We have now started the process of publishing the full proceedings of the conference on this website. In the next few days, all the materials should be available online.
| 9.30h | Registration and Coffee |
| 10.15h | Opening of the Conference |
| Dr John Low, Chief Executive RNID | |
| 10.30h | Session 1: Current situation |
| The Information Society: opportunity or threat? | |
| Guido Gybels, Director of New Technologies, RNID | |
| Technology from a deaf person's perspective (1) | |
| Johan Wesemann, EUD | |
| Technology from a deaf person's perspective (2) | |
| Marcel Bobeldijk, President, EFHOH | |
| 11.45h | Coffee break |
| 12.05h | Workshops: What are the current problems and how to address them? |
| Telecommunications | |
| Chair: Ruth Myers, Chair of the Telecommunication Action Group | |
| Broadcasting | |
| Chair: Jeremy Klein, Head of Public Sector, Scientific Generics | |
| 13.15h | LUNCH |
| 14.15h | Plenary: Results from the workshops |
| Chair: Mark Morris, Head of Broadcast Campaign, RNID | |
| 15.00h | Session 2: The European Union, a more inclusive society? |
| Presentation of the workshop results to Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | |
| Keynote: Barrier free access to the Information Society | |
| Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | |
| Panel discussion | |
| 16.00h | Coffee break |
| 16.15h | Session 3: The need for European standards |
| The role of European Standardisation in accessibility issues | |
| Jorgen Friis, Deputy Director-General ETSI | |
| Access services in broadcasting: toward European standards | |
| Pierre Heinrichs, IT Manager, CENELEC | |
| 17.15h | Plenary: Towards a European manifesto |
| Chair: Per Blixt, Head of Unit Disability and Elderly People European Commission/DG InfSoc. | |
| 17.45h | Conclusion and wrap-up |
| Dr John Low, Chief Executive RNID |
