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October 16, 2014 Michael Snyder: 202-418-0997
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FCC ANNOUNCES FORUM TO PROMOTE ADVANCES IN ACCESSIBLE WIRELESS 
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Washington D.C.  – The FCC today announced it will hold a forum Nov. 7 to promote the latest 
advances in accessible wireless emergency communications, including text-to-911. The event 
will engage technology designers, engineers and policy makers to raise awareness of the needs of 
people with disabilities prior to developing devices and services that can be used in and during 
emergencies, with the goal of saving more lives and enabling quicker responses to natural and 
manmade disasters.  
What: Accessible Wireless Emergency Communications Forum
Date: Friday, November 7, 2014 
Time: 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Location: FCC Headquarters, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554
Morning session panels will bring together bring together government and disability technology 
experts to share the latest research and development activities for accessible emergency 
communications, alerts and notifications.  
The afternoon session will include an FCC presentation on the status of its text-to-911 rules, 
followed by a report from wireless carriers and public safety officials on their progress in rules 
implementation. Representatives of consumers with disabilities will then discuss their public 
education and outreach efforts and provide suggestions to government and industry for their 
roles.  
The event will be free and open to the public. Live, captioned video of the event will be available
at www.fcc.gov/live. 
The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or other mobility aids.  Sign 
language interpreters, open captioning and assistive listening devices will be provided on site.  
Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.  
Requests should be made as soon as possible and include contact information.  Last minute 
requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.  Contact fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY) for 
reasonable accommodation requests, or to request this press release or any other materials in 
accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format).
For more information please contact Kelly Jones of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau at Kelly.Jones@fcc.gov or call (202) 418-7078.   
For more news and information about the FCC, please visit: www.fcc.gov.
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