The theme of CWUAAT 2008 from the 13-16 April, 2008 is "Designing Inclusive Futures: Creating a better balance of work, living and leisure, for disability and ageing.” A call for papers have been announced. See the 4th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access (UA) and Assistive Technology (AT) site here.
The workshop theme “Designing Inclusive Futures” reflects the need to explore the issues and practicalities of design that is intended to extend our active future lives in a coherent way. This encompasses design for inclusion: in the workplace; for businesses; for the individual and of products in these contexts. The philosophy underlying inclusive design specifically extends the definition of product users to include people who are excluded by disability and rapidly changing technology, especially the elderly and ageing, and prioritises the role and value of impairment and disability in innovation and new product and service development. It also addresses the context of use, both physical and psychological, and the complexity of interactions between products, services and their interfaces in specific contexts of use, such as in the workplace and during independent living. Universal access and assistive technology are seen as key focussing domains for these issues. Accepted long papers will be published as a book by Springer-Verlag, UK. Short papers will be published in the proceedings. Selected long papers will appear in a special edition of the Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS) journal published by Springer. See URL below for published CWUAAT 2006 papers:Posted by rollingrains at August 23, 2007 01:35 AMhttp://commerce.metapress.com/content/l657322128g4/?sortorder=asc&v=expanded
The call for participation in CWUAAT is international and contributions are welcomed from all leading researchers in the fields of Universal Access and Assistive Technology. Past participants have included computer scientists, designers and artists, engineers, industrial representatives, ergonomists and sociologists.