Accessibility and Emerging Technology – Keys to Improving the Employment of People with Disabilities

US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to Host Accessible Technology Webcast with Visionaries Vint Cerf and Jim Tobias

Live event will take place on Thursday, August 16th at 2pm EST

Please join ODEP as it hosts a live webcast, Accessibility and Emerging Technology – Keys to Improving the Employment of People with Disabilities, as part of the AT Works online educational series. During this free event, panelists will discuss their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of emerging technologies, cloud computing and mobile applications in the workplace. Details are as follows:

What: A live webcast discussion with Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy; Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google; Jim Tobias, President of Inclusive Technologies; and moderator Tom Temin, Anchor, Federal News Radio.

When: Thursday, August 16^th from 2:00pm-3:00pm EST

Where: Access the webcast at http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/Technology.htm. This event will be live audio-captioned and will feature a real-time Twitter feed with the hashtag #ATworks. No registration is required.

Who: Employers, workers, policymakers, advocates and others interested in learning more about accessible technology and its impact on the employment of people with disabilities

The webcast will be followed by an AT Works podcast on September 5, 2012 titled “Inspiring Innovation – Engaging Citizens in the Development of Accessible Workplace Technology.”

For more information about ODEP and its efforts to promote the employment of individuals with disabilities through accessible technology, including an archived version of previous events in this series, please visit http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/Technology.htm.