[community] Student Travel Scholarships and: Invitation to submit to the Web 4 All Conference April 2-4, 2017

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From: "Prof. Yevgen Borodin" <borodin at captivoice.com<mailto:borodin at captivoice.com>>
Subject: Invitation to submit to the Web 4 All Conference April 2-4, 2017
Date: December 20, 2016 at 11:28:44 PM EST
To: <jtreviranus at faculty.ocad.ca<mailto:jtreviranus at faculty.ocad.ca>>
Reply-To: <borodin at captivoice.com<mailto:borodin at captivoice.com>>

We are cordially inviting you to submit a paper to the 2017 Web 4 All conference by January 6, 2017. This year, over $17,000 USD is available in student travel scholarships and awards<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.w4a.info/2016/2017/students/&sa=D&ust=1482296530666000&usg=AFQjCNHHgY86MLskfjenjxG9JtdpGDjjPA>. Details follow.

Happy Holidays!
Yevgen Borodin, PhD
Research Professor, Stony Brook University
CEO, Charmtech Labs LLC (captivoice.com<http://captivoice.com>)

“The Future of Accessible Work” is the theme for the 14th International Web for All Conference. W4A’17, to be held in Perth, Western Australia (www.w4a.info<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.w4a.info/2017&sa=D&ust=1482296530669000&usg=AFQjCNFwnM9ig6cAw2in_oeYZYPHvfzRgQ>)  co-located with the   26th International World Wide Web Conference.<http://www.www2017.com.au/>

Creating an inclusive work environment could include developing new accessible technologies usable by people with and without disabilities; improving the way existing technologies are deployed; ensuring that staff embrace an inclusive culture in the workplace; and of course, understanding the needs of people with disabilities in the workforce. We can work towards implementing more functional Intranet and public-facing websites, and developing applications that are more inclusive and enable people with disabilities to participate more easily.

Deadline for all submissions is January 6, 2017.

Submissions:

Submissions should detail novel engineering solutions and scientific insights into how inclusive work environments have the potential to improve the ability of people to obtain and maintain meaningful employment, despite disabilities or other impairments.

7500 word (approx.10-page) technical papers (best paper award $2000),

3200 word (approx. 4-page) communication papers  (best paper award $1000),

2-page extended abstracts for the Paciello Group Web Accessibility Challenge Award, and

2-page extended abstracts for the Google Doctoral Consortium competition (6 x $1000).

10, 4, or 2 page paper for the Student Grant Award (4 x $500)

(All accepted submissions are published to the ACM Digital <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://dl.acm.org/&sa=D&ust=1482296530688000&usg=AFQjCNGircd30kcOB-u8Iu-u_6VjC9YvnA> Library<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://dl.acm.org/&sa=D&ust=1482296530689000&usg=AFQjCNErVMTaU9I63z2YeOW8CGMozc-94g>)

Topics:

We invite you to submit your best work on improving and understanding access for people across the accessibility spectrum. Areas of interest this year include, but are not limited to:

  *   Using social media in the workplace in an accessible manner that enhances inclusivity
  *   Harnessing the power of Intranets to enable a more productive experience for people with and without disabilities
  *   Accessible productivity tools
  *   Creating adaptable work environments
  *   Accessible web-based data analysis
  *   Access to collaborative online work environments including:
     *   Accessible synchronous communication for distributed teams
     *   Inclusive conferencing technologies
     *   Connectivity that enables people with and without disabilities to work off site
  *   Web-based assistive technologies that enable more employees to participate
  *   Access to employment records and human resource management
  *   Implementing effective strategy, policy and processes for workplace accessibility
  *   Eliminating workplace barriers
  *   Benefits of workforce diversity
  *   Creating more inclusive documents and authoring tools
  *   Education and training in digital inclusion

Keynotes:
Alastair McEwin, Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
David Berman, author and specialist in e-accessibility and inclusive interface design [Tentative]
Dr Scott Hollier, author and specialist advisor in digital accessibility

Sponsors:
Intuit<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.intuit.com/&sa=D&ust=1482296530701000&usg=AFQjCNEjVN__7Y1eZ-YpUHkVpjikhzH-zA> will award $2000 and $1000 to the best Technical and Communication Papers<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.w4a.info/2016/2017/call-for-paper/&sa=D&ust=1482296530702000&usg=AFQjCNFPE1Qf3JIsdrDwj2vvE6zvGUaSJA>.
Google<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.google.com/&sa=D&ust=1482296530703000&usg=AFQjCNFpzBjBDTTpHmbKXoXtM_KG-GX50Q> will sponsor the Doctoral Consortium<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.google.com/&sa=D&ust=1482296530704000&usg=AFQjCNExlV5VRzYA8ramDDky0k_1NQMSBA>.
Intuit<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.intuit.com/&sa=D&ust=1482296530705000&usg=AFQjCNETOw-J_cbOcHH3ZVmRZA7tfrG3nQ> will sponsor student participation in W4A.
IBM<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.ibm.com/&sa=D&ust=1482296530705000&usg=AFQjCNFA-yLXV75lkdICnbXfH7mxZwyhHw> will provide travel grants to the winners of the People with Disabilities Student Award.
The Paciello Group<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.paciellogroup.com/&sa=D&ust=1482296530706000&usg=AFQjCNEF9mLG7i9KF-MdH9meAVXCjfay2A> will present awards to the winners of the Web Accessibility Challenge.

Important dates:          Midnight PST-8 (HST)
Submissions:                 January 6, 2017
Author notification:         January 20, 2017
Rebuttals:                 February 6-9, 2017
Decisions:                 February 14, 2017
Camera ready:         February 21, 2017