Publications and Presentations

Gottfried Zimmermann, Ph.D.
IT Accessibility Architect
gzimmermann@acm.org

Publications

• Epelde, G., Carrasco, E., Zimmermann, G., Alexandersson, J., Neßelrath, R. & Dubielzig, M. (in press). URC Based Next Generation Accessible Television. To appear in: Journal on Universal Access in the Information Society. ISSN: 1615-5289 (Print), 1615-5297 (Online). DOI: 10.1007/s10209-007-0108-6. Springer Berlin/Heidelberg.
• Murua, A.; Valencia, X.; Carrasco, E.; Zimmermann, G.; Bund, J.; Rosa, B.; Alexandersson, J. & Díaz, U. (July, 2010). Universally Accessible Task-Based User Interfaces. First International Workshop on AAL SERVICE PLATFORMS (WASP 2010), Lyon, France, July 2, 2010.
• Zimmermann, G., and Vanderheiden, G. (2010, February). A dream... The universal remote console. ISO Focus+, Feb. 2010, 11-13. Article available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2010-URC-ISOFocus/
• Zimmermann, G.; Alexandersson, J.; Buiza, C.; Urdaneta, E.; Diaz, U.; Carrasco, E.; Klima, M. & Pfalzgraf, A. (in press). Meeting the Needs of Diverse User Groups: Benefits and Costs of Pluggable User Interfaces in Designing for Older People and People with Cognitive Impairments. To appear in: Soar, J. & Swindell, R.: Intelligent Technologies for the Aged - The Grey Digital Divide. IGI Global, 2010.
• Zimmermann, G.; and Wassermann, B. (2009, July). Why We Need a User Interface Resource Server for Intelligent Environments. 4th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Ambient Intelligence (AITAmI’09). Paper to appear in: Augusto, J.C. (chief editor): Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/ZimmermannWassermann2009-AITAmI'09/
• Kamel Boulos M. N.,Lou R.,Anastasiou A.,Nugent C. D.,Alexandersson J.,Zimmermann G.,Cortes U.,Casas R. (2009, July). Connectivity for Healthcare and Well-Being Management: Examples from Six European Projects. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2009; 6(7):1947-1971. DOI:10.3390/ijerph6071947. Article available online: http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/6/7/1947
• Epelde, G., Carrasco, E., Zimmermann, G., Bund, J., Dubielzig, M., and Alexandersson, J. (2009, June). URC based accessible TV. EuroITV '09: Proceedings of the seventh european conference on European interactive television conference. 2009: pp. 111-114. ISBN: 978-1-60558-340-2. ACM, New York, NY, USA. Paper available online: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1542084.1542103
• Zimmermann, G., and Vanderheiden, G. (2008). Accessible Design and Testing in the Application Development Process: Considerations for an Integrated Approach. In: Journal on Universal Access in the Information Society. ISSN: 1615-5289 (Print), 1615-5297 (Online). DOI: 10.1007/s10209-007-0108-6. Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2008. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/ZimmermannVanderheiden2008-UAIS/
• Zimmermann, G. (2007, Sep). Open User Interface Standards - Towards Coherent, Task-Oriented and Scalable User Interfaces in the Home Environments. In: Proceedings of 3rd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE07), Sep. 24-25, 2007, Ulm University, Germany, p. 36ff. The IET, 2007. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/Zimmermann2007-IE07/
• Zimmermann, G., and Vanderheiden, G. (2007, Aug). The Universal Control Hub: An Open Platform for Remote User Interfaces in the Digital Home. In: Springer LNCS, Volume 4551/2007. Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Platforms and Techniques. Pages: 1040-1049. ISSN: 0302-9743 (Print) 1611-3349 (Online). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73107-8. ISBN: 978-3-540-73106-1. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2007. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/ZimmermannVanderheiden2007-HCII/
• Vanderheiden, G., and Zimmermann, G. (2007, Aug). Non-homogenous Network, Control Hub and Smart Controller (NCS) Approach to Incremental Smart Homes. In: Springer LNCS, Volume 4555/2007. Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Ambient Interaction. Pages: 238-244. ISSN: 0302-9743 (Print) 1611-3349 (Online). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73281-5. ISBN: 978-3-540-73280-8. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2007.
