Good to see ITU-D tackling accessibility. Speakers include a couple of IGF DCAD <https://igf-dcad.org/> mainstays ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday 24 June 2020, at 11:00-12:00 UTC ITU-D Study Groups will host a webinar 'Digital accessibility during COVID 19'. COVID-19 has emphasized the need to intensify all activities related to digital/ICT accessibility as a means to ensure digital in" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/itu-d>On *Wednesday 24 June 2020*, at *11:00-12:00 UTC* *ITU-D Study Groups <https://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/CDS/sg/index.asp>* will host a webinar '*Digital accessibility during COVID 19 <https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Study-Groups/2018-2021/Pages/meetings/webinar-Q7-1-june24.aspx>*'. COVID-19 has emphasized the need to intensify all activities related to digital/ICT accessibility as a means to ensure digital inclusion of all people, including those with disabilities. *ITU Study Group Q7/1 <https://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/CDS/sg/rgqlist.asp?lg=1&sp=2014&rgq=D14-SG01-RGQ07.1&stg=1>* deems it necessary to discuss the impact of unprecedented global pandemic, in the context of the Q7/1 mandate related to ICT accessibility which has risen as imperative to guarantee inclusive societies in the digital world. *OPENING REMARKS* *Doreen Bogdan Martin*, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau , International Telecommunication Union *SPEAKERS* *Daniela Bas*, Director Division for Inclusive Social Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) *Inmaculada Placencia- Porrero*, Senior Expert, Disability and Inclusion, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission *Lidia Best*, Chair, National Association of Deafened People (NADP) of the United Kingdom *Axel Leblois*, President and Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs – G3ict *MODERATOR* *Amela Odobasic*, Rapporteur of Q7/1 *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/itu-d <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/itu-d> (open captions)* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/2BuSutp <https://bit.ly/2BuSutp> (TIES account required) (closed captions)* *REAL TIME TEXT http://streamtext.net/player?event=ITU-D <http://streamtext.net/player?event=ITU-D>* *TWITTER @ITU #accessibility <https://bit.ly/2Yn7Hps>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12328/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -