The Second Conference on ICT and Accessibility is organized by the Research Laboratory of Technologies of Information and Communication (UTIC), Higher School of Sciences and Techniques of the University of Tunis.

Conference WebSite : http://www.esstt.rnu.tn/utic/icta09/

ICTA 09 will devote a particular attention to e-learning and e-accessibility. In fact, the main objective of e-learning is to provide instruction and education to all kind of learners independently of their different places, different cultures or of different abilities. With this vision, e-learning should be barrierless and accessible for all. Furthermore, W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has developed a series of guidelines which help to ensure that Web resources can be accessed by people with disabilities. However, the accessibility of e-learning provides additional challenges that may not be faced when providing access to other Web resources.

ICTA 09 is expected to cover state-of-the-art technologies, theoretical concepts, standards, product implementations, ongoing research projects and innovative applications of e-learning and e-accessibility. The conference will primarily discuss how e-learning can deploy practical usability techniques in interface design, contents, tools and e-learning environments to make e-learning accessible for everyone, including people with visual, motor, cognitive or hearing impairments.

The conference will be cross-disciplinary and will provide an outstanding opportunity for users, accessibility experts, graphic designers, researchers and teachers to address new trends and challenges, and to discuss how e-learning and e-accessibility can be supported and improved.

Topics of interest

Important dates

October 30, 2008: Submission of papers

October 30, 2008: Poster/demonstration Submission

October 30, 2008: Proposals for tutorials and thematic sessions

January 15, 2009: Notification of acceptance

January 31, 2009: Camera-ready submission & registration

May 7-9, 2009: Conference

Types of Sessions

Instructions for authors

The working language of the conference is English. Authors are required to prepare the manuscripts in one-column RTF or MS Word format.Complete papers are required for the review process. The following page number limits must be respected.

• Full research paper: 6 pages
• Short paper: 3 pages
• Poster: 2 pages
• Tutorial proposal: 2 pages

Instructions for authors

These page's limits include authors' information, abstract (no more than 200 words), all tables, figures, references, etc. The author information should include names, affiliation, postal and email addresses, phone and fax numbers of authors.