• Rodriguez-Ascaso, A., Santos, O., Boticario, J., Zimmermann, G. (2007, Jun). Towards universal access to eLearning. In: TUMAS-A Workshop Proceedings, pp. 27-31. 11th International Conference on User Modeling - UM 2007, Corfu, Greece, June 25-29, 2007.
• Zimmermann, G. (2006, Jul). Die neuen Web-Richtlinien WCAG 2.0. In: Informationsportal wob11.de. July 2006, Forschungsinstitut Technologie-Behindertenhilfe (FTB). Article available online: http://www.wob11.de/neuewcag2.html.
• Zimmermann, G. (2005, Sep). Usability und Barrierefreiheit - Gemeinsam sind wir stark? Proceedings of the 3rd annual GC-UPA Track, Linz, Sep. 2005, pp. 38-41. Konferenz Mensch & Computer 2005; Sep. 4-7, 2005; Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Austria. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/Zimmermann2005-Usability-Barrierefreiheit.
• Zimmermann, G., and Vanderheiden, G. (2005, Jul). Creating accessible applications with RUP. In: The Rational edge, July 2005, IBM developerWorks. Article available on the WWW: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/jul05/zimmerman/index.html.
• Vanderheiden, G.; Zimmermann, G.; Blaedow, K.; and Trewin, S. (2005, Jul). Hello, What Do You Do? Natural Language Interaction with Intelligent Environments. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2005), July 22-27, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
• Vanderheiden, G.; and Zimmermann, G. (2005, Jul). Use of User Interface Sockets to Create Naturally Evolving Intelligent Environments. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2005), July 22-27, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
• Zimmermann, G. (2004, Sep). Der Business-Case für barrierefreies Design. Proceedings of the 2nd annual GC-UPA Track, Paderborn, Sep. 2004, pp. 23f. Konferenz Mensch & Computer 2004; Sep. 5-8, 2004; Paderborn, Germany. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/Zimmermann2004-BusinessCase/.
• Vanderheiden, G.; and Zimmermann, G. (2004, June). V2 - A New Industry Standard for Universal Interface Sockets. RESNA 27th International Conference; June 18-22, 2004; Orlando, Florida.
• Trewin, S.; Zimmermann, G.; and Vanderheiden, G. (2004, Apr). Abstract representations as a basis for usable user interfaces. In: INTCOM1417, Interacting with Computers Special Issue: Universal Usability Revisitied - Edited by M.Zajicek and A.Edwards. Vol 16/3 pp 477-506. Elsevier, 2004. Paper available online (for purchase): http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0953543804000438.
• Zimmermann, G.; Vanderheiden, G.; Gandy, M.; Laskowski, S.; Ma, M.; Trewin, S.; and Walker, M. (2004, Apr). Universal Remote Console Standard - Toward Natural User Interaction in Ambient Intelligence. Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Vienna, Austria, 1608-1609. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2004-CHI-URC-Natural-User-Interaction-Ambient-Intelligence/.
• LaPlant, B.; Trewin, S.; Zimmermann, G.; and Vanderheiden, G. (2003, Nov). The Alternative Interface Access Protocol: A Universal Access Bus for Pervasive Computing. IEEE Pervasive Computing, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan-Mar 2004. Article available online (for purchase): http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MPRV.2004.1269134.
• Trewin, S.T., Zimmerman, G., & Vanderheiden, G. (2003, Nov). Abstract User Interface Representations: How Well do they Support Universal Access? Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Universal Usability (pp. 77-84). New York: Association for Computing Machinery.
• Vanderheiden, G.; Zimmermann, G.; and Trewin, S. (2003, Jun). A Standard for Controlling Ubiquitous Computing and Environmental Resources from Any Personal Device. HCI International 2003, June 22-27, 2003; Crete, Greece. In: Stephanidis. C. & Jacko. J. (eds.); Human-Computer Interaction - Theory and Practice (Part 2), Volume 2. ISBN 0-8058-4931-9. Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Inc., 2003.
