Rebekka Porath, Intel(rebekka.porath@intel.com)

About DIGITALEUROPE

The European Association representing the ICT and Consumer Electronics technology providers. 

Our objective is to improve the business environment for the European Digital Technology Industry.

Our membership is made up of 63 leading corporations and 40 national trade associations from 29 European countries.

Represents more than 10,000 companies all over Europe with more than 2 million employees and over EUR 1,000 billion in revenues.

Brings together more than 1000 Technical, legal and policy experts to device solutions to legislative and regulatory issues affecting the digital technology Industry

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Adobe, Acer, Agilent, Alcatel-Lucent, AMD, APC by Schneider Electric, Apple, Bang & Olufsen, Bose, Brother, Buffalo, Canon, Cassidian, Cisco, Corning, Dassault Systems, Dell, Epson, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Ingram Micro, Intel, JVC, Kenwood, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, LG, Loewe, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, NXP Semiconductors, Océ, Oki, Oracle, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Qualcomm, Research In Motion, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, SAP, Sharp, Siemens, Sony, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Technicolor, Texas Instruments, Thales, Toshiba, Xerox

Austria: FEEI; Belgium: AGORIA; Bulgaria: BAIT; Cyprus: CITEA; Czech Republic: ASE, SPIS; Denmark: DI ITEK, IT-BRANCHEN; Estonia: ITL; Finland: FFTI; France: ALLIANCE TICS, SIMAVELEC; Germany: BITKOM, ZVEI; Greece: SEPE; Hungary: IVSZ; Ireland: ICT IRELAND; Italy: ANITEC; Lithuania: INFOBALT; Netherlands: ICT OFFICE, FIAR; Poland: KIGEIT, PIIT; Portugal: AGEFE, APDC; Romania: APDETIC; Slovakia: ITAS; Slovenia: GZS; Spain: AETIC, ASIMELEC; Sweden: IT&Telekomföretagen; United Kingdom: INTELLECT; Belarus: INFOPARK; Norway: ABELIA, IKT NORGE; Switzerland: SWICO; Turkey: ECID, TESID, TÜBISAD; Ukraine: IT UKRAINE

LIST OF MEMBERS

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TRPG

Organization

EPG

Organization

TPG

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DEPG

eInclusion

Vision of eInclusion for Digital Europe contains several key elements: Increase access and making services more widely

available or easier to use Assist people to use ICT and CE devices and services to

make their lives richer and facilitating individuals’ use of ICT be able to fully engage in society at all levels – irrespective of disability, age, education, gender, ethnicity, social factors or geographical difficulties

Enable people with disabilities and elderly people to use ICT and CE devices and services on an equal basis with other people

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eInclusion Topics

European Commission Disability Strategy Public websites fully accessible by 2015 Memorandum of Understanding on Digital Access for persons with

disabilites Evaluation of accessibility in all revisions of legislation Preparation of European Disability Act Enhancing digital literacy, skills and inclusion

eAccessibility Related to the introduction of standards, regulations and conformity

requirements for the accessibility of Web sites, Software and public procurement.

Key activities for 2011 will consist of contributing to the work on EC mandate 376 in support of European Accessibility requirements for public procurements of products and services in the ICT domain.

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eAccessibility

Harmonised technical requirements across the EU, and ideally with other interested countries

Self declaration of compliance with requirements No product labelling requirement Support the use of Public Procurement policy to influence market

changes Technical accessibility requirements should be expressed in terms

of functional outcome rather than requiring specific implementations, in order to avoid limiting innovation and flexibility.

Standards should be objective, open, globally-harmonised, forward-looking, facilitate direct access to all technologies and accommodate technological advances.

