World Summit on the Information Society — November 15, 2005
Text of remarks by Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia. The focus of the speech was on building a global digital library for people with print disabilities. Read the speech (PDF).

World Affairs Council of Northern California — February 2004

“Innovating Information Technologies to Protect Human Rights”: Talk delivered by Jim Fruchterman and Tom Parks of The Asia Foundation. Hear the address.

World Blind Union Asia Pacific General Assembly Keynote Speech — November 17, 2003

Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman addressed the WBU gathering in Singapore in a keynote speech focused on the future of simplified, handheld technology access for blind people. Read the speech (PDF).

National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention — July 8, 2002

“Bookshare.org: The Project for Creating Accessible Books through Computers.”
Prepared remarks by Jim Fruchterman to the General Session of the National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention, Louisville, Kentucky. Read the speech (PDF).

United Nations: 2002 World Technology Summit — July 2002

Jim Fruchterman spoke on “Putting Technology to Work for Development” and participated in the subsequent panel discussion at the 2002 World Technology Summit (joint meeting of the World Technology Network and UNOPS).
Listen to the speech online (MP3), or read the text transcript (PDF).