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AVA-I-0012 Rev.2

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION / Focus Group on
Audiovisual Media Accessibility
TELECOMMUNICATION
STANDARDIZATION SECTOR
STUDY PERIOD 2009-2012 / AVA-I-0012 Rev.2
English only
Original: English
WG(s): / All / Geneva, 15 September 2011
DOCUMENT
Source: / Chairman, FG AVA
Title: / Meeting Agenda – Second FG Audiovisual Media Accessibility

Draft meeting agenda 15 September 2011

Welcome note by Malcolm Johnson, Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

1 Opening of the Focus Group AVA and introductions

AVA-I-0048 – Presentation of the ITU-T Focus Group AVA Meeting no. 2: 15 September 2011, Geneva

2 Approval of draft agenda and documentation allocation

3Approval of Report of the first FG AVA meeting (Geneva, 26 May 2011) AVA-O-0001

4Review of progress on Logistics and infrastructure for the work of the FG and its Working Groups since first FG AVA meeting

(a) Remote participation: report from Mia Ahlgren and Mark Magennis on reactions to FG AVA Meeting 1

(b) Discussion and agreement on logistics and infrastructure for FG

(c) Discussion and agreement on logistics and infrastructure for the Working Groups

5Discussion and approval of the proposals from the 10 work groups:

Overview of inputs addressed to all WGs

AVA-I-0047 - Status report: ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility (FG AVA)
(September 2011)

AVA-I-0014:Green Paper on the online distribution of audiovisual works in the European Union: opportunities and challenges towards a digital single market (European Commission)

AVA-I-0016:About Technosite and Audiovisual Media Accessibility related projects (ONCE, Spain)

AVA-I-0017 Accessibility of Spanish digital newspapers (short version - (ONCE, Spain))

AVA-I-0020Making TV accessible – draft to FG AVA (version 10b – forthcoming ITU publication)

5.1Working Group A:Captioning - Clyde Smith

AVA-I-0046 - Report from Working Group A “Captioning”

AVA-I-0019Recommendation ITU-R BS.1894 (05/2011) “Digital radio broadcast service”

AVA-I-0022The accessibility of television news with live subtitling on digital television

5.2Working Group B: Audio/Video description and spoken captions- Pilar Orero and
Aline Remael

AVA-I-0035 - Report from Working Group B “Audio/Video description and spoken captions”

AVA-I-0015: Best practice guidelines: text-to-speech (TTS) for Digital Radio

5.3Working Group C:Visual signing and sign language - Takayuki Ito

AVA-I-0034 – Report from Working Group C “Visual signing and sign language”

5.4Working Group D:Emerging access services - David Wood

AVA-I-0032 - Outside the box: emerging technologies for Access Services for those with disabilities (Report from Working Group D)

AVA-I-0030Wireless connections to hearing aids (inputs from European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (EHIMA)

AVA-I-0018: Study on Accessibility of Social Networks (Abridged version - December 2010)
(WG, D, F and I)

5.5Working Group E:Electronic Programming Guides and on-air promotion - Peter Olaf Looms

AVA-I-0038 - Report from Working Group E “Electronic Programming Guides and on-air promotion”

5.6Working Group F:Participation and digital media - Pradipta Biswas

AVA-I-0033 - Report from Working Group F “Participation and digital media”

AVA-I-0018 - Study on Accessibility of Social Networks (Abridged version - December 2010) (WG, D, F and I) – see above

5.7Working Group G:Digital Broadcast Television - Nick Tanton and Peter Mølsted

AVA-I-0037- Report from Working Group G “Digital Broadcast Television”

AVA-I-0029 (WGs: G, H, I) Roadmap for Accessible User Interfaces

5.8Working Group H:IPTV - Masahito Kawamori

AVA-I-0029 (WGs: G, H, I) Roadmap for Accessible User Interfaces - see above

5.9Working Group I:Mobile and handheld devices - Axel Leblois

AVA-I-0036 - Report from Working Group I “Mobile and handheld devices”

AVA-I-0018 - Study on Accessibility of Social Networks (Abridged version - December 2010)
(WG, D, F and I)- see above

AVA-I-0029 (WGs: G, H, I) Roadmap for Accessible User Interfaces - see above

5.10Working Group J: Key Performance Indicators

AVA-I-0045 – Report from Working Group J “Key Performance Indicators”

5.10.1Sub-Working Group J.1: Broadcast television - Peter Olaf Looms

5.10.2Sub-Working Group J.2: IPTV - Masahito Kawamori

5.10.3Sub-Working Group J.3: Mobile and handled devices - Axel Leblois

5.11Working Group K: Access of working procedures – to be approved

AVA-I-0028- Draft proposal for new Working Group on “Access of working procedures”

AVA-I-0044 - Preliminary report on ITU-T FG AVA remote participation survey

6Sponsor and finances of the FG AVA

7Plan for the next meetings

(a) Meeting 3 in Barcelona, Spain, 17 November 2011

AVA-I-0050 – Third FG AVA meeting: 17 November 2011, Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary information from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

(b) Meeting 4 in New Delhi, India, (tentative dates, March 2012)

AVA-I-0021Fourth FG AVA meeting (India, March 2012): Preliminary information from Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India

(c) Meeting 5 in Atlanta, USA, 20 April 2012 (tentative dates)

8Liaison and dissemination

(a) Review of forthcoming events of relevance to Audiovisual Media Accessibility:

AVA-I-0049- Joint ITU/AICTO (Arab Information Communication Technologies Organization) workshop on "Interoperability of IPTV in the Arab region", Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 20-21 September 2011

AVA-I-0027 - Joint ITU/EBU Workshop “How Can We Reach the Media Have-Nots of the Developed and Developing Worlds?”6th Meeting of Internet Governance Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, 29 September 2011

AVA-I-0024 - Conference “National Seminar on Accessibility and TV”, Gabinete para os Meios de Comunicação Social, Lisbon, Portugal, 28September 2011

AVA-I-0023- Conference “Innovation for Digital Inclusion”, conference organized under the Polish Presidency of the EU Council, Gdansk, Poland, 5 – 7 October 2011

III International Meeting on Technology and Innovation for Persons with Disabilities, with the theme: The Universal Design in the Brazilian Industry”, Sao Paolo, 24 – 26 October 2011

AVA-I-0039, AVA-I-0040 , AVA-I-0041, AVA-I-0042 - Meeting of joint ITU-T and JTC 1 leadership meeting, 6 November 2011, San Diego, USA

AVA-I-0026 The M-Enabling Summit, organized by ITU and G3ict 5 - 6 December 2011, Washington DC, USA

(b) Discussion and agreement on liaison and dissemination actions

AVA-I-0031 - Approval of draft liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1 and SWG-A on the nomination of new ITU-T FG AVA LS officer

AVA-I-0043 (two files)- Report on ITU-T FG-AVA (Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility) activities to JTC 1 SWG-A

AVA-I-0013 Incoming LS from Q13/16: Reply LS to FG-AVA on the first meeting of ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility (FG AVA)

other Liaison Statements to be discussed and approved

incoming Liaisons statements from other organizations

9 Any other business

9.1 Call for interest - "eAccessibility festival" (proposal sent by Digital Europe): this proposal targets content producers and broadcasters and intends to raise awareness

9.2AVA-I-0051 - Fun for All: II International Conference on Translation and Accessibility in Video Games and Virtual Worlds: Searching for Best Practices

9.3 AVA-I-0052 - Communication from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

9.4 A tutorial is being proposed on the FG AVA work. Similar tutorials have been organized by ITU-T in other domains, for instance, optical fibres.

10Meeting Closing (aiming to finish by 17:00)

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