We are interested in research, new systems and technologies, empirical evaluations of systems, policy suggestions, and systems that support community activities. A diverse set of participants is expected, including technologists, policy makers, advocates, users, and researchers. Solutions to accommodate variations in hardware, software, and network access as well as empirical evaluations of these systems. Solutions to accommodate users who differ in attributes such as skill, knowledge, age, gender, disabilities, literacies, languages, cultures, and income and evaluations of such solutions. Methods for users to adapt and personalize systems according to their expertise, reading level, learning style, etc.
Solution processes for better understanding users, contexts, and tasks.
Just as there are a broad range of possible approaches to universal usability, we also seek contributions in a variety of presentation formats including formal papers, panels, and poster sessions. We solicit original, concise, and insightful papers of work based on providing real solutions, partial solutions, or lessons learned from failures which can be of benefit to the field. Proposals for panels that synthesize and orient work in the area, especially across disciplinary boundaries, are encouraged. Panel proposals should define an issue, list proposed panel members, their backgrounds, and their basic positions. Panel proposals should be two pages long.