Why I Recommend Attending the M-Enabling Summit…

"In today’s competitive mobile market, a service provider must address the needs of all its customers including those with disabilities. As the demographics change and baby-boomers age, understanding how to make products and services more accessible and usable can provide a competitive advantage. Better apps, better products, better services is what Universal Design is all about!” – Susan Mazrui, Director, Global Public Policy, AT&T

“Promoting the accessibility of mobile phones and of assistive technologies on mobile devices is a top priority for all States Parties implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. All stakeholders involved, telecom regulators, mobile service providers, handset vendors and application developers must work together proactively to ensure that mobile technologies can fully benefit all persons with disabilities. I very much look forward to the M-Enabling Summit helping establish such dialogue.” – Mohammed Al-Tarawneh, Inaugural Chairperson, United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

“TDI is proud to be part of such a prestigious collaboration that will take place at this year’s M-Enabling Summit, dedicated to promoting accessible and assistive mobile solutions around the world. In an age where everything local is global, this presents a rare opportunity to share best practices and advance accessibility policy no matter where we go.” – Claude Stout, Executive Director, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI)

“The mobile phone has quickly become one of the key tools for modern society. Just as with the Web, persons with disabilities expect equal access to mobile phones. And just as with the Web, mobile developers can use accessibility solutions to make their products and services better reach all of their customers, including people with disabilities.” – Judy Brewer, Director, Web Accessibility Initiative at the World Wide Web Consortium

“Ensuring the availability of mobile applications and services to the largest number of users, including individuals with disabilities and older Americans, can best be achieved if all interested stakeholders work together to find and implement accessibility solutions: mobile service providers, equipment and software application developers, persons with disabilities, researchers, and accessibility experts. We look forward to the upcoming M-Enabling Summit, which will facilitate such dialogue and exchange of information among these various groups.” – Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

“Mobile devices have proved to be among the fastest changing consumer technologies in the world. Therefore, more than ever, we need to rely on a strong, sustainable ecosystem of partners working together towards the same goal: Making mobile devices accessible to everyone. We welcome the M-Enabling Summit for bringing us this opportunity.” – Caroline Ragot, Managing Director, Code Factory

“There is mounting excitement about the potential of smartphones as an ideal assistive technology device – one that can replace multiple devices worth thousands of dollars in one go, offering tremendous cost advantage and available anywhere, anytime.” – Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, W2i - Wireless Internet Institute

"Mobile phones have brought accessibility literally into the palms of persons with disabilities and senior citizens: Their compatibility with assistive technologies and the fact that they are relatively affordable, easy to use and offer instant communication makes them universally a very powerful tool." – Nirmita Narasimhan, Disability Advocate, Program Manager, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore

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