Coming up in a few hours. This is the first in a planned series of webinars looking at digital accessibility regulations around the world. [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16131>On *Monday December 5 2022* at *13:00-14:00 CET* (12:00-13:00 UTC), to mark *International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022 <https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities>*, the *Internet Society Accessibility Standing Group <https://www.internetsociety.org/sigs/>* presents a webinar '*The Regulatory Framework for Accessibility in the EU <https://www.a11ysig.org/asg-euregs/>*'. Presenter *Klaus Hoeckner <https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoeckner/>* will give an overview of the conventions and directives enacted or in the offing in the EU in the field of ICT-Accessibility. including the *Web Accessibility Directive <https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/web-accessibility>*, but also *EN 301 549 <https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/03.02.01_60/en_301549v030201p.pdf>* and the *European Accessibility Act <https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L0882>*. *PRESENTER* *Klaus Hoeckner*, CEO, Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs (Aid Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Austria) / ICT Experts Group, European Disability Forum *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/asg-euregs <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/asg-euregs>* (open captions) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/asg-euregs <https://bit.ly/asg-euregs>* (closed captions) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-ISOC>* *TWITTER #accessibility @InternetSociety <https://bit.ly/ISOCa11y> #IDPD #IDPD2022 @KHoeckner @MyEDF #WebAccessibilityDirective @EU_Commission #EUAccessibility #a11y #captioned* *SIMULCASTS* (open captions) *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/* <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> (+ AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/asg-euregs <https://archive.org/details/asg-euregs>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16131 <https://isoc.live/16131>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -