<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Coming up in a few hours. This is the first in a planned series of webinars looking at digital accessibility regulations around the world.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div class="msg-5299665928390429809"><u></u>
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<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><a href="https://isoc.live/16131" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/asg-euregs-300x169.png" alt="ISOC LIVE" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:24px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>Monday December 5 2022</strong> at <strong>13:00-14:00 CET</strong> (12:00-13:00 UTC), to mark <strong><a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022</a></strong>, the <strong><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/sigs/" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Internet Society Accessibility Standing Group</a></strong> presents a webinar '<strong><a href="https://www.a11ysig.org/asg-euregs/" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">The Regulatory Framework for Accessibility in the EU</a></strong>'. Presenter <strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoeckner/" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Klaus Hoeckner</a></strong> will give an overview of the conventions and directives enacted or in the offing in the EU in the field of ICT-Accessibility. including the <strong><a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/web-accessibility" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Web Accessibility Directive</a></strong>, but also <strong><a href="https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/03.02.01_60/en_301549v030201p.pdf" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">EN 301 549</a></strong> and the <strong><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L0882" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">European Accessibility Act</a></strong>.</p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>PRESENTER</strong><br><strong>Klaus Hoeckner</strong>, CEO, Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs (Aid Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Austria) / ICT Experts Group, European Disability Forum</p>
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<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>LIVESTREAM <a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/asg-euregs" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://livestream.com/internetsociety/asg-euregs</a></strong> (open captions)</p>
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<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>REAL TIME TEXT <a href="https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-ISOC" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-ISOC</a></strong></p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>TWITTER <a href="https://bit.ly/ISOCa11y" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">#accessibility @InternetSociety</a> #IDPD #IDPD2022 @KHoeckner @MyEDF #WebAccessibilityDirective @EU_Commission #EUAccessibility #a11y #captioned</strong></p>
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