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Event E-ACCESSIBILITY DAY 2023

28.10.2023

Once again this year, we’re looking forward to some fascinating presentations on the subject of “digital accessibility”. This specialist conference is intended to inform and raise awareness among professionals in the field, politicians, users and other interested parties.

Description INFO DAY

The talks will be given in German in the morning and in French in the afternoon. 

Thanks to SWISS TXT’s LiveAccess platform, you will be able to follow all the presentations live in your own language. The talks will be translated live into German, French, Italian, sign language and other languages, with the content provided in the form of subtitles.

TIME AND PLACE

16/11/2023, 8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Livestream

Morning programme WHAT TO EXPECT

Presentations in German. With subtitles in French and German as well as translations into Swiss German sign language.

Presenting
René Jaun, editor at Netzwoche, IT-Markt and CEtoday

  • WELCOME AND GREETINGS

    • President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset

    8:45 a.m.

  • FIRST SWISS ACCESSIBILITY STUDY ON MOBILE APPS

    • Philipp Keller, “Access for all” foundation 

    • Josua Muheim, Accessibility consultant, “Access for all” foundation

    9:00 a.m.

  • OVERCOMING ANALOGUE BARRIERS WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

    • Sandro Lüthi, Apfelschule

    • Goran Arnold, consultant

    • Simone Russi, Technorama

    9:30 a.m.

  • BREAK

    10:00 a.m.

  • DIGITAL SKILLS AS THE BASIS FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION

    • Christian Maag, Swiss Association for Reading and Writing (Schweizer Dachverband Lesen und Schreiben)

    10:15 a.m.

  • AI FOR ACCESSIBILITY: TAKING THE EXAMPLE OF THE COMPANY CAPITO

    • Paul Anton Mayer, capito

    10:45 a.m.

  • SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, TODAY AND TOMORROW: AVATARS & ONLINE SYSTEMS

    • Michaela Nachtrab & Robin Ribback, SWISS TXT

    11:15 a.m.

  • WRAP-UP, QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION

    • René Jaun

    11:45 a.m.

  • LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon programme WHAT TO EXPECT

Talks in French. With subtitles in French and German as well as translation into French sign language. 

Presenting
Sofia Balzaretti, lawyer, EBGB

  • WELCOME AND GREETINGS

    • President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset

    1:30 p.m.

  • E-VOTING AND ACCESSIBILITY: APPROACH AND EXPERIENCES

    • Xavier Monnat, Post CH Kommunikation AG

    • Désirée Harmuth, Canton of Basel-Stadt, state chancellery

    • Denis Maret (blind), Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (SBV)

    1:45 p.m.

  • EAA: THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARDS WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSIBILITY IN EUROPE

    • John Hicks & Alexandra Nothnagel, Atos

    • Philippe Trotin, Microsoft

    2:45 p.m.

  • 2:45 p.m.

    3:15 p.m.

  • ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN ROUTES AT SBB

    • David Kühner & Robin Schmid, SBB

    3:30 p.m.

  • PARKS FOR ALL

    • Tina Müller & Léonie Bornet, Swiss Parks Network

    4 p.m.

  • WRAP-UP, QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION

    • Sofia Balzaretti

    4:30 p.m.

Participation is free of charge.

Detailed programme and registration.

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Contact Further questions?

Dalia Goldberger,
Head of Business Development

Email

dalia.goldberger@swisstxt.ch

Phone

+41 44 305 67 31