The internet Society of China, by virtue of being a government entity, is not affiliated with the Internet Society. Nevertheless they do seem to like to have an ISOC speaker on their WSIS panels. In 2019 it was Jane Coffin <https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/1116332659662258176>. Today it is Gunela Astbrink of the Accessibility SIG. With only about a quarter of China's 250+ million seniors currently online, a major effort is under way to improve their access to services. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Wednesday April 7 2021, at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2021 (WSIS 2021) the Internet Society of China (ISC) hosts a thematic workshop 'Accelerating Adaptable Aging Services to Promote the Comprehensive Development of Informati" [image: livestream] <https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/wsis2021-300.png>Today, *Wednesday April 7 2021*, at the *World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2021* <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2021/> (WSIS 2021) the *Internet Society of China <https://www.isc.org.cn/english/>* (ISC) hosts a thematic workshop '*Accelerating Adaptable Aging Services to Promote the Comprehensive Development of Information Accessibility <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2021/Agenda/Session/300>*'. Representatives from multistakeholder community will be invited to share their insight on the issue related to aging services and construction of an inclusive information society. *SESSION 300 - 10:00- 11:00 UTC* *PANEL* Mr. *Houlin Zhao*, Secretary-General, ITU Mr. *Lv Shiming*, Vice-Chairman China, Disabled Persons’ Federation Mr. *Shao Daoxi*n, Deputy Director General, Information and Communication Administration Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT) Mr. *He Guili*, Vice President & Deputy Secretary-General, Internet Society of China (ISC) Ms. *Wang Zhiqin,* Vice President, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) Prof. *Shahbaz Khan,* Director and Representative, UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office Ms. *Gunela Astbrink*, Vice President, Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group, ISOC Ms. *Selina Yuan*, Vice president, Ali Group Prof. *Su Wei*, Dean, Research Center of Information Accessibility, Lanzhou University Ms. *Enya Chen*, General Manager, Customer Research & User Experience Design Center, Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited Mr. *James Lu*, Senior Manager, Device Software Product Marketing, Huawei Consumer Business Group *MODERATOR* Ms. *Pei Wei*, Deputy Secretary-General, Internet Society of China (ISC) *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wsis2021-300 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wsis2021-300>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3wCbQor <https://bit.ly/3wCbQor>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3dVINnB <https://bit.ly/3dVINnB> (AI)* *TWITTER #WSIS2021 <https://bit.ly/3ww7lvI> #seniors #a11y @a11ysig* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live <https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/wsis2021-300 <https://archive.org/details/wsis2021-300>* *LINK* *China News How to solve the digital problem of the elderly? <https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2021-03-03-%0A---how-to-solve-the-digital-problem-of-the-elderly-%0A--.HymJeLTnzO.html>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13930/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -