NEXT, WE HAVE A WELCOME FROM DEBORAH
KAPLAN WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION AS I'M
SURE YOU ALL KNOW HER.
HER REPUTATION PROCEEDS HER BY SEVERAL
MILES.
SHE WILL GIVE US EVERY OVERVIEW OF WHAT
TO EXPECT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
DEBORAH?
>> GOOD MORNING.
IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME EVERY ONE
HERE THIS MORNING TO INFORAMPS 96 HAVING
BEEN ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED PLAN
THIS CONFERENCE AND ENVISION WHAT WE
WERE TRYING TO PULL OFF IN BRINGING YOU
ALL HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF
THAT WITH YOU.
THIS IS HOPEFULLY, A CONFERENCE AS I
LOOK OUT AT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE,
MANY OF WHOM I KNOW AND MANY OF WHOM I
DON'T BUT HOPE TO BE THE END OF THE
CONFERENCE, I'M REALLY IMPRESS {PED} BY
WHAT CONCENTRATION OF EXPERTISE AND AND
POINT {E} TENTAL IS ASSEMBLED HERE THIS
MORNING IN THIS ROOM AND THAT'S WHAT WE
WERE HOPING TO ACHIEVE.
THE POTENTIAL IS THAT PEOPLE HERE WILL

BE ABLE TO COMBINE EFFORT, COMBINE
ENERGYS, LEARN A LOT FROM THE TECHNOLOGY
THAT YOU WILL BE SEEING AND THE AGENDA
THAT WE PREPARED FOR YOU IN CREATES SOME
VERY MAJOR RIPPLE EFFECTS THAT WILL
RIPPLE THROUGHOUT THE PLACES YOU COME
FROM THROUGHOUT HIGH TECH INDUSTRY AND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES,
THROUGHOUT GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC POLICY
MAKERS, AND THROUGHOUT THE DISABILITY
COMMUNITY AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
POTENTIALLY, AROUND THE WORLD.
THE CONFERENCE IS CALLED INFORAMPS 96
AND FOCUSES ON UNIVERSAL DESIGN AS A NEW
PARADIGM FOR THE INFORMATION AGE.
WE CALL IT A NEW MAR DINE I THINK IN
HEART BECAUSE WE LIKE IT TO BECOME ONE.
AND WE WILL BE FOCUSING TODAY ON THE
AGENDA IN LOOKING AT WHAT UNIVERSAL
DESIGN MEANS, BOTH BY SHOWING YOU SOME
OF THE NEW EXCITING APPLICATIONS OF
UNIVERSAL DESIGN THAT COMPANIES THAT
HAVE JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON CAN NOW
DEMONSTRATE TO US AND SHOW US WHO NEED
TO GET A VISION OF WHAT IT CAN MEAN.
AND TO EXPLORE HOW WE CAN TOGETHER, TURN

UNIVERSAL DESIGN INTO A FROM A CONCEPT
THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW BEGINNING TO
UNDERSTAND INTO SOMETHING THAT DRIVES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTO THE 21TH
CENTURY AND PROVIDES THE LEAP OF
TECHNOLOGY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL
MORE OF FLU {ENTS}, MORE FAMILIAR WITH
TECHNOLOGY FOR WHATEVER REASON TO EVERY
PERSON.
I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU CAN TAKE
ADVANTAGE NOT ONLY OF WHAT YOU HAVE HERE
TO SEE AND HEAR INTELLECTUALLY, DIGEST,
BUT ALSO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH EACH
OTHER SO THAT UNIVERSAL DESIGN CAN
BECOME A MORE IMPORTANT INFLUENCE IN
MOVING TECHNOLOGY FORWARD SO THAT IT CAN
WORK PRODUCTIVELY FOR ALL PEOPLE, NOT
JUST IN THIS COUNTRY BUT AROUND THE
WORLD.
THE AGENDA FOCUSES TODAY IN PLENARY
SESSIONS IN EX-{MROING} THIS CONCEPT AS
WELL THERE WILL BE EXHIBITS OF
TECHNOLOGY THAT I HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
REALLY, LOOK AND SEE WHAT IS SOME OF THE
GENIUS EMBEDDED IN THE TECHNOLOGY THAT

YOU WILL SEE AND WORK TOSS MAKE THE
TECHNOLOGY WORK NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES BUT MAKES IT BETTER AS A
TOOL FOR ALL PEOPLE.
TOMORROW, WE WILL BE BREAKING OUT INTO
WORKSHOPS THAT FOCUS ON FOREAREAS AND WE
HOPE ONE WILL APPEAL TO YOU PERSONAL
WILLLY.
THEY ARE TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH AND
DEVELOP.
, PUBLIC POLICY, USING THE PUBLIC SECTOR
AS A LEVERAGE POINT TO BEGIN EXPANDING
THE DOW PLANNED FROM THE PUBLIC {STEKT}
TAR FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY.
AND LOOKING AT UNIVERSAL DESIGN FROM A
BUSINESS AND MARKETING PERSPECTIVE.
SO THERE IS SOMETHING THERE FOR EVERY
ONE.
THE GROUPS TOMORROW WILL BE A CHANCE TO
EXPLORE IDEAS, HAVE FULL DISCUSSION SO
IF YOU GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BY THE
PACKED AGENDA TODAY AND THE FACT THAT
YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO RAISE EVERY
QUESTION THAT YOU GOT TOMORROW, SHOULD
SATISFY YOUR DESIRE TO REALLY SINK YOUR
TEETH INTO THE SUBJECT MAT SEARCH AND

EXPLORE IT WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE
INTERESTS SIMILAR TO YOUR OWN BUT MAY
HAVE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND PER
SECRETARYTIVE TOSS BROADEN YOURS.
TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION AND
WE WILL AGAIN, HAVE A LANCE TO LOOK AT
EXHIBITS AND MAKE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT
PERSONAL CONNECTION THAT IS OFTEN CAN
MAKE A CONFERENCE WORTHWHILE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU, THANK
YOU FOR COMING AND HOPE THAT BY THE END
OF THE TWO DAYS, WILL YOU HAVE A BETTER
IDEA OF YOU WILL MAKE SOME OF THOSE
RIPPLES HAPPEN