The Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine St. Philadelphia, PA.
28 - 29 April 2016
The Accessible World is the first and one of its kind conference being hosted in Philadelphia, PA that will provide a platform to several students, professionals and researchers to share their work on making this world a more accessible place. This conference will cover six different tracks: Technology, Education, Media, Healthcare, Recreation, and Policy and Public Sector and will attract nationwide as well as international audience. There will also be lightning talks from several people with disabilities. This two day conference will help the audience stay up to date with the recent advancements in the area of Accessibility and learn ways to keep their organization/community in sync with such advancements.
TAW Conference will feature TEDx-type presentations and each speaker will be given a maximum of 15 minutes to share their work. Considering the diverse audience of the conference, the presentations will take a layman's approach for maximum absorption of the ideas. The talks would not be focused on selling or advertising of products and/or services but would answer the following questions:
The speakers rosters is now final and the submissions are closed.
All tickets to TAW Conference are sold out!
For special accommodations or special request for a ticket including and not limited to Braille version of conference proceedings, ASL interpreters, etc. please direct your query to info at theaccessibleworld dot com with the subject line of "Special Accommodations Request".
The sponsors list is tentative and subject to change. It will be updated as more details are finalized.
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