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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Monday (14th October 2019) - Workshop Sessions
10:00
Workshop W1A
Preparing Accessible Math
Documents using MathJax v3
Organizer: Volker Sorge, University
of Birmigham, UK
Room 153 (Megh)
Workshop W1B
Workshop on Disability Equity &
Physical Accessibility
Organizer: Subhash Vashishth,
Svayam
Room 152 (Basant)
Workshop W1C
Empowering Young Learners with Congenital
Blindness through Tactile Graphics.
Part 1: From Objects to Drawings
Organizer: Bob Marek, Hungry Fingers
Room 151 (Bahar)
13:15 Lunch Break
14:15
Workshop W2A
Accessible STEM Diagrams
Organizer: Volker Sorge, University
of Birmingham, UK
Room 153 (Megh)
Workshop W2B
Mobility and Accessibility for People
with Locomotor Disabilities
Organizer: Nekram Upadhyay, ISIC
Room 152 (Basant)
Workshop W2C
Empowering Young Learners with Congenital
Blindness through Tactile Graphics.
Part 2: Developing Spatial Imagery through
Tactile Graphics and Coding Games
Organizer: Bob Marek, Hungry Fingers
Room 151 (Bahar)
Tuesday (15th October 2019)
9:30
Session 1A: Inauguration & Keynote
Keynote: Assistive Technology: Challenges and Opportunities for India
Luc De Witte, University of Sheffield, UK
Room 150 (Kedar)
10:45 Tea Break
11:15
Session 2A: Augmentative and Alternative
Communication
Room 151 (Bahar)
Session 2B: New Horizons: Harnessing AI/ML driven
Intelligent Physical Systems for the AT Sector
Room 152 (Basant)
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Invited Talks
♦ Enabling technologies for autism: current and future
perspectives
♦ Empowering parents to help their child to
communicate - our experiences in product design,
development and training.
♦ Technology for persons with multiple disabilities
♦ Implementing the rights-based approach in
designing technology
Paper Presentations
♦ Do-it-yourself head-controlled mouse: an affordable
assistive technology solution for people with severe
motor disabilities
Poster Pitches
♦ Importance of sign language recognition in the
education of hearing-impaired students
Invited Talks
♦ Machine learning on small devices for at applications
♦ Using AI tools for accurate disability assessment
♦ C. V. Jawahar, IIIT-H
♦ Determine accessibility from needs and preferences
Poster Pitches
♦ ViShruti: Seeing through listening
13:15 Lunch Break
14:15
Session 3A: AT for Speech and Hearing Impairment
Room 151 (Bahar)
Session 3B: Learning Tools & Education for the VI
Room 152 (Basant)
Invited Talks
♦ Speech-input speech-output communication aid
(SISOCA) for speakers with dysarthria
♦ Assistive Technology - Gaps & challenges; a family
perspective
♦ Seeking solutions to the challenges of sign language
grammar for technology
Poster Pitches
♦ A novel practical approach for teaching electronics
for UG & PG hearing impaired students
♦ Dhwani: An integrated hearing aid device to provide
therapy
Invited Talks
♦ Kibo - Inclusive reading and learning
Paper Presentations
♦ Learning languages with assistance
♦ Impact of refreshable braille displays on the education
of students who are blind.
Poster Pitches
♦ Learning through play: designing a game-based
curriculum to teach numeracy skills
♦ Smart notepad - one stop device for making learning
accessible for the blind
♦ HEXIS: Braille book reader for VI school children
♦ Efforts to make IIT Kanpur campus inclusive
♦ Role of modern assistive technology in inclusive
education for the VI
15:45 Tea Break
16:15
Session 4A Panel Discussion - Investors in the AT sector
Moderator: Mamta Kohli, DFID
Panelists: Ravichandran Natarajan, Social Alpha; Manish Diwan, BIRAC; V. Ramanathan, Villgro;
Geetika Dayal, TiE Delhi-NCR
Room 150 (Kedar)
18:00 Accessible Puzzles and Games Zone (Lobby Area) Hindi Movie with Audio Description (Room 150 Kedar)
Wednesday (16th October 2019)
9:30 Session 5A: Keynote - Empowering for Inclusion, Sriram Rajamani, Microsoft
Room 150 (Kedar)
10:45 Tea Break
11:15
Session 6A: AT for the Global South:
Opportunities and Challenges
Room 151 (Bahar)
Session 6B: Spatial Accessibility for VI
Room 152 (Basant)
Session 6C:
Design Challenge for Students:
Accessible Classrooms through
assistive technology
Room 153 (Megh)
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Invited Talks
♦ Introduction to the disability studies
in the global south and perspectives
on Assistive Technology
Paper Presentations
♦ Music, storytelling and play:
teaching computation thinking to
blind or low vision children in India
Panel Discussion
♦ Panelists: Jeeja Ghosh; Meenakshi
B., Equals CPSJ; Nidhi Goyal, Rising
flame; Prateek Madhav ATA
Invited Talks
♦ Enabling independent travel for
persons with blindness:
perspectives & approaches
♦ Encounter challenges in accessible
digital map for Indoor
Paper Presentations
♦ CycloStroll: An immersive
exploration of neighborhood via
spatial audio
♦ Inclusive indoor navigation
Poster Pitches
♦ Seeing for the Blind – cost effective
handsfree navigational solution
12:45 Session 7A: Lemontree Initiatives in Employment of Differently Abled - Aradhana Lal, Lemon Tree
Room 150 (Basant)
13:15 Lunch Break
14:15
Session 8A: Bridging the Gap: Taking AT
solutions from the Lab to the Field and
Bringing Field Experience to the Lab.
Room 151 (Bahar)
Session 8B: Interventions for Learning
Disabilities
Room 152 (Basant)
Session 8C: Assisting Employability
of Persons with Disabilities
Room 153 (Megh)
Invited Talks
♦ Sohum: a novel deafness screening
device for low resource setting - the
journey from lab to community
♦ Sugamya Pustakalya from small
audio book libraries to a nationwide
repository of accessible books
♦ Customizing AT solutions for
education (Screen readers, DAISY
players, in Indian Languages:
Partnering with Industry for
mainstream scale up
♦ Assistive technology to improve the
quality of living of women & girls
with disabilities
Invited Talks
♦ Educational interventions in
children with dyslexia
♦ The unique learning style on the
spectrum
♦ Educational interventions in autism
spectrum conditions
Paper Submissions
♦ VHAB - The assistive ecosystem for
a special need
Poster Pitches
♦ Improving the readability of dyslexic
learners with mobile game-based
sight-word training
Invited Talks
♦ The number one way to bring
empowerment
Paper Presentations
♦ CONVY - The assistive interactor
♦ Workplace accessibility for
persons with visual impairment
challenges and solutions
♦ Enable Vaani - rural social
network for persons with
disability
Poster Pitches
♦ EYE (Educate Yourself Easily)
Tool – independence through
self-learning
15:45 Tea Break
16:15-
18:00
Session 9A - Innovation Eco-system in the AT sector
Speakers from Social Alpha; ATA Labs; Social Impact Startups
Room 150 (Kedar)
18:30 Banquet Dinner @ Choki Dhani (Return by 22:00)
Thursday (17th October 2019)
9:30
Session 10A Keynote: The Balance between AI and Human Expertise in the Future of Technology for People with Disabilities,
Helen Petrie, York University, UK
Room 150 (Kedar)
10:30
Session 11A Keynote: From Assistive Technology to Universal Design: a view from DAISY community
Hiroshi Kavamura, Daisy Consortium
Room 150 (Kedar)
11:15 Tea Break
11:45 Session 12A: Assistive Technology for Mobility: Principles
and Practices in India
Room 151 (Bahar)
Session 12B: Accessible Digital Content
Room 152 (Basant)
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• Universal design principles and practices
• Assistive technology for mobility and women & girls
with disabilities – a reality check
Paper Presentations
♦ Analyzing eye gaze fixation patterns of users with SSMI
Poster Pitches
♦ SCKAFO - Automatic locking and unlocking of orthosis
Invited Talks
♦ Digital content accessibility in Bangladesh
♦ Standards: Prerequisite for accessible products and
assistive technologies
Paper Presentations
♦ Multi-modal password - Haptic Solution
Poster Pitches
♦ Smart assistant
♦ Common web accessibility issues of academic institutes
and solutions way ahead
12:45 Closing Ceremony (Discussions & Vote of Thanks)
13:30 Parting Lunch
Technology Showcase
Full day exhibits by our exhibitors.
15th
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October - Throughout the day
Exhibit Area near Reception