*Announcement of National Workshop on workshop on Web Accessibility* *The Centre for Internet and Society http://www.cis-india.org/* (CIS) and *Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employmenthttp://www.space-kerala.org/ * (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 Missionhttp://www.itmission.kerala.gov.in *, which runs *INSIGHT - ICT Centre for the differently abled*http://insight.kerala.gov.inin 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 -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in OK Society Volunteer. http://oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.