Policy and guidance
EDF believes that all new technological developments and projects carried out should always respect a clear set of accessibility requirements available at international, European and national level, such as the US Section 508, W3C WCAG 2.1 or the European Standard EN 301 549. Governments must adopt a binding legal framework on accessibility to ICT that can be supported but those accessibility standards mentioned above. Based on these legislation and standards, new emerging technologies will be developed followed a universal design approach.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
EDF will organise on 16 November 2018 an event on Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies to discuss the opportunities and risks for persons with disabilities. EDF will also publish a report on this matter that will be presented at this conference in Vienna with the participation of key ICT companies.