Announcement of National Workshop on workshop on Web Accessibility
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE) are organizing a workshop on web accessibility for web developers from the public and private sector from September 25 to 26, 2009. The workshop will take place at Christ Nagar International School, Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram, between 09:30-17:30 hours each day.
The workshop seeks to bring together practitioners from Government Departments, as well as from small and medium enterprises across the country. The primary aim of this workshop is to demonstrate the importance of creating accessible web sites and to educate the developers of government and private web sites on how to incorporate accessibility features into new as well as existing web sites.
The training comprises both
theory-oriented and practical sessions.The trainers are specialists
in various aspects of web accessibility. The main focus will be on
WCAG 2.0 guidelines. The workshop is for persons already involved in
developing web sites with good knowledge
of HTML, XML, CSS, etc.
In addition to training web developers in accessibility, the workshop
will also serve as a platform for capacity building by training
potential accessibility trainers.
The programme is supported by Kerala State IT Mission, which runs INSIGHT - ICT Centre for the differently abled in association with
SPACE.
Hurry! Interested persons are requested to register
immediately as seats are limited.
Candidates may register
directly on the website at http://c11.space-kerala.org/webw/
fill the application form (http://tinyurl.com/ktctwl) and post/ submit to SPACE
office
SPACE Office Address
Society
for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment
C-11,
Elankom Gardens,
Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala,
India