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Towards an Information Society for All...

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International Conferences	A new International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (UAHCI) has been established: the first such event, UAHCI 2001, took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 5-10 August 2001 (in cooperation with HCI International 2001). UAHCI 2003 was organised in Crete, Greece, 22-27 June 2003 (in cooperation with HCI International 2003). UAHCI 2005 was organised in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 22-27 July 2005 (in cooperation with HCI International 2005). UAHCI 2007 was organised in Beijing, P.R China, 22-17 July 2007 (in cooperation with HCI International 2007). UAHCI 2009 was organised in San Diego, California, USA, 19–24 July 2009 (in cooperation with HCI International 2009). UAHCI 2011 will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, in July 2011 (in cooperation with HCI International 2011).
International Working Group & Workshops	The ERCIM Working Group "User Interfaces for All" (UI4ALL) was active from the beginning of 1995 to the end of 2006 against the background of European R&D activities which had analysed the requirements, identified the viability, and demonstrated the feasibility of constructing "user interfaces for all", i.e., interfaces that address the individual user requirements of potentially all users. This ERCIM Working Group has regularly held a Workshop on the topic of User Interfaces for All since its establishment in 1995 (list of workshops organised ).
International Journal	A new international, interdisciplinary refereed journal, entitled "Universal Access in the Information Society" (UAIS), published by Springer, has been established in 2001. The journal solicits original research contributions addressing the accessibility, usability, and, ultimately, acceptability of Information Society Technologies by anyone, anywhere, at anytime, and through any media and device.
Books	An edited book entitled "User Interfaces for All: concepts, methods and tools" has been published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates in 2001. The book is dedicated to the issues of Universal Design and Universal Access in HCI. An edited book entitled "Universal Access in Health Telematics: A Design Code of Practice" has been published by Springer in 2005. An edited book entitled "The Universal Access Handbook" has been published by CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group in June 2009.
Publications	Results of R&D work have appeared in more than 570 publications in leading archival journals, tutorials during international conferences, international encyclopaedias and books.