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13 September 2023
09:30 UK / 04:30 EST
Free

Disability Innovation Summit [DAY 1]

Day 1: watch live
Day 2: watch live

Sharing big ideas and powerful insights.

Disability innovation today...the good, the bad, the untold.


SECTION 1 [9.30-11.00 BST]

A headshot of Professor Catherine Holloway in black and white filter

Professor Cathy Holloway - GDI Hub

A journey of disability innovation: the good, the bad, the untold.
Coloured photograph of Kylie Shae, a white woman with short dark hair smiling at the camera. Pictured in front a backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals

Kylie Shae - WHO

The global need: AT within health systems, an emerging priority?
A headshot of Iain McKinnon, a white man with dark hair and a beard who is looking towards the camera smiling

Iain McKinnon (GDI Hub) host representative from six global cities

Inclusive infrastructure: can cities be inclusive? Insights from six cities around the world, looking at accessibility of the built environment and recent findings.
Photograph of Ustav, an Indian man wearing a dark blue shirt and classes, smiling towards the camera

Utsav Choudhury - National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)

Inclusive infrastructure: can cities be inclusive?
Photograph of Fuad Jamil - man wearing a flat cap and dark t-shirt

Fuad Jamil (Aa) - Kota Kita

Inclusive infrastructure: can cities be inclusive?
Coloured photograph of Maria, a woman with long dark hair, wearing a black top and smiling widely towards the camera

Maria Clara Arrubla Palacio - GDI Hub consultant

Inclusive infrastructure: can cities be inclusive?
Photograph of Tamirkhuu, who has short dark hair and is wearing a dark jacket

Tamirkhuu Narangerel - Universal Progress Independent Living Center (ILC)

Inclusive infrastructure: can cities be inclusive?
A woman with long dark hair, wearing a white shirt and smiling towards the camera

Amarzaya Munkhbat - a Sustainable City Specialist, Municipality of Ulaanbaatar

Inclusive infrastructure: can cities be inclusive?


BREAK [11.00-11.30 BST]


SECTION 2 [11.30-13.00 BST]

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Fre Seghers - CHAI

Strengthening Government Systems To Empower Children via Early Access to Assistive Technology
Coloured photograph of Jamie Danemayer, a woman with short blonde hair, stood outside by the river front at sunset.

Jamie Danemayer - GDI Hub

Innovative data use: can we learn more from what is already available?
Colour profile Image of Tigmanshu Bhatnagar

Tigmanshu Bhatnagar - GDI Hub

Innovation: are ecosystems ready to scale for success
A photograph of Pete Donnelly, a white man with ginger hair and a bear. Smiling towards the camera. Photographed outside

Pete Donnely - Founder of The Wheelchair Skills College

Embedding vital life skills into education to increase access to life opportunities
A photograph of Niall, white man with short dark hair and a beard, stood against a cream background. Wearing a dark coloured shirt.

Niall Marshall - Koalaa

How Koalaa is aiming to create sustainable access to prosthetics globally
Colour photograph of Bernard Chiira

Bernard Chiira - Innovate Now

Innovation: are ecosystems ready to scale for success

LUNCH [13:00-14.00 BST]

SECTION 4 [14.00-15.30 BST]

Colour image of Mikaela Patrick, a white woman with shoulder length dark hair, wearing glasses.

Mikaela Patrick - GDI Hub

Evolution of inclusive design
Coloured photograph of Lizzie Smith, a woman with shoulder length dark hair, wearing bright red lipstick and glasses

Lizzie Smith - Founder of Gradatim

My entrepreneurial journey: as a young person with cerebral palsy
Coloured photograph of Fernando, a white man with short dark hair. Pictured here wearing a suit and stood next to a UNICEF sign. Smiling widely.

Fernando Botelho

Assistive Technology: what’s missing and why aren’t we there already?
Photograph of Derick, a young black man wearing a suit. Smiling towards the camera.

Derick Omari, Technology Entrepreneur, Disability Inclusion & Accessibility Consultant

The Start-up Model for Disability Innovation in Africa: A Journey through the Eyes of an Entrepreneur in Ghana
Colour photograph of Maryam. Maryam is wearing sunglasses and a floral headscarf with matching pink jacket and is outside

Maryam Bandukda - GDI Hub

Participation and Leadership, no tech about us without us
A coloured photograph of Amba, an Indian woman with short dark hair, wearing glasses

Amba Salelkar - Senior Manager, Helpdesk, at the International Disability Alliance

Participation and Leadership, no tech about us without us
A coloured photograph of Banya, a black man wearing a suit and smiling towards the camera

Banya Ojok - International Disability Alliance-GDI Hub Assistive Technology User Fellow

Participation and Leadership, no tech about us without us
close up Photograph of Tom, a white man with ear piercings, looking towards the camera thoughtfully

Tom Shakespeare

Participation and Leadership: "the ghost in the machine": putting disabled people back in the driving seat.

BREAK [15:30-16.00 BST]

SECTION 4 [16.00-17.00 BST]

A headshot of Professor Catherine Holloway in black and white filter

Professor Cathy Holloway - GDI Hub

What fails - Disability Dongles
A photograph of Anna, a white woman with short dark hair who is smiling towards the camera

Anna Landre - GDI Hub

What fails - Disability Dongles
Colour Image of Vicky Austin

Dr Vicki Austin - GDI Hub

What works

CLOSE [17:00 BST]

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