Hiroshi KAWAMURA

Vice President at ATDO - Assistive Technology Development Organization

Hiroshi Kawamura is a founder, Past President and current Board Member of the DAISY Consortium and the Global Chair of ICTA/Rehabilitation International. Experienced Board Member of not-for-profit organizations serving for the international disability community on information accessibility and universal design. Contributed to development/implementation of DAISY, SMIL and Accessible EPUB. Experiences include global strategy development in Bridging Digital Divide (WSIS 2003-5), Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (3WCDR 2015), Global Exchange of Accessible Reading Materials (WIPO Marrakesh Treaty) and the world first nation-wide implementation of Digital Talking Book Library Network in Japan (2000) in collaboration with strong global network of DAISY. Global timely dissemination of accessible and easy to understand information has been a lifework based on 27 years services at the University of Tokyo Library. Year of this biography: 2018