Transcript Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT Accessibility for

IGF workshop no. 137: “Mainstreaming the disability
perspective for an inclusive society”
Nairobi, Kenya, 28 September 2011
Cloud Computing
silver lining or impending storm for
people with disabilities?
Presented by
Mr. Gerard Ellis
On Behalf of
The Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability
(6th meeting of IGF: 27 – 30 September 2011)
What is Cloud Computing?
• Term coined on February 24th, 2007
• "A standardised IT capability, such as software, app platform, or
infrastructure, delivered via Internet technologies in a pay-per-use
and self-service way” (Forrester Research)
• Far more than Web 2.0
• Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS)
• Software as a Service (SAAS)
• Platform as a Service (PAAS)
Interoperability and Disability
• Use same components as mainstream products
• Use same software and protocols as mainstream products
• Promote UN convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Promote Universal Design
• Promote use of Worldwide Web Consortium Guidelines
• Facilitates Assistive Devices to operate similar to handheld
mainstream devices
Global Public Inclusive
Infrastructure
• Web site is www.gpii.net
• The purpose of GPII is to ensure that everyone who
faces accessibility barriers due to disability, literacy, or
aging, regardless of economic resources, can access
and use the Internet and all its information, communities,
and services for education, employment, daily living,
civic participation, health, and safety.
• Build infrastructure, not technology or services
• Anytime, Anywhere, Any Computer Access
ITU Focus Group on Cloud
Computing
• Web site
http://www.itu.int/en/ITUT/focusgroups/cloud/Pages/default.aspx
• Set up in May, 2010
• 7th Meeting currently in progress in Seoul, South Korea
• Operates from the standardization view points and within
the competences of ITU
• Analyse which components would benefit most from
interoperability and standardization
What is Required
• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Co-ordinated actions on other UN activities such as WIPO Treaty on
Copyright, WSIS and Millennium Development Goals
• ITU Focus Group on Cloud Computing
• Standards
• Universal Design
• GPII
• Highlight the Economic benefits of inclusion
Thank You for
your attention
My contact:
Mr. Gerard Ellis
E-mail: [email protected]