Name: Workshop: People-centered assistive technologies & inclusive design
Start: 2013-03-07T14:00:00+0100
End: 2013-03-07T16:00:00+0100

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Workshop: People-centered assistive technologies & inclusive design LIMITED

Limited Capacity seats available

The Assistive Technologies Events at ES:GC2 will engage participants in discussing new strategies and global opportunities for influencing disability research that will benefit individuals with autism and intellectual disabilities in developed countries and low-resourced communities. The presentations will highlight the potential for positive global impact that is envisioned by the DOCTRID International Research Institute and its international partners in the EU, USA, Canada and Japan.

Three key areas will be explored in the course of the Symposium and Workshop:

1. Establishing and utilizing internationally-based collaborations to conduct Assistive Technology research using EU Horizon 2020 Funding instruments.

2. Creating a global Assistive Technologies consortium that will access and utilize new European Union research and development funding to partner in collaborative research.

3. Maximizing the role of international Assistive Technologies R&D structures including DOCTRID and AAATE, the private sector, advocacy groups and charities that can expand access to diverse networks, assess research initiatives for broader impact and advise on policy and new directions.

Activities

Meeting: Early-bird AT Workshop for Speakers (by invitation only)
Date: Tuesday 5th March
Time: 9.30am-1.00pm
Venue: Enterprise Ireland Office Brussels

Meeting: AT Symposium Speakers pre-symposium Workshop (by invitation only)
Date: Wednesday 6th March
Time: 2.00pm-4.00pm
Venue: ISC Offices

Meeting: AT Symposium (open to people registered to the Conference)
Date: Thursday 7th March
Time: 9.00am-12.00pm
Venue: EU Parliament

Meeting: AT Workshop (open to all)
Date: Thursday 7th March
Time: 2.00pm-6.00pm
Venue: Radisson BLU EU Hotel – Schuman Meeting Room

Agenda

Moderators

Lynnae Ruttledge

International disability rights policy advisor, DOCTRID

Lynnae M. Ruttledge is a member of the US National Council on Disability, appointed by President Obama in 2013. In addition, she serves as a disability policy advisor to the international research institute, DOCTRID. Ms. Ruttledge served as Commissioner of the US Rehabilitation Services... Read More →

Speakers

Prof. Karola Dillenburger

Centre for Behaviour Analysis, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland

Prof Karola Dillenburger has worked extensively in social care and therapeutic settings in Germany before moving to Northern Ireland. She is the Director of the Centre for Behaviour Analysis in the School of Education at QUB. She has published widely, including 5 books, 5 multimedia... Read More →

Dr. John Dinsmore

Health Innovation Lead, Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

John Dinsmore is a health psychology researcher who’s work has focused on analysing behavioural change, illness perceptions, cognitive mediators, quality of life and quality of care of individuals living with chronic illnesses (including stroke, COPD, schizophrenia, dementia and... Read More →

Mark Dyer

Director Trinity Haus, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Mark Dyer holds the Michael McNamara Chair in Construction Innovation at Trinity College Dublin since 2008 and is the founding director of the TrinityHaus research centre for sustainability and innovation in the built environment. Previously he was Professor of Civil Engineering... Read More →

Prof. Lizbeth Goodman

Director, SMARTlab and Chair of Creative Technology Innovation, University College Dublin

Lizbeth Goodman is Chair of Creative Technology Innovation and Professor of Inclusive Design for Education at University College Dublin, and an Executive Board member of the Innovation Academy (TCD, UCD, QUB), for which she runs the Social Entrepreneurship module and part of the core... Read More →

Gerardo Herrera

Director, Assistive Technology lab for autism, Robotics Institute, University of Valencia, Spain

Gerardo Herrera, MSc, is the responsible of the Autism & IT Group at the IRTIC Technological Institute. He has a Degree in Computer Science from the University of Valladolid and holds a Master Degree in Computer Science from the University of Valencia. He founded the Autism Group... Read More →

Magí Almirall Hill

Director, Office of Learning Technologies, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Magí Almirall works in the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). He leads the Office of Learning Technologies. Since 1995 he has worked in the IT department leading the development of the UOC virtual campus platform . His current work focuses on two themes; tools for e-learning platforms... Read More →

Dr. Geraldine Leader

Psychologist, behaviour analyst and lecturer in the School of Psychology at the National University of Ireland, Galway

Dr. Geraldine Leader is a psychologist, behaviour analyst and lecturer in the School of Psychology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her research interests lie in the area of autism spectrum disorders. Geraldine is the founding director of the Irish Centre for Autism... Read More →

Prof. Michael J. Leahy

Professor and Director, Office of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies College of Education, Michigan State University,

Michael Leahy is a professor of rehabilitation counseling and director of the Office of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies. His continuing research interests include professional competency development and education, professionalization, regulation of practice, vocational assessment... Read More →

Jutta Treviranus

Director, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University

Jutta Treviranus is the Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) and professor in the faculty of Design at OCAD University in Toronto (http://idrc.ocadu.ca ). Jutta established the IDRC in 1993 as the nexus of a growing global community that proactively works to ensure that our digitally transformed and globally connected society is designed inclusively. Dr. Treviranus also founded an innovative graduate program in inclusive design a... Read More →

Thursday March 7, 2013 2:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Radisson Blu EU Hotel Idaliestraat 35, 1000 Brussels

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