Event Information
This live webcast event took place on Thursday, August 16th at 2:00pm EST. Please select the play button in the video player to view the webcast.
Hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, this event was part of an online educational series designed to explore the connection between emerging technologies and the employment of people with disabilities. Other past events may be viewed at http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/Technology.htm.
This webcast was titled “Accessibility and Emerging Technology – Keys to Improving the Employment of People with Disabilities.”
The moderator was Tom Temin, Anchor, Federal News Radio. Contact email and website:
Panelists included:
- Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy. Contact email and website:
- Jim Tobias, President of Inclusive Technologies. Contact email and websites:
- Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. Contact email and website:
Please feel free to email questions or comments directly to our panelists.
This audio-captioned event also offered a real-time Twitter feed, which is displayed below,with the hashtag #ATworks.
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Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) is provided in order to facilitate communication accessibility and may not be a totally verbatim record of proceedings.