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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
WORSHOP W1B: Workshop on
Disability Equity & Physical Accessibility
Organizer: Subhash Vashishth, Svayam
Room: 152 Basant
Workshop W2C: 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 Birmigham, 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
1. Akila Vaidyanathan, Amaze Charitable Trust
2. Avaz Foundation
3. Arun Mehta, BAPSI. Technology for Persons with
Multiple Disabilities
4. Jeeja Ghosh. Implementing the rights based
approach in designing technology
Paper Presentations
5. Varun Sriram, et. al. Do-It-Yourself Head-controlled
Mouse : an Affordable Assistive Technology Solution
for People with Severe Motor Disabilities
Poster Pitches
6. Ankita Wadhawan et. al. Importance of Sign
Language Recognition in the Education of Hearing
Impaired Students
Invited Talks
1. Prateek Jain, Microsoft Research. Machine Learning on
Small Devices for AT Applications
2. Suresh Munuswamy, Public Health Foundation of India.
Using AI Tools for Accurate Disability Assessment
3. C. V. Jawahar, IIIT-H
4. Gerhard Weber, Technical University of Dresden.
Determine Accessibility from Needs and Preferences
Poster Pitches
5. Sanchit Aggarwal et. al. 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
1. Vijayalakshmi, SSN College of Engg
2. Snigdha Sarkar, Anwesha Kolkata
3. ISLRTC
Poster Pitches
4. S.R.N. Reddy. A Novel Practical Approach for
Teaching Electronics for UG & PG Hearing Impaired
Students
5. Kavyashree Venkatesh et. al. - Dhwani: An Integrated
Hearing Aid Device to Provide Therapy
Invited Talks
1. Bonny Dave, Akshita Sachdeva, Trestle Labs. Kibo -
Inclusive Reading and Learning
Paper Presentations
2. Anil Prabhakar. Learning Languages with Assistance
3. Venkatesh Chari et. al. Impact of refreshable braille
displays on the education of students who are blind.
Poster Pitches
4. Aishwarya O et. al. Learning through Play: Designing a
Game-Based Curriculum to Teach Numeracy Skills
5. Hunny Bhagchandani et.al. Smart NotePad - One Stop
Device for Making Learning Accessible for the Blind
6. N. Rajagopal et. al. - HEXIS: Braille Book Reader for
visually impaired school children
7. Anubha Goel. Efforts to make IIT Kanpur Campus
Inclusive
8. Bharat Vaya et. al. Role of Modern Assistive Technology
in Inclusive Education for the VI
15:45 Tea Break
16:15
Session 4A Panel - Investors in the AT sector
Chair: Mamta Kohli, DFID
Panelists: Ravichandran Natarajan, Social Alpha; Manish Diwan, BIRAC; V. Ramanathan, Villgro;
Geetika Dayal, TiE Delhi-NCR
Moderator: PVM Rao, IIT-Delhi
Room: 150 Kedar
18:00 Accessible Puzzles and Games Zone
Hindi Movie with Audio Description
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:
Making Classrooms Inclusive
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1. Anita Ghai, Ambedkar University.
Introduction to the disability studies
in the global south and perspectives
on Assistive Technology
Paper Presentations
2. Gesu India et. al. Music, Storytelling
and Play: Teaching Computation
Thinking to Blind or Low Vision
Children in India
Panel Discussion
3. Panelists:-
Jeeja Ghosh ; Meenakshi B., Equals
CPSJ; Nidhi Goyal, Rising Flame;
Prateek Madhav ATA
Paper Presentations
1. Aryan Saini et.al. CycloStroll: An
Immersive Exploration of
Neighborhood via Spatial Audio
2. Charudatta Jadhav et. al. Inclusive
Indoor Navigation
Invited Talks
3. Piyush Chanana, AssisTech
4. Vikas Upadhyay, AssisTech.
Encounter Challenges in Accessible
Digital Map for Indoor
Poster Pitches
5. Sidharth Anantha et. al. Seeing for
the Blind – A Cost-Effective Handsfree
Navigational Solution
12:45 Session 7A: Lemontree Initiatives in Employment of Differently Abled - Aradhana Lal, Lemon Tree
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
1. Charudatta Jadhav, TCS - Sugamya
Pustakalya from small audio book
libraries to a nationwide repository of
accessible books
2. Dipendra Manocha, Daisy
Consortium. Customizing AT solutions
for education (Screen readers, DAISY
players, in Indian Languages:
Partnering with Industry for
mainstream scale up
3. Nitin Sisodia, Sohum Innovation Lab.
Sohum: a novel deafness screening
device for low resource setting - the
journey from lab to community
4. Kuhu Das, Association for Women
with Disabilities. Lived in Experience
& Expectations of Women & Girls
with Disabilities
Invited Talks
1. Sanskruti Shah, Madras Dyslexia
Association. Educational
Interventions in Children with
Dyslexia
2. Arpita Bhattacharya, Pradip Centre
for Autism Management. The Unique
Learning Style on the Spectrum
3. Indrani Basu, Action for Autism.
Educational Interventions in Autism
Spectrum Conditions
Paper Submissions
4. Robin Tommy et. al. VHAB - The
Assistive Ecosystem for a SpecialNeed
Poster Pitches
5. Sajjad Ansari et. al. Improving the
Readability of Dyslexic Learners with
Mobile Game-based Sight-word
Training
Invited Talks
1. Darrel Templeton, MegaVoice.
The Number One Way to Bring
Empowerment
Paper Presentations
2. Eswariuma G et. al. CONVY -
The Assistive Interactor
3. Dhananjay Bhole. Workplace
accessibility for persons with
visual impairment challenges
and solutions
4. Moses Chowdari Gorrepati et.
al. Enable Vaani - rural social
network for persons with
disability
Poster Pitches
5. Naveen Kumar K et. al. 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 - Catherine Holloway, UCL. Social Alpha. Prateek Madhav, ATA Labs. Startup Pitches
Room: 150 Kedar
18:30 Banquet Dinner @ Choki Dhani (Return by 10:00 PM)
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: Hiroshi Kavamura, Daisy Forum
Room: 150 Kedar
11:15 Tea Break
11:45 Session 12A: Assistive Technology for Mobility:
Principles and Practices in India - P1
Room: 151 Bahar
Session 12B: Accessible Digital Content
Room: 152 Basant
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Invited Talks
1. Kuhu Das, Association for Women with Disabilities
Paper Presentations
2. Abhishek Mukhopadhyay et. al. Analyzing Eye
Gaze Fixation Patterns of Users with SSMI
Poster Pitches
3. Betic Lab IIT-B. SCKAFO - Automatic Locking and
Unlocking of Orthosis
Invited Talks
1. Md. Arifur Rahaman, Vashkar Bhattacharjee - Digital Content
Accessibility in Bangladesh
2. Avneesh Singh, Daisy Consortium
Paper Presentations
3. Charudatta Jadhav et. al. Multi-modal Password - Haptic
Solution
Poster Pitches
4. Eswariuma G et al. Smart Assistant
5. Dhananjay Bhole. 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-17th October - Throughout the day
Exhibit Area near Reception