• Zimmermann, G.; Beard, M.; LaPlant, B; Laskowski, S.; Nixon, T.; Sitnik, E.; Trewin, S.; and Vanderheiden, G. (2003, Apr). Toward a Unified Universal Remote Console Standard. CHI 2003 Extended Abstracts, pp. 874f. April 5-10, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. ACM 1-58113-630-7/03/0004. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2003-CHI-Unified-Remote-Console-Standard/.
• Zimmermann, G.; Vanderheiden, G.; and Gilman, A. (2003). Universal Remote Console - Prototyping for the Alternate Interface Access Standard. In: Carbonell, N. and Stephanidis, C. (eds.); Universal Access: Theoretical perspectives, practice and experience - 7th ERCIM Workshop on User Interface for All. Revised Papers, Oct 24-25, 2002 (pp. 524-31). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Copyright Springer-Verlag.
  Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/ui4all2002/index.htm.
• Zimmermann, G., & Vanderheiden, G. (2002, Sep). Technical Requirements for a Delivery Context Independent User Interface Model. Position Paper for the W3C Workshop on Device Independent Authoring Techniques, Sep. 25-26, 2002, SAP University, St. Leon-Rot, Germany. Paper available online: http://www.w3.org/2002/07/DIAT/posn/trace.html.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2002, Jun). Internet-Based Personal Services on Demand. In: Winters, J.; Robinson, C.; Simpson, R.; Vanderheiden, G. Emerging and Accessible Telecommunications, Information and Healthcare Technologies, pp. 62-70. Arlington, VA: RESNA Press. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2001RESNAIEEESvcsOnDemand/index.htm.
• Vanderheiden, G., & Zimmermann, G. (2002, Jun). State of the Science: Access to Information Technologies. In: Winters, J.; Robinson, C.; Simpson, R.; Vanderheiden, G. Emerging and Accessible Telecommunications, Information and Healthcare Technologies,pp. 152-184. Arlington, VA: RESNA Press. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2002SOS-Report-IT/index.htm.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2002, May). Universal Remote Console Prototyping of an Emerging XML Based Alternate User Interface Access Standard. Poster at the World Wide Web Conference 2002 (WWW 2002), May 7-11, 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Poster available online: http://www2002.org/CDROM/poster/163/.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2002, Apr). Prototype Implementations for a Universal Remote Console Specification. CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 20-25, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2002, Mar). Universal Remote Console - Prototyping The Alternate Interface Access Standard. CSUN's 17th Annual International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, March 18-23, 2002, Los Angeles, CA. Paper available online: http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2002/proceedings/141.htm.
• Zimmermann, G. & Vanderheiden, G. (2001, Jul). Modality Translation And Assistance Services: A Challenge For Artificial Intelligence. Journal of the Austrian Society of Artificial Intelligence (OeGAI), 20(2), 26-27. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2001ModTransAI/.
• Zimmermann, G., & Vanderheiden, G. (2001, Jun). Modality Translation Services on Demand - Making the World More Accessible for All. In Simpson, R. (Ed.), Proceedings of the RESNA 2001 Annual Conference (pp. 100-102). Reno, Nevada: RESNA Press. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/modality_translation_on_demand/modality_translation.htm.
• Zimmermann, G., & Vanderheiden, G. (2001, Mar). Translation on Demand Anytime and Anywhere.CSUN's Sixteenth Annual International Conference, Los Angeles, California, March 19-24, 2001. Paper available online: http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2001/proceedings/0184zimmerman.htm.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2001, Feb). Modality Translation on the Grid - Real-time, on-demand access to information across modalities. Poster session presented at the EOT-NPACI All-Hands Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 25-28, 2001. Poster available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/modality_translation_poster2001/index.htm.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2000, Nov). Modality Translation on the Grid. Poster session presented at the High Performance Networking and Computing Conference (SC2000), Dallas, Texas, Nov. 4-10, 2000. Poster available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/modality_translation_poster2001/index.htm.
• Zimmermann, G. (1999). GONVI - Ein Constraint-basiertes System für nicht-visuelle Interaktion mit Dokumenten und grafischen Objekten. (Ph.D. Thesis on "GONVI - A Constraint-Based System for Non-Visual Interaction with Documents and Graphical Objects".) Berlin: Logos Verlag. ISBN 3-89722-174-8.
• Zimmermann, G. (1998, Sep). GONVI - Non-Visual Access to Documents and GUIs with a Constraint-Based Approach. In Edwards, A. D. N., Arató, A., & Zagler, W. L. (Eds.), Computers and Assistive Technology ICCHP '98 (pp. 379-386). Vienna: Austrian Computer Society (OCG), 1998. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/Zimmermann1998/
• Nitsche-Ruhland, D., & Zimmermann, G. (1995). CritiGUI - Knowledge-Based Support for the User Interface Design Process in Smalltalk. In Blumenthal, B., Gornostaev, J., & Unger, C. (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction, 5th International Conference, EWHCI '95, Moscow, Russia, July 3-7, 1995, Selected Papers (pp. 179-188). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1015 Springer 1995, ISBN 3-540-60614-9.
• Nitsche-Ruhland, D., & Zimmermann, G. (1995). CRITI-GUI - Lernen im Dialog mit einem Kritiker. In Huber-Wäschle, F., Schauer, H., & Widmayer, P. (Eds.), GISI 95, Herausforderungen eines globalen Informationsverbundes für die Informatik, 25. GI-Jahrestagung und 13. Schweizer Informatikertag, Zürich, 18.-20. September 1995 (pp. 314-321). Springer, 1995, Informatik Aktuell, ISBN 3-540-60213-5.

Published Standards

• ANSI/INCITS 389-2005. Information technology - Protocol to Facilitate Operation of Information and Electronic Products through Remote and Alternative Interfaces and Intelligent Agents: Universal Remote Console. InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 12-Aug-2005, 55 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1226605.
• ANSI/INCITS 390-2005. Information technology - Protocol to Facilitate Operation of Information and Electronic Products through Remote and Alternative Interfaces and Intelligent Agents: User Interface Socket Description. InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 12-Aug-2005, 34 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1226625.
• ANSI/INCITS 391-2005. Information technology - Protocol to Facilitate Operation of Information and Electronic Products through Remote and Alternative Interfaces and Intelligent Agents – Presentation Template. InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 12-Aug-2005, 27 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1226725.
• ANSI/INCITS 392-2005. Information Technology - Protocol to Facilitate Operation of Information and Electronic Products through Remote and Alternative Interfaces and Intelligent Agents: Target Description. InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 12-Aug-2005, 27 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1226645.
• ANSI/INCITS 393-2005. Information technology - Protocol to Facilitate Operation of Information and Electronic Products through Remote and Alternative Interfaces and Intelligent Agents: Resource Description. InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 12-Aug-2005, 60 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1226665.
• ANSI/CEA-2018. Task Model Description (CE TASK 1.0). Consumer Electronics Association, Nov. 2007. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.ce.org/cea-2018 (CEA) or http://webstore.ansi.org/ (ANSI).
• ISO/IEC 24752-1:2008. Information Technology - User Interfaces - Universal Remote Console - Part 1: Framework. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2008-02-06, 56 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42309.
• ISO/IEC 24752-2:2008. Information Technology - User Interfaces - Universal Remote Console - Part 2: User Interface Socket Description. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2008-02-06, 51 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42310.
• ISO/IEC 24752-3:2008. Information Technology - User Interfaces - Universal Remote Console - Part 3: Presentation Template. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2008-02-06, 18 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42311.
• ISO/IEC 24752-4:2008. Information Technology - User Interfaces - Universal Remote Console - Part 4: Target Description. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2008-02-06, 14 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42312.
• ISO/IEC 24752-5:2008. Information Technology - User Interfaces - Universal Remote Console - Part 5: Resource Description. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2008-02-06, 49 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42313.

Selected Presentations

• The URC ecosystem and how it supports Design for All. Invited presentation at the symposium "Universal Remote Console (URC) Framework for an Ageing Society", International Society for Gerontechnology 7th World Conference, May 27 – 30, 2010, Vancouver, Canada.
• Raising The Floor - Making Access Attainable for the Other 25-75% of Users with Disabilities. Presentation at the Workshop on Self-service terminals and Assistive technologies, Dec. 7, 2009, Brussels, Belgium.
• WAI-ARIA – Ein Standard für barrierefreie Web 2.0 Anwendungen. Tutorial at the conference Mensch und Computer 2009, Sep. 6-9, 2009, Berlin, Germany.
• Medieninformatik Tübingen – Ein interdisziplinäres Konzept. Presentation at the workshop "Medieninformatik in Forschung, Lehre und Praxis", conference Mensch und Computer 2009, Sep. 6-9, 2009, Berlin, Germany.
• Smart Homes and White Goods. Presentation at the Expert meeting on Assistive Technology & e-Accessibility, March 25, 2009, Brussels, Belgium. Report available at http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/einclusion/docs/worshop_at_09/report.doc.
• Personalization in the Universal Remote Console (URC) Framework. Presentation at the ETSI HF workshop on personalization and user profile standardization, Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France. Jan. 28-29, 2009. Workshop report available at http://portal.etsi.org/stfs/STF_HomePages/STF342/WorkshopReport.pdf.
• Universal Remote Console (URC) in Smart Homes. Coordinator and presenter at a networking session of the ICT 2008 conference, Nov. 25-27, 2008, in Lyon, France. Organized by the European Commission's Directorate General for the Information Society and Media.
• Invited presentation on future trends of an accessible Internet, presented in workshop Zukunft des barrierefreien Internets - Was erwarten und erwartet Nutzer mit Behinderung im Web? at the symposium Einfach für Alle - Konzepte und Zukunftsbilder für ein Barrierefreies Internet. May 6, 2008. Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
• ARIA - Ein Standard für barrierefreie Web 2.0 Anwendungen. Invited presentation at Arbeitskreis Interaktive Systeme, Stuttgart, Nov. 27, 2007.
• Universal Remote Console - User Interface Platform For The Future. Invited presentation at DFKI-Labor Bremen, Nov. 23, 2007.
• The European i2home Project - Intuitive Interaction for Everyone with Home Appliances based on Industry Standards. Invited presentation at Net-atHome 2007, Nov. 13-14, 2007, Nice, France. Organized by Homega Research, Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France.
• Universal Remote Console - User Interface Platform For The Future. Invited presentation at the workshop EU4 "MonAmi, Mainstream Solutions for Ambient Assisted Living Systems?" AmI-07: European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, Nov. 7-10, 2007, Darmstadt, Germany.
• Barrierefreies Design in der IT - Was geht mich das an? Invited presentation at the World Usability Day in Stuttgart, Germany, organized by German Chapter Usability Professionals Association. Nov. 8, 2007.
• ARIA - Ein Standard für barrierefreie Web 2.0 Anwendungen. Invited tutorial (half-day) at the Konferenz Mensch & Computer 2007; Sep. 2-5, 2007; Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany.
• Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) - Ein neuer Standard des W3C zur Barrierefreiheit von Web 2.0 Anwendungen. Invited presentation at 6. Kongress Barrierefreies E-Government - Entwicklungen um Web 2.0, Jun. 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Germany.
• Pluggable User Interfaces and Universal Controllers. Invited presentation at the State of the Science Conference, presented by the RERC on Universal Interface & IT Access, Feb. 28 - Mar. 1, 2007, National Institute for Standard Technologies (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland.
• Web 2.0 und Barrierefreiheit. Invited presentation at the World Usability Day in Stuttgart, Germany, organized by German Chapter Usability Professionals Association. Nov. 14, 2006.
• Barrierefrei auf der Überholspur - Die neuen Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. Invited presentation at Webkongress Erlangen 2006 - Barrierefreiheit. Sep. 28-29, 2006, Erlangen, Germany.
