From: Sunil Garg <sunil@sunilgarg.com>

Date: September 28, 2010 3:22:38 PM EDT

To: sunilgarg@gatech.edu

Subject: Fwd: Invitation for ICT Conference in New Delhi

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From: Abul Hasim <abul@cis-india.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:57 AM
Subject: Invitation for ICT Conference in New Delhi
To: Sunil Garg <sunil@sunilgarg.com>


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Dear Sunil Garg,

International Conference on Enabling Access to Education through ICT

Background:

Children with disabilities in India are often left out of mainstream schools due to a variety of reasons, primarily the lack of awareness amongst educational organizations and teachers, near absence of infrastructural resources and lack of training in this regard. It is believed that barely two per cent of the 70 million disabled persons have access to education in India. Unless we take special efforts to remedy this situation by equipping teachers, educational institutions and the entire social infrastructure to adopt innovative, cost effective and technology based resources such as assistive technologies, ubiquitous Web, multiple platforms, social networks, online libraries and digital resources, etc. to enable access to education for disabled children, they will continue to remain excluded from social participation.

Join the Discussion!

The conference will focus on highlighting existing policy and practical barriers for students and educational institutions in developing countries, showcase ICT based solutions which are presently being adopted in different countries, point to existing knowledge resources and emerging trends in education. The conference will look at the various technologies, tools and practices that are necessary to bring education within the reach of all persons with disabilities as a step towards achieving inclusive education in India. This includes education at all levels - primary, secondary and higher education as well as distance and online education.

The format of the conference is highly engaging and is designed to enable the attendees to explore the challenges and opportunities while equipping them with the tools needed to implement ICT solutions within their organizations.

The expected outcomes from this conference are:

• Create awareness amongst educators, policy makers and disability organizations
• Understand  challenges and explore solutions
• Evolve a set of recommendations for educators on best practices
• Publish a White Paper which will provide a set of recommendations for policy makers on inclusive education.
• Create a case study database of best practices on the use of ICTs in education for persons with disabilities.
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Dates:   27 to 29 October 2010
Venue:  Magnolia Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

The Organisers:

Centre for Internet and Society

The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICT (G3Ict)

UNESCO

ITU

WIPO

Daisy Consortium

Digital Empowerment Foundation

Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment

The Deaf Way Foundation

Event sponsor:

The Hans Foundation

Target audience:

Educators, mainstream and special schools, colleges, universities, disability organisations, policy makers, libraries, technology developers and other persons and organisations working in this area.

For further details, visit www.edict2010.in

Please register immediately on line athttp://edict2010.in/register-online/, or download and complete the registration form and mail it tonirmita@cis-india.org.

With best wishes
Prasad
Publications Manager
Centre for Internet and Society
Ph: 080-40926283

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