Ephox Speaks at the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Wednesday 12 September, 2012 to Friday 14 September, 2012
The Fifth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be held September 12-14, 2012 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) agenda topics include “Making the CRPD count for Women and Children”, “Technology and Accessibility”, “Children with Disabilities” and “Women with Disabilities”.
On September 13, Tom Smith, Ephox VP of Sales and Business Development, will join a panel organized by G3ict (Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs) on technology and accessibility titled "How can the ICT Industry Contribute to Implementing Article 9 of the CRPD?". Information and communications technology (ICT) industry representatives will share their perspectives on how their organizations can contribute to implement the ICT accessibility dispositions of the CRPD and discuss how policies and programs may foster new opportunities leveraging Public-Private partnerships.
Co-sponsors of the event include IBM, Microsoft, AT&T, Adobe Systems, Time Warner Cable, Ephox Corporation, SSB Bart Group
Ephox Speaks at the FCC's "Developing with Accessibility" Event
Thursday 06 September, 2012 to Friday 07 September, 2012
On September 6th and 7th, Ephox will speak at the FCC Accessibility and Innovation Initiative's "Developing with Accessibility" event (#DevAcc) at the the FCC headquarters in Washington, DC. The mission of the FCC's Accessibility and Innovation Initiative is to promote collaborative problem-solving among stakeholders to ensure that people with disabilities reap the full benefits of communications technology. The September event is designed to spur increased collaboration on accessibility solutions among developers from industry, consumer, and government sectors. One of the key objectives is to promote the concept and practice of developing applications within accepted accessibility guidelines, thereby maximizing their usability for everyone, including people with disabilities.
Tom Smith, Ephox VP of Sales and Business Development and Michael Fromin, Director of Client Services, will speak at the event about integrating accessibility web authoring tools to achieve compliance more quickly. In this session, they will explain how companies can integrate online rich text editor tools, like Ephox EditLive, into web content management systems and applications, so end users can easily create content that is accessible and compliant with Section 508 and W3C’s WCAG Guidelines.
You can register for the event by sending your name, affiliation, and contact information to devacc@fcc.gov by August 31.
Time To Go Racing!
Friday 27 July, 2012
Are you ready to become a Social Business? Are you delivering exceptional web experiences to your audiences? Spend a day at the race track with Ephox, IBM & Asponte. We are heading to the NASCAR Racing Experience at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Learn how to deliver a exceptional web experience to your audiences.