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Social Network Analysis of the e-accessibility landscape - Working Draft Report

This analysis relies on project data from CORDIS to explore the institutional network of the e-accessibility landscape in Europe. In total, 1062 records of European Commission funded projects in the e-accessibility field were analyzed.

Tentative Recommendations Report

Our Tentative Recommendations aim to summarize the bigger picture that started to emerge from our research so far and the many conversations held with experts and stakeholders over the last few months.

In the report you can read about the following issues:

1.    The Impact of the Smart Phone
2.    Ensuring that Mobile Innovation has an Impact on Accessibility
3.    The Ideation Bottleneck
4.    The Fragmentation Bottleneck
5.    The Compliance Bottleneck
6.    Compliance versus Norms and Practices
7.    The Problem with Content
8.    Voice, Touch and Gesture will Change Accessibility for Ever
9.    Assistive Technologies for Cognitive or Behavioral Disabilities
10.    Social and Companion Robotics
11.    Exo-skeletons and Wearable Robotics
12.    Self-Drive Cars and Other Assistive Devices
13.    Brain Computer Interfaces
14.    Neuro-Engineering
15.    Advanced Prosthetics
16.    Extending the Platform Approach beyond Mobile
17.    Mainstreaming the Business Case for Compliance
18.    Compliance Activism

Scenarios Report

Our Pre-Scenarios refer to stories told to illustrate or explain some aspect of a technology or technology assisted living. They are intended to be understood by someone who is not a technologist or not a technologist familiar with one or any of the domains under discussion.In this sense they permit technologists and non-technologists, potential users beneficiaries or stakeholders to discuss aspects of a complex technical future on an equal footing.The only thing required for the creation and use of Pre-Scenarios is strong preparation based on a study of drivers, an open-mind and imagination!

The use of Pre-Scenarios extends beyond simply explaining possible technology futures.They provide a basis for a qualitative discussion about the maturity of a technology and the feasibility of its application by some target date, in this case 2020.They also provide a basis for discussing the impact and desirability of technologies and their application from the perspective of different stakeholders.

All of the Pre-Scenarios used in this report employ the same cast of characters in the style of the Alice and Bob stories used to explain encryption to computer scientists and non-computer scientists like.

Scenario Clusters: From brainstorming to structured scenarios

In the eAccessibility2020 study we are aiming to project the future identify key research areas and relevant policy priorities for more accessible ICTs in the future.

Cluster 1: Transportation and mobility

Cluster 2: Human performance as a factor of accessibility
Cluster 3: Intelligence in Assistive Technology (AT)
Cluster 4: Living independently
Cluster 5: The power of Brain
Cluster 6: The future of media and entertainment
Cluster 7: New Assistive ICTs
Cluster 8: Methods and policies to reach accessibility

eAccessibility-related policies

We have identified a number of eAccessibility-related policies & initiatives that include: EU policies, eAccessibility-related EC studies, relevant standards, etc.

Click here to learn more about the eAccessibility activities of EC.


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eAccessibility 2020 Study

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This study aims to explore and analyse the referred relationships between the emerging ICT landscape, in the societal and economic context and the development and provision of assistive technologies (AT) and e-Accessibility, within a perspective of 10 years.

The study main objectives are the following:

  • Validated analysis of the relationships between the emerging ICT landscape, the societal and economic context and the development and provision of assistive technologies (AT) and e-Accessibility, building on a sound understanding of relevant trends and challenges.
  • To elaborate and discuss a series of hypothetical scenarios on the future evolution of AT and e-Accessibility.
  • To provide validated recommendations for research priorities and policy measures that are usable at European level.
Attachments:
Download this file (2010-11-15_EC_DG_Industry_published_study_Robotics.pdf)Competitive Outlook for the EU Robotics Industry[2010 DG enterprise report on robotics]2590 Kb
Download this file (NBIC_report.pdf)Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance[NSF report on use of nano, bio, ICT and cognitive sciences]5959 Kb
Download this file (NEM Position Paper.pdf)NEM Position Paper[Position Paper of the NEM Initiative on Future Research Directions]389 Kb

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Social Network Analysis of the e-accessibility landscape - Working Draft Report Social Network Analysis of the e-accessibility landscape - Working Draft Report This analysis relies on project data from CORDIS to explore the institutional network of the e-accessibility landscape in Europe. In total, ... Read more
Scenarios Report Scenarios Report Our Pre-Scenarios refer to stories told to illustrate or explain some aspect of a technology or technology assisted living. They are inten... Read more
Tentative Recommendations Report Tentative Recommendations Report Our Tentative Recommendations aim to summarize the bigger picture that started to emerge from our research so far and the many conversations... Read more
Patrick Crehan, CEO of CKA to present accessibility prospects in the TEDx Leuven at the end of March Patrick Crehan, CEO of CKA to present accessibility prospects in the TEDx Leuven at the end of March Dr Crehan has been invited (http://www.tedxleuven.com/speakers)  to present innovative and radical ideas that will shape the future of ... Read more
ASSETS 2011: We were there! ASSETS 2011: We were there! During the ASSETS 2011 - 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility that was held on 24-26 October 2011, Dun... Read more
Interview with Gunela Astbrink, CARDIAC project Interview with Gunela Astbrink, CARDIAC project Gunela Astbrink is based in Australia and is the Principal of GSA Information Consultants, an organisation specialising in conducting resear... Read more
Interview with Guido Van Steendam, SENIOR project Interview with Guido Van Steendam, SENIOR project Guido Van Steendam is professor at the Biophilosophy Centre at Starlab in Brussels and Director of the International Forum for Biophilosophy... Read more
Interview with Luc van den Berghe, USEM project Interview with Luc van den Berghe, USEM project Luc Van den Berghe has been involved during the period 2000-2009 in CEN's activities related to e-Accessibility (being secretary of the ICTS... Read more
Interview with Evangelos Bekiaris, AEGIS project. Interview with Evangelos Bekiaris, AEGIS project. Dr. E. Bekiaris, PhD Mechanical Engineer of the National Technical University of Athens is Research Director in Hellenic Institute of Transp... Read more
Presentation of study findings in the Accessible Design in the Digital World 2011 Workshop in Lisbon Presentation of study findings in the Accessible Design in the Digital World 2011 Workshop in Lisbon Christos Kourouperoglou has presented a paper reporting on the preliminary studyresults during the INTERACT 2011 13th IFIP TC13 Conference o... Read more
Blogging of our team in epractice Christos (Kouroupetroglou) blog postings  http://www.epractice.eu/en/blog/5313648  http://www.epractice.eu/en/blog/5309510 ... Read more
Interview with István Winkler, SCANDLE project Interview with István Winkler, SCANDLE project István Winkler is the head of the department of Experimental Psychology at the Institute for Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences... Read more

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