• I Want Products that Obey - How to Make User Interfaces Ready for Ambient Intelligence. Invited presentation at the DRT4ALL first international congress, Nov. 10-12, 2005, Madrid, Spain.
• Warum ist barrierefreies Design heute wichtig? Presentation at the World Usability Day in Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 3, 2005.
• Der Business-Case für barrierefreies Design. Invited presentation at the IBM Informatics Academy, Oct. 26-28, 2005, Herrenberg, Germany. Presentation available as DVD at Auditex Verlag GmbH, Dresden.
• V2 - An Emerging Universal Remote Console Standard. Invited presentation at Free Software Foundation Accessibility Workshop, Jan. 25-28, 2005, at the Honolulu Community College in the Kapalama Multimedia Conference Center.
• Barrierefreies Design ohne Barrieren: Accessibility im Produkt-Entwicklungsprozess. Invited presentation at AK Interaktive Systeme Stuttgart. Nov. 2, 2004, Stuttgart, Germany.
• V2: A New Universal Remote Console Standard. Invited presentation at the Dialogue Promoting Coexistence and Security in the Information Society, Sep. 9-11, 2004, Barcelona, Spain.
• "I Want Products That Obey" - The Emerging Universal Remote Console Standard. Presentation to representatives of Japanese industry. June 1, 2004; Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.
• Besser früher als später - der Business Case für Universal Design. NT-Forum, T-Systems. Feb. 11, 2004; Leinfelden, Germany.
• Presentation on The Alternative Interface Access Protocol. Panel discussion at the 19th Annual International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities (CSUN 2004), March 15-20, 2004, Los Angeles, California.
• Universal Access to Devices and Services – Innovations and Challenges in User Interface Design. Presentation at the seminar on e-Accessibility: new Devices, new Technologies and new Challenges in the Information Society. Nov. 23-27, 2003, International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany..
• Smart Metadata For Appliances - How the Evolving AIAP Standard Uses Metadata to Access Appliances and Services. Invited presentation at the 2003 Dublin Core Conference, Sep. 28 - Oct. 2, 2003, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• Translation, Modality Transformation and Assistance Services - Research and Infrastructure Development. Presentation at the Teleconference on Making Collaboration Technologies Accessible for Persons with Disabilities, April 28, 2003. Position paper available online: http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2003/03/Zimmermann.htm; presentation available online: http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2003/04-GZ/Presentation/. .
• When Virtual Assistive Technology Becomes Universal Design. Invited presentation at the Pervasive Computing 2002 Conference, Oct. 1-2, 2002, National Institute for Standard Technologies (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland.
• Towards a Consolidated Interoperability Model (CIM) - Some Thoughts for Consideration. Presentation to the Interoperability project group of the Accessibility Forum, June 3, 2002, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC..
• Network Based Personal Services on Demand - A Vision and Its Implications on Telecommunications in the Future. Invited presentation at the State of the Science conference of the Telecom RERC, Oct. 29-30, 2001, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.
• Remote Console Prototyping Implementations - An Informal Status Report. Presentation at the NCITS V2 technical committee meeting, July 30-31, 2001, Madison, Wisconsin..
• Universal Design / Disability Access For Advanced Computational Infrastructure. Presentation at EOT day of the EOT-NPACI All-Hands Meeting 2001, Feb. 25-28, 2001, San Diego, California..
• Alternative Interface Access Protocols (AIAP) - Controlling Next Generation Technologies by Alternative User Interfaces. Presentation at AccessGrid Retreat 2001, Jan. 30, 2001, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. Presentation available online: http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/fl/accessgrid/ag-retreat-2001/proceedings-retreat/zimmermann-alternativeinterfaceaccessprotocolsaiap.pdf.
• Modality Translation on the Grid. Presentation at AccessGrid Retreat 2001, Jan. 30, 2001, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. Presentation available online: http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/fl/accessgrid/ag-retreat-2001/proceedings-retreat/zimmerman-modalitytranslationonthegrid.pdf.

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