients in government, private industry, and higher education throughout the world. TecAccess is a certified Woman-Owned and SBA certified 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) committed to hiring people with disabilities.
For further information about TecAccess, please call: (804) 749-8646 , e-mail info@tecaccess.net, or visit our website at www.TecAccess.net.
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