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Announcing the Accessibility Forum meeting hosted by Apple in Cupertino, California, February 24 - 26, 2003. As we have for past meetings, we expect to broadcast plenary sessions via Webcast. We will begin first thing Monday morning and conclude at the end of the day Wednesday.

AGENDA - Daily sessions start at 8:30 AM (PST) and conclude at 4:30 PM (PST)

Monday, February 24 - Plenary Session

• Welcome and Agenda Review

• Welcome comments from Apple

• Vendor Approaches to 508 - Apple

• Guest Speaker - Loretta Guarino Reid, Adobe

• ATIA/Interoperability Update - Mary Beth Janes, Apple - Marney Beard, Sun Microsystems - Chris Hofstader, Freedom Scientific

• Department of Justice - Ken Nakata

• Review of 508 Activities in the various states - Cynthia Waddell, ICDRI

• PANEL: Accessibility and Application Building Tools
  -Keith Elliott, Director--Accessibility Competence Center, SAP
  -Preety Kumar, CTO, Deque Systems
  -Connie Myers, Accessibility Program Manager, Oracle
  -Bob Regan, Accessibility Product Manager, Macromedia
  -Skip Crane (Staff), Moderator

• Project Team Close-out Report - Bill Hetzner and Jim Kindrick, Staff
• Government Experience and Need for Tools - Harry Leibowitz, Social Security Administration
• Review of Government Agency Interviews (Survey) - (Follow up to presentation from October Web Cast) - Terry Weaver, GSA and Joy Gatewood-Fulton, Staff

Tuesday, February 25 - Plenary Session

• Welcome and Agenda Review

• Understanding Requirements for Procurement - Lesley Field, Office of Federal Procurement Policy

• Proof-of-Concept Presentation: Feedback and Q&A session - An approach for people involved in the procurement process to simplify full compliance with and successful implementation of 508 - Bill Hetzner and Jim Kindrick, Staff

• Open Q&A Session on Proof-of-Concept Presentation

• Maintaining the Information Base - Skip Crane, Staff

• Vendor approaches to 508: - Marney Beard, Sun Microsystems

• ITTATC - Mimi Kessler

• Council Activity Report - Mary Beth Janes, Apple, Council Chair

Wednesday, February 26 - Plenary Session and Workshops

• Welcome and Agenda Review

• Guest Speaker - Mary Mitchell, GSA

• Break Out Group Workshops - Continued feedback / Validation re Proof-of-Concept Presentation
  - Transition to a Member-Supported Consortium

• General Discussion/ Open Issues

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Hotel Accommodations.

• San Jose International airport is 10 miles from the Apple Campus.

• San Francisco International airport is approximately 40 miles from the Apple Campus.

• There is no charge for parking at the Apple Corporation.

Meeting Registration Contact:

Accessibility Forum Staff:
Phone: 843-760-3310; Fax: 843-760-4098; e-mail: forumstaff@aticorp.org