The demand for comfortable, livable built environments for all is continuously creating new challenges in design. The need to accommodate the diversities of all cultures in personal requirements and lifestyles and to enable all individuals to participate in local and global society has opened the door for researchers and designers to meet the demand. The international goal is to meet the widest range of needs to the majority of our global population regardless of age, abilities and culture in both developed and developing countries.

This meeting will join people from different countries to discuss these issues and propose ways to address them. It will be an opportunity to exchange both unique and common experiences, knowledge and ideas, bringing to the table new perspectives and hopefully encourage research initiatives that would address the demand we are all experiencing.

The full program can be found at http://www.catea.gatech.edu/cib/program.php.

Topic areas
- Costs of accessibility
- Harmonisation of legislation and standards
- Sports, Recreation and Accessible Environments
- Education and Training
- Universal Design at the urban scale
- Technological tools supporting the accessible environment
- Challenges in developing countries

Organizers
CIB International Council for Research and Innovation in Building, National Research Council, the Construction Technologies Institute and the Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access/College of Architecture.

Registration
http://www.catea.gatech.edu/cib/registration.php