HiSoftware (www.hisoftware.com), a leading provider of software, services and managed operation solutions that audit, monitor and optimize Web content, quality and regulatory compliance, announced that with Microsoft, the company will lead the workshop and discussion sessions Improving the Riga Dashboard for Accessibility: Solutions and Strategies at the e–Inclusion Ministerial Conference in Vienna, Austria on November 30 - December 2, 2008.
The workshop at this year´s e–Inclusion Ministerial Conference is a follow–up to the Lisbon Ministerial event that ocurred in December 2007. Throughout 2008, Microsoft and HiSoftware partnered to hold a series of European Dialogues on Practical Strategies for an Accessible Web. The Dialogues focused on understanding the challenges of Web accessibility and sharing best practices to address those challenges, with participants from NGOs, Governments, and the private sector. As a result of the Dialogues a "How To" Handbook for Web accessibility was created. The Improving the Riga Dashboard for Accessibility: Solutions and Strategies workshop will summarize the 2008 Dialogues and present the Web Accessibility Handbook to participants.
HiSoftware President and CEO, Kurt A. Mueffelmann, said, "We are pleased to be invited back to the e–Inclusion conference this year both to showcase our solutions for accessibility and to present the finding of our 2008 Dialogue series with Microsoft. HiSoftware and Microsoft´s partnership and joint experience working with this distinguished group of customers, engineers and thought leaders throughout Europe during the past year has provided a wealth of information. The groups´ contributions, discussions, goals and vision, are combined with practical Web accessibility strategies in this handbook from Microsoft and HiSoftware. The book will serve as a tool to help organizations implement universal accessibility strategies across their organizations. We believe it will provide a significant contribution towards enhancing accessibility efforts worldwide."
The e–Inclusion event is jointly organized by the European Commission and the hosting Austrian Government, in cooperation with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Conference will acknowledge the many events, projects, studies and awareness actions that are taking place throughout Europe during 2008 and that contribute to the European e–Inclusion Initiative. It provides a forum to discuss policies to achieve an inclusive, barrier–free, information society and the social and economic benefits linked to it. It will also feature an extensive exhibition of the best in e–Inclusion in Europe and worldwide.
The Web Accessibility Handbook will be available to conference attendees during the sessions and later made available to all at http://www.hisoftware.com/DocCentral/AccessibilityHandbook08.html, after the conclusion of the conference.
About HiSoftware
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware is a leading provider of software, services and On–Demand solutions that test, repair, monitor and enforce Web content, quality and regulatory compliance. The company´s solutions empower content developers, Web site architects and executives to work collaboratively to create and manage corporate Web standards for accessibility, privacy, security, search engine optimization (SEO), site quality and performance, branding, competitive intelligence and application transaction testing. HiSoftware´s customers boast many of the world´s largest public and private sites including U.S. and international government agencies and Global 2000 companies such as HP, California State University, U.S. Department of Defense and Microsoft. For more information about HiSoftware visit www.hisoftware.com.
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