Call for Papers

Overview of Call for Papers
Program Committee
Topics of Interest
Submission Guidelines

Call for Papers is Closed:

The Call for Papers for the Techshare India 2010 is now closed. Thank you to everyone for the numerous submissions. Notification of acceptance will begin from 23^rd November, 2009.

Overview of Call for Papers

Accessibility conference and exhibition "Techshare India 2010 - Bridging the Barriers" invites submissions of papers for this conference to be held on February 15th & 16th, 2010 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India. A wide variety of submissions are encouraged in the topic areas outlined below. The list is suggestive of the types of papers for consideration, but by no means restrictive to these specific areas. The Organizing Committee will be reviewing the papers and will try to ensure that all disabilities are covered in the different area. The 2 types of sessions that we are looking for are:

General Session are 45 minutes in length
Workshops are 2 hours in length

Program Committee

All papers are reviewed and selection is made by the Organizing Committee that is composed of individuals working with different disabilities. To view the the profile of the Organizing Committee, go to Organizing Committee.

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Topics of Interest

The following lists of topics, while of direct interest to the conference, should not be considered as limiting the submission of interesting papers on related topics. Papers covering all areas of disability and all areas of technology are encouraged.

List of Topics
Track No.	Track Name	Topics
Track 1	Strategies for inclusive growth	Laws & the way forward UNCRPD and its implementation What do we need in the Persons with Disabilities Act? Strategies to implement Accessibility in: Education Banking Information & Broadcasting Transportation Infrastructure
Track 2	Empowerment for all	Identification & Evaluation of Assistive Technology and Independent living aids/appliances in the Open Source and Proprietary formats for: Learning Disabilities Hearing Impairment Visual Impairment Physical Impairment Elderly Development and Research in Assistive Technology and Independent living aids/appliances in the Open Source and Proprietary formats for: Learning Disabilities Hearing Impairment Visual Impairment Physical Impairment Elderly Mainstream Technology as an enabler for persons with disabilities
Track 3	Unlocking the potential of technology	Accessibility Standards and Guidelines in: Hardware User Interface Website Software Mobile Kiosk based Content OOXML Daisy PDF Transcript/Captioning Audio description Using Mobile Technology to reach the Disabled Developing Accessible Solutions in different development platforms

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Submission Guidelines

Download the Abstract Submission Form (WORD - 152 KB) .
Please send the call for paper submission form to callforpapers@barrierbreak.com.

More information

If you have any questions about submitting your presentation or the appropriateness of your presentation topic, please contact the Techshare Team who will be happy to help.