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Better Health for All – Promoting Gender Equity
018 October 2011 – A Roundtable of politicians, policy makers and a wide range of stakeholders with expertise in research, health policy and gender issues heard from the ENGENDER research team how to reduce inequalities in health by taking a more gender-sensitive approach to health policy, prevention, treatment and care.
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Intelligent user interfaces workshop
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Workshop – developing intelligent user interfaces for e-accessibility
14 February 2012 Lisbon, Portugal
The workshop will explore the applicability of different modalities of
interaction (speech, gesture, haptic interface etc.) and investigate
ways to develop intelligent adaptation systems that meet accessibility
criteria and can personalize interfaces according to the range of
abilities of the user.
A particular focus will be given on interoperability though the
adherence to standards for accessibility such as WAI-ARIA and ISO
standards.
Deadline for the submission of papers – 30th November 2011.
Guide project: http://www.guide-project.eu/
Augmented Human International Conference
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Call for papers for Augmented Human International Conference (AH 2012)
8 March 2012 – 9 March 2012 Megeve, France
The third Augmented Human (AH) International Conference focuses on
scientific contributions towards augmenting humans capabilities through
technology for increased well-being and enjoyable human experience. The
papers and contributions from the art researchers and practitioners are
especially welcomed. Paper submission deadline – 13/01/2012.
eHealth at the EC: http://ec.europa.eu/ehealth
Commission requests Estonia and Slovakia to comply with public sector information rules
0EU Commission has requested Estonia and Slovakia to bring their laws in
line with EU rules on re-use of public sector information (PSI). These
countries are not guaranteeing fair conditions for re-use of public
sector information, in breach of the EU’s PSI Directive.
Estonia and Slovakia have failed to correctly implement most provisions of the
Directive, including prohibiting discriminatory or monopolistic
practices by public bodies.