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Thu May 19 14:49:30 UTC 2016

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Annemarie Cooke
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:39 AM
To: Janie Degenshein
Subject: Fwd: [VICUG-L] [leadership] M-Enabling Summit - Conference and 
Showcase 2016will be held on June 13-14, 2016 at the Renaissance Arlington 
Capital View Hotel, in Washington, DC

FYI, Janie, from one of my ACB lists.  I think it is making the
rounds.  In Arlington, VA so not too far.  Sounds pretty interesting.

Annemarie

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From: peter altschul <paltschul at centurytel.net>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 09:26:03 -0500
Subject: [VICUG-L] [leadership] M-Enabling Summit - Conference and
Showcase 2016will be held on June 13-14, 2016 at the Renaissance
Arlington Capital View Hotel, in Washington, DC
To: VICUG-L at listserv.icors.org

The M-Enabling Summit is the only program exclusively dedicated
to promoting
mobile accessible and assistive applications and services for
senior
citizens

and users of all abilities.  It is an annual meeting place for
all who create
and contribute accessible ICT products, services and consumer
technologies.

With its theme of "Accessible Technologies and Environments for
All

," the 2016 M-Enabling Summit will provide a platform for
empowering mobile
technologies and focus on next-generation innovations and
breakthroughs for

users of all abilities.

Bringing together professionals, corporations, service
organizations, and
key thought leaders, the M-Enabling Summit is an all-inclusive
conference
and

showcase featuring innovative technology, mobile applications,
connected
devices, and services for this sector's more than one-billion
users
worldwide.

With accessible and assistive solutions at the forefront of the
mobile
industry it is becoming an essential differentiator and
competitive
advantage.  The

M-Enabling Summit highlights the unprecedented opportunities of
the mobiThis
may be of interest to many ACBers:

le industry in this rapidly expanding market.

The 5th edition of the M-Enabling Summit Global Conference and
Showcase will
be held on June 13-14, 2016 at the Renaissance Arlington Capital
View Hotel,

in Washington, D.C.

2016 M-Enabling Summit Key Topics:

list of 7 items

Mobile enabling solutions leveraging latest OS and human
interface
features

IoT, Smart Homes, and Smart Cities

Wearables

Ecosystem in support of Innovation

Scaling up accessibility in large organizations

Compliance trends

Higher Education best practices in leveraging information
technology for
inclusion

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What Attendees Have to Say About the Summit:

"Invaluable Insight," "Absolutely Fantastic!" "Facilitator
of Accessibility
Solutions Dialogue Among Stakeholders," "Prestigious," "Great
Venue for
Critical

Discussions!"

Sensible Innovations Ad - The Aware App.  More than mobility for
the visually
impaired.

Supporting Organizations:

AAPD-The American Association of People with Disabilities
BridgingApps
Logo   AFB-American Foundation for the Blind Logo

ATIA-Assistive Technology Industry Association Logo

BiometricUpdate.com Logo   Daisy Consortium Logo   Hearing Loss
Association
of America Logo   IAAP Logo

IAAIS Logo   Global Accessibility Reporting Initiative Logo
Mobile
Manufacturers Forum Logo   NAD Logo

Oasis   PEAT Logo   Raising the Floor/GPII Logo   RESNA Logo

TDI-Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
USICD-U.S..
International Council on Disabilities Logo   The Viscardi Center
Logo

Conference Registration

In Cooperation with:

ITU - International Telecommunication Union

FCC - Federal Communications Commission

Corporate Sponsors:

AMAC Logo Amazon Logo

ATT Logo Canon Logo

CTA-Consumer Technology Association Logo  CTIA Logo

Deque Logo Disney SyncLink Logo

HP Logo Microsoft

The Paciello Group Logo Sensible Innovations Logo

Sitecues Logo   SSB Bart Group Logo

T-Mobile VTCSecure Logo

Uber Logo

Media Partners:

Ability Jobs Ability Magazine Logo

TV Worldwide-IITV Logo Tech50+ Logo

Smarter Living Contest Button

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Engadget (screen name: engadget)

Uber shows off its first self-driving car http:// engt.co/20auNqU

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Texthelp for Work (screen name: TexthelpWork)

Find out how Happy to Translate used

# Browsealoud

to ensure a better experience for website visitors.

# accessibility http://bit.ly/1Sb7vAZ

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IBM Watson (screen name: IBMWatson)

What are new # AI trends?

@ davidwkenny

discusses developing technologies w/

@ washingtonpost : http:// ibm.co/1U1A8ME

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MSFT Accessibility (screen name: MSFTEnable)

Bryce Johnson @ Xbox

with a shout-out to Ian Hamilton, et al.  for terrific game
accessibility
guidelines.  http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com / # ID24

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MSFT Accessibility (screen name: MSFTEnable)

How important is inclusivity and accessibility for Microsoft?
Watch

# TecHeroes - Steve Clayton @ ch9 http:// ow.ly/Skfz300fbNt  #
GAAD

article

Play Media

Microsoft Channel 9 ?@ ch9

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Google Developers (screen name: googledevs)

Here's a summary of everything we shared in this morning's

# io16 keynote: https:// goo.gl/FcgAxg

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M-Enabling Summit (screen name: mEnablingSummit)

The 2016 @ mEnablingSummit

is less than a month away! Will you be there? Register today at
http://m-enabling.com

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# SpecialNeeds # assistivetechnology

# LearningDisability https://twitter.com/ONTSpecialNeed
s/status/732561940724224000 .

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Sandra Rhodda (screen name: accesstourismnz)

Washington: @ mEnablingSummit

"Accessible Tech & Environments 4 All" 13-14
http://www.m-enabling.com / #
A11y

# Disability # Inclusion

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Talk Android (screen name: TalkAndroid)

Google to broadcast I/O 2016 keynote on YouTube in VR
http://bit.ly/1WCrsCW

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IBM Watson (screen name: IBMWatson)

Use Watson Language, Vision, Speech & Data APIs to enable
cognitive
computing in apps: http://ibm.co/1jbopzZ

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Nikki Kelly (screen name: nikk1j)

Absolutely agree, by 2040, nearly one in four people in the UK
(24.2%) will
be aged 65 or over!!!

# thinkinclusive https:// twitter.com/NeilMilliken/s
tatus/732420771683913728 .

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Sandra Rhodda (screen name: accesstourismnz)

M-Enabling summit "Accessible Tech & Environments 4 All"
Washington June
13-14 http://www.m-enabling.com / # A11y # Access

@ mEnablingSummit

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The Next Web (screen name: TheNextWeb)

'VR for Good' is a $1M initiative by Oculus to inspire social
change http://
tnw.me/SNtnPBe

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IBM Watson (screen name: IBMWatson)

Meet the 'empathic' robot, Pepper, powered by Watson.
http://ibm.co/1OzJGij

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M-Enabling Summit (screen name: mEnablingSummit)

The 5th # menabling16

will take place at our fav venue

@ RenHotels

Arlington.  Sign up today! http://www.m-enabling.com

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EVENT: Innovative # Mobile

Apps, Services &

# Assistive

Tech Showcase - register http://www.m-enabling.com/agenda.html

# menabling16

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DAISY (screen name: accessibledaisy)

What the Inventor of the World Wide Web Sees for the Future of
eBooks [Book
Business Magazine] http://www.bookbusinessmag.com/article/what-t
he-inventor-of-the-world-wide-web-sees-for-the-future-of-ebooks

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Janie Degenshein
"Happiness isn't having what you want, but wanting what you already have"
Facilitator of ECHO
(Eyes Closed Hearts Open)
President, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey Senior Division
President, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey Technology Division
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