Internet standards must fairly place responsibilities on all the interested parties including the Web developer, the browser, assistive technology manufacturers, end users, and government

Support of the global adoption of WCAG 2.0, or a mandate that is flexible enough to provide for the latest version approved by W3C/WAI

eInclusion Topics

Digital TV Accessibility and Contents

Broader Context: Broadcasting activities moving from analogue to digital technologies

Digital TV delivers better quality, more choices to consumers and options for enhanced accessibility features

Digital TV switchover already started and to be completed by 2012 for all of the European Union

Inclusive approach for digital television services, led by Digital Europe members in a wider context of the television value chain (including broadcasters), and in cooperation with user organisations

Work completed: Developed with the EU Commission, user groups and other stakeholders Industry Self Commitment for accessible digital TV (2008)

Implementation of DTV accessibility features according to the Industry Self Commitment in the DTV line up across the EU in 2009

Industry Self Commitment can be shared with interested countries

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Digital TV Accessibility 2011

Current development of a text to speech (TTS) specification with the user groups (EDF, RNIB, ONCE)

Objective to create an international standard for TTS Continues collaboration with the EU Commission, user

groups and other stakeholders to develop a knowledge base of Accessible Digital TV

Regular dialogue with user groups of people with disabilities and the elderly, as well as representatives of the EU Commission and broadcasters, in order to influence positively the regulatory and technology landscape

Promotion of accessibility with broadcasters to transmit audio described programmes

Examples of accessibility services in programmes: Audio description - a narrative describing the action on the screen.

Necessary for a person with a visual impairment, welcomed by anyone Subtitling and sign language interpretation - for hearing impaired and

non-native speakers to enjoy TV programmes

Thank you.

Please contact for further details

damir.filipovic@digitaleurope.org (Digital Europe Director Public Affairs)

ulrike.haltrich@eu.sony.com (Digital Europe eInclusion Working Group Chair)

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Back-up

Mobile Broadband Project

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TRPG Framework Programme FP8

Procurement for innovation

IMEI Security / Mob. Theft

Global Mob. Acceptance

Fighting Counterfeit Devices

Development on Safety, EMC, EMF

R&TTE Directive Revision

NLF Implementation /Omnibus Project

ITC Mark

European StandardisationFramework

European InteroperabilityFramework

Commission Spectrum Policy

Professional Mobile Radio

Short Range Devices

Video & broadcast requirements on networks

Hybrid broadband broadcast

Coexistence of TV reception with new Mobile Broadband services

3D TV

Security Issue Group

Enhancing digital literacy, skills and inclusion

Online Child ProtectionDigital TV Accessibility and Contents

EU Standardisation PolicyInitiatives

TECHNICAL & REGULATORY

eAccessibility

Digital Agenda

Smart Grid Task Force

CEN/CENELEC Smart Grid group

Cooperation with broadcasting industry

Implementation - eBook

Cognitive radio / Software Defined Radio

Digital Agenda extension to the consumer

& entertainment space

Digital Radio Receivers

EPG

REACH

EU RoHS Recast & Exemptions

Non-EU countries RoHS

Batteries

WEEE Recast

Lot 3: PCs

Lot 4: Imaging Equipment

JIG

Lot 5: TVs

ENVIRONMENT

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Water Efficiency

Timber Directive

GHG

Non-EU regulations

Lot 6: Standby

Lot 11: Fans

Lot 26: Network Standby

DG ENTR Lot 3: Multimedia

DG ENTR Lot 2:Resource Effiency

EE of ICT processes Policy Options/StrategyEE of Other Sectors

ICT4EE

Product carbon footprint

Energy Star Programme

Grenelle II

Russian energy labelling

Green Procurement

DIGITAL ECONOMY

DEPG

Next Generation Networks

Net neutrality

Cybercrime & Internal Security Strategy

Data Protection Directive

IPR Advocacy Campaign

EU Patent

Network & information security

Consumer Acquis

Service Network Mapping

Telecoms Framework

Digital Single Market

eSkills

Public Procurement

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Broadband strategy

Universal Service

Internet of Things

EU eGov Action Plan 2015

TRADE

Russia

Turkey

China

India

Dual Use/Export Control

Short Term Classification Issues

Modernised Customs Code Implementing

Provisions (MCCIPs)

TPG

International Digital Economy Agreement (IDEA)

Information Technology Agreement

Reform of the Harmonised System

under the WCO

Free Trade Agreements

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Rules of Origin