A conference in Washington, DC next week will bring together stakeholders to discuss the National Broadband Plan and Accessibility for People with Disabilities.
The conference will be Wednesday, March 10 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW, Washington, DC.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been working for over a year on a National Broadband Plan which the Commission will submit to the U.S. Congress in mid-March. (See www.Broadband.gov)
Part of the data collected by the FCC has been about accessibility and affordability of broadband for people with disabilities. In 2009, the FCC held two workshops to hear from stakeholders and invited comments on accessibility issues.
The conference next week will be an opportunity for stakeholders to hear some of the recommendations that the FCC will make concerning accessibility and affordability barriers faced by people with disabilities. Government officials, industry representatives, consumers with disabilities and academics will then discuss the recommendations and the important role of innovation and collaborative problem-solving. The conference is hosted by Silicon Flatirons Center, AAPD, the FCC and The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).
