ATIS4ALL / ETNA Thematic networks and portal Ross Gardler and Steve Lee rgardler/[email protected] @rgardler @slee RAatE Nov 2012
ATIS4All
Jun 19, 2015
ATIS4All and ETNA are 2 EU Thematic Networks led by Technosite and ETNA respectively that have been ‘clustered’ by the EU. Together they aim to establish a reference community portal, “ATIS4all collaborative portal”, offering reliable information on ICT ATs, and R&D initiatives. The Portal will allow users to search for information on specific ICT-base AT products, open source projects or services and share their opinion
and experience. User profiles personalise the information making it more useful to the different portal users. ATIS4all will provide the community portal and ETNA a search engine to locate information from diverse national databases.
The 2 broad categories of ‘user’ and ‘developer’ are supported via 3
sections
- Market place community: An online meeting point for users, providers and key actors interested in the field of ICT ATs, inclusive solutions and related services.
- R&D community: An online meeting point for portal users and key actors interested in R&D and cutting edge technologies applied to them.
- Key actors section: A tool to find organizations relevant in thefield.
For the UK this will provide access to knowledge of a wider range of
AT products and projects. It will reduce duplication of work between
countries and foster sharing and collaboration. Users, service
providers and developers can hope to reduce costs and become more
efficient.
http://www.atis4all.eu http://www.etna-project.eu
and experience. User profiles personalise the information making it more useful to the different portal users. ATIS4all will provide the community portal and ETNA a search engine to locate information from diverse national databases.
The 2 broad categories of ‘user’ and ‘developer’ are supported via 3
sections
- Market place community: An online meeting point for users, providers and key actors interested in the field of ICT ATs, inclusive solutions and related services.
- R&D community: An online meeting point for portal users and key actors interested in R&D and cutting edge technologies applied to them.
- Key actors section: A tool to find organizations relevant in thefield.
For the UK this will provide access to knowledge of a wider range of
AT products and projects. It will reduce duplication of work between
countries and foster sharing and collaboration. Users, service
providers and developers can hope to reduce costs and become more
efficient.
http://www.atis4all.eu http://www.etna-project.eu
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ATIS4ALL / ETNA Thematic networks and portal
Ross Gardler and Steve Lee
rgardler/[email protected]@rgardler @slee
RAatE Nov 2012
EU Thematic Networks
• Build European entry points
• Collaboration on industrially-relevant R&D– Industry– Universities– Research institutes
European Thematic Network on Assistive Information Technologies (ETNA)
• European Web Portal– Multilingual– ICT based Assistive technologies– Related organisations– Projects
• 23 European Union Partners• 13 countries
• www.etna-project.eu
European Thematic Network on Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All (ATIS4All)
• European AT research, developer and user community– Enhance dialogue– Increase sharing– Enable participation
• 20 Partners• www.atis4all.eu
Clustering
• ETNA and ATIS4All work together as a “Cluster”– Shared meetings and work packages
• ETNA – Portal for all AT– End of 2013
• ATIS4All – Community tools for AT
Combined Overview
European Assistive Technology Information Network (EASTIN)
• Aggregates several European AT databases into unified Map of Resources
• Categorises all AT using ISO scheme• User search via web
• ETNA’s portal builds upon EASTIN
• http://www.eastin.eu
Cluster: ETNA Focus
• Products• Articles
• Case studies• Ideas• FAQs, projects, regulations• Forums, news, references
Cluster: ATIS4All Focus
• Products• Articles
• Case studies• Ideas• FAQs, projects, regulations• Forums, news, references
ATIS4All
• Open, collaborative portal– Reliable information on AT and inclusive products
and services– Cutting-edge technological trends
• At mock-up stage
• Engaging initial stakeholders and supporters
Key areas: Research & Development
• Case studies• Standardisation processes• Publications and Training materials• Research projects• List of:– Key persons (our gurus) – Key Organisations (our supporters)
Key areas: Assistive Technology Products
• Integrated repository of ICT AT products– Database built by the ETNA
• Best practices• Legislation• Standards• Funding schemes
Why do we care in the UK?
• Obvious– Use information in the ETNA database– Promote via the ETNA database– Connect via the ATIS4All portal
• Less Obvious– Build capacity
• Find partners in research and development• Routes to market
– Build market• Especially into the EU
• What are you waiting for?– become engaged…
Become a supporter
• Need to seed the community– Voluntary engagement– We aim to give you more back than you put in
• Contributions– content provision, participation, dissemination
• Supporter’s pack– http://oss.ly/atis4all
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