DSAI 2016: celebrating one decade enhancing accessibility and fighting info-exclusion

SIGACCESS Newsletter Issue 118 June 2017 DSAI 2016: celebrating one decade enhancing accessibility and fighting info-exclusion Hugo Paredes General chair, INESC TEC and UTAD hparedes@utad.pt Lourdes Moreno Program Co-Chair, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid lmoreno@inf.uc3m.es Franz Puhretmair Program Co-Chair, KI-I franz.puehretmair@ki-i.at The 2016 edition of the International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (DSAI)4 ­ commemorates the 10th anniversary of the conference. Over the last decade, DSAI has been a forum where researchers, from all around the world, share the advances in the domain of assistive technologies and software development for people with special needs. The 10th anniversary also represents a step further in DSAI history: the organization of the conference in co-operation with ACM SIGACCESS. The DSAI 2016 also brought several enhancements for the community. First, the availability of the proceedings of the conference in an accessible format. Second the publication of the proceeding by ACM International Conference Proceedings Series and its availability in ACM Digital Library. Third, the organization of a project exhibition where several H2020 projects and initiatives related with accessibility were presented. And, finally, the organization of the workshop "Assistive Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities" where the participants have the opportunity to share their past experiences and future research opportunities under this domain. DSAI Conference Series The Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Infoexclusion (DSAI) conference series is a premier forum for academic researchers and professionals to exchange ideas and experiences about problems and solutions in order to build an inclusive society. The first edition was held at University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real ­ Portugal, on the 24th...