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The British Printing Industries Federation, of which you do need to be a member.

A £45 million opportunity for printers: event 29 November 2005
Members are invited to attend an event on 29 November addressing the opportunities for printers offered by the Disability Discrimination Act. The event, to be held at the London Underwriters Centre in the City of London, will tell members how to widen their offering to their customers by providing the facility to provide information in formats accessible to visually impaired people.

The event will feature experts from the alternative format sector who will identify key market sectors affected by the new legislation and advise members about the different formats available for the visually impaired. Most importantly, the event will be a unique opportunity for printers to form links with established producers of accessible formats, to enable their customers to access the £45 million annual spend of the visually impaired.

For more information, or to book a place at the event, please email Lizzy Hawkins or call 020 7915 8319.

(November 2005)

Oh, don't tease. There's nothing on the RNIB, NLB or host site to say who's putting it on (or that the event exists). I don't want to go to gaol or talk to actual human beings; put an e-mail address on it.

Regards, Bernard

George Bell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

The following arrived in my in-box with the subject
"Promoting accessible formats"

George.

THE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT: A £45MILLION OPPORTUNITY
FOR PRINTERS
Tuesday 29 November, London Underwriting Centre
Programme
10.00am Registration and coffee
10.30am Welcome and introduction
Morning session: the market for formats for the visually
impaired
10.45am The public sector: areas on the front line
of the DDA
Case study: the NHS
- National Library for the Blind
11.30am Break
11.45am The private sector: key markets
Case study: Argos
- Access Communications
12.30pm Lunch
Afternoon session: production issues in accessible formats
1.30 pm Issues to consider when a client wants to
make their information accessible.
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
2.15 pm Break
2.30 pm The producer's perspective: what is involved
technically in producing the different formats?
- Transmedia Link
Case study: tbc
3.15 pm Break
3.30 pm Panel session: where do we go from here?
4.00 pm End