The ATIA Leadership Forum on Accessibility uses a case-study format toprovide corporations, colleges/universities, and government agencies of allsizes with unique insights into how other industry-leading organizationsare integrating accessibility to improve workplace productivity and extendtheir market reach to include both people with disabilities and matureconsumers. Organizations can derive real value from the enterprise-focusedapproach, which allows organizations to see first-hand how accessibilitycan benefit their bottom line.

There are currently 78 million baby boomers, 600 million people worldwide,and 54 million Americans living with disabilities. This market representsover $175B in discretionary income, making them a powerful, but oftenunder-served, market force. Thus the need for education and outreach issignificant. The Forum provides this educational material along withnetworking opportunities specifically designed to help business leadersdiscuss accessibility best practice scenarios.

"Our attendees, speakers and sponsors represent all industries includingInsurance, Retail, Financial Services, Pharmaceutical, Travel, InformationTechnology, and Education as well as state and federal governmentrepresentatives," commented David Dikter, Executive Director of ATIA."These companies share both their successes and the lessons they learnedalong the way. One of the biggest benefits of the Leadership Forum comesfrom the open and honest discussion of challenges which occurs both insideand outside the formal sessions."

Leaders in information technology, assistive technology,accessibility-compliance solutions and the government have joined ATIA tocontribute to this event. Speakers include IBM, Microsoft, AT&T, Canon,California State University, and many others.

"AT&T is proud to sponsor ATIA's Leadership Forum. This Forum offers allcompanies an opportunity to collaborate and learn how to best servecustomers with disabilities and those who are aging. At AT&T, our goal isto help people connect and be more productive in a rapidly changing world.As we continue to expand our services, the Leadership Forum is a valuableresource to help us reach our goal," stated Colin Petheram, Vice Presidentof External Affairs at AT&T.

For additional details regarding the schedule, sessions, and registration,go to www.atia.org/leadershipforum.

About ATIA

The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) is anot-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to serve as thecollective voice of the Assistive Technology industry so that the bestproducts and services are delivered to persons with disabilities. Membersof ATIA include for-profit, not-for-profit, government, or privateorganizations located across the globe. For more information, visit ATIA'sWeb site at www.atia.org.

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