Papers, Reports and Presentations

UN Conference of State Parties Side Event
PowerPoint Presentations by GAATES and Guests

September 8, 2011, United Nations Headquarters, New York City

• Mukhtar AlShibani, President of GAAATES and Cynthia Waddell, 1st Vice President of GAATES
  • GAATES Awards of Recognition and Speaker Introductions
• Gary Fowlie, Head, ITU UN Liaison Office, ITU, New York
  • Connect a School, Connect a Community: an ITU initiative promoting accessible ICTs for persons with disabilities
• Hani Abu Huwaij, OaSys
  • Imagine Cup Award 2011: An Innovation for persons with Quadriplegia
• Chuck Letourneau, Secretary, GAATES
  • Procurement of Accessible ICTs
• Bob Topping, Treasurer, GAATES
  • GAATES Resource Project for ICT Regulations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Canada
• Cynthia Waddell, 1st Vice President, GAATES
  • Update on GAATES ICT Projects and FOSS Business Model
  
  
  

Gulf Disability Society's 9th Forum

May 12-14, 2009, Doha, Qatar

Presentations by GAATES

• Mukhtar Al Shibani
  • Technical assistance for people with special needs and their role in work environments
• Betty Dion
  • United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Research and surveys, applied and in technical assistance for people with special needs
• Chuck Letourneau
  • Training the trainers: Developing a cadre of technical staff to support people with disabilities
  • The Web of Accessibility: Multimedia and the Internet for people with disabilities
• Aqeel Qureshi
  • Assistive Technology to support e-education for people with disabilities
  • How disabled people access the Software and hardware
• Dr. Harold W. Snider
  • Legal, Psychological and Social Effects That May Accompany the Use of Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities
  • Assistive Technology and the Development of Networking Skills, Social Skills and Daily Living Skills

World Bank Presentation - March 2008

GAATES’ President, Betty Dion’s presentation at the World Bank, on the International Best Practices in Universal Design: A Global Review