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Workshop announcement
Human Factors; Access to information and communications technology (ICT) by
young people; Issues and guidelines.
Children (12 years and younger) are becoming an increasingly significant
consumer group for advanced computing and communications services. In some
cases children as young as two or three years old are using ICT
(Information and Communications Technology) equipment.
Children are often expected to use equipment and services designed for
adults that has inappropriate physical and cognitive ergonomics for their
needs. Extended use by children of this equipment may have a detrimental
effect on their health and long-term development.
As a result of this, ETSI (the European Telecommunications Standards
Institute) has set up a specialist task force (STF201) to look into these
issues. The aim of the work is to produce recommendations on where further
work for standardisation is required. Among other things, the group will
review hardware and software issues of ICT along with the ethical issues of
security for vulnerable children accessing public communications spaces.
There is a need for early European standardisation involvement, from a
human factors perspective, to contribute to the emerging ICT applications
in this arena so that a common approach can be adopted. This will have the
benefit of common agreed technical solutions based on best practice that
can be used across Europe by network providers and equipment manufacturers.
This work is funded under the European Commission's eEurope initiative.
In order to explore the issues, a workshop is being organised in Brussels
on Wednesday 29th May.
The aims of the workshop are to:
a) Present the project team's current findings on specific critical issues;
b) Invite workshop attendees to identify possible overlooked areas and to
explore further service-related examples. It is anticipated that 20-40
people will attend the workshop.
If you (or a colleague) are interested in attending the workshop, can you
please send an email of interest to the co-ordinator so that a formal
invitation can be sent out.
Anne Clarke
Workshop co-ordinator
Tel: + 44 7801 532 579
Email: [log in to unmask]
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