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

Disability Innovation Summit: Inclusive Interactions
Social graphic marketing course with Cathy Holloway profile pic

25 September 2023
00:00 UK / 19:00 EST
Various

Disability Interactions & Innovations course at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Image of TIDAL workshops with post grads listening to presentations around a large screen

07 September 2023
01:00 UK / 20:00 EST
Free

Building a roadmap for Assistive Technology innovation
Graphic of a magnifying glass positioned over a map of England

07 September 2023
13:00 UK / 08:00 EST
Free

Launch event: England Country Capacity Assessment of AT
Guest lecture graphic - with title Disability and Disciplines and Curious Interactions. A photograph of Dr Hemachandran Karah

10 July 2023
01:00 UK / 20:00 EST
Free

Guest lecture: Disability and Disciplines, Curious Interconnections
Image: Man in Sierra Leone, holding and drinking from a water bottle using a soft fit prosthetic lower arm. He is sitting outside and wearing a blue t-shirt. With copy: 'Join Global Disability Innovation Hub, His Majesty's Government United Kingdom (UK), The World Health Organization and in partnership with UNICEF, ATscale and The International Disability Alliance for a unique insight into testing and backing new approaches. This session will reflect on learnings from UK aid funded AT2030 programme, led by GDI Hub, to test 'What Works' to improve access to life-changing AT. This is a story of innovation and learning.' Tuesday, 13th June. 6.30pm to 7.45pm EDT. Conference room 4, digital stream availible. As urgency to scale up access grows, could a ‘fail fast and scale successes’ approach work for AT? With organisational logos.

13 June 2023
23:30 UK / 18:30 EST
Free

COSP16 side event: GDI Hub and partners explore ‘What Works’ to improve access to life-changing Assistive Tech (AT) for all
Digital Assistive Technology Challenges and Opportunities: The Potential of Mobile Devices Side event CRPD Conference of State Parties 2023

14 June 2023
18:15 UK / 13:15 EST
Free

COSP16 side event co-hosted by GDI Hub and partners: Digital Assistive Technology Challenges and Opportunities
Logos of UN India, UN Habitat, and GDI Hub COSP16: Virtual side event Inclusive Urban Development: Accessibility as an enabler for reaching under-represented groups of persons with disabilities Date: 13, June 2023,Tuesday Time: 7:15-8.30 (IST)

13 June 2023
14:45 UK / 09:45 EST
Free

COSP16 virtual side event co-hosted by GDI Hub and partners: Inclusive Urban Development
Graphic advertising guest lecture event. The architecture of disability. David Gissen. Thursday 8th June 2023. 17:30 - 18:30. UCL East. Free, in person and online

08 June 2023
17:30 UK / 12:30 EST
Free

Guest lecture: The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities and Landscapes Beyond
Image of Freetown in Sierra Leone, photo overlooking a section of the city, showing a fairly high concentration of buildings, and a busy roads with traffic and people walking.

13 April 2023
11:00 UK / 06:00 EST
Free

Catch-up on the launch Event: Inclusive Design and Accessibility of the Built Environment in Freetown, Sierra Leone
VR headset being fitted to a child in a classroom environment in Kenya, by the founder. The young girl is smiling.

09 December 2022
11:30 UK / 06:30 EST
Free

Innovate Now - Demo Day: cohort 6
Launch Event: Inclusive Design and Accessibility of the Built Environment in Nairobi

03 November 2022
11:00 UK / 07:00 EST
Free

Launch Event: Inclusive Design and Accessibility of the Built Environment in Nairobi
Text graphic - inside the AT impact fund - with image of eyeglasses and clubfoot leg brace

13 October 2022
13:00 UK / 08:00 EST
Free

Inside the Assistive Tech Impact Fund
COSP Side Event: Climate and crisis, Disability-inclusive resilience in cities

15 June 2022
15:00 UK / 10:00 EST
Free

COSP Side Event: Climate and crisis, Disability-inclusive resilience in cities
COSP15 Side Event: Assistive Technology - what we know now

13 June 2022
15:00 UK / 10:00 EST
Free

COSP15 Side Event: Assistive Technology - what we know now
Mobile Disability Gap: access and impact of mobile technology

20 April 2022
12:00 UK / 07:00 EST
Free

Mobile Disability Gap: access and impact of mobile technology
A young man uses headphones to assist his education

07 February 2022
02:00 UK / 21:00 EST
Free

ICT Landscape review: The use of ICT in improving the educational participation and outcomes of children with disabilities.
Global Disability Summit Side Event: Inclusive & Resilient Futures: Disability-Inclusive Climate Resilient Cities

17 February 2022
11:00 UK / 06:00 EST
Free

Global Disability Summit Side Event: Inclusive & Resilient Futures: Disability-Inclusive Climate Resilient Cities
Image of boy adjusting club foot frame while sitting in bed

16 February 2022
11:00 UK / 06:00 EST
Free

Global Disability Summit Side Event: Shifting the investment paradigm, the power of AT innovation
Vibrant and stylised painting of a person in a wheelchair with the caption "I am a beautify machinery of joy!"

02 February 2022
12:00 UK / 07:00 EST
Free

Book Launch: Disability interactions (DIX) a new approach combining cross-disciplinary methods & theories to co-create new tech
Tidal N+

26 January 2022
12:00 UK / 07:00 EST
Free

TIDAL N+ launch event: Transformative Innovation in the delivery of Assisted Living Products and Services.
Royal Academy of Engineering Leaders in innovation fellowships International day for persons with disabilities on 8 December 2021 guest panelist Cathy Holloway

08 December 2021
14:00 UK / 09:00 EST
Free

Royal Academy of Engineering Innovation Leaders Webinar Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Learning better: The Path to Inclusive Educational Technology

17 December 2021
14:00 UK / 09:00 EST
Free

Learning better: The Path to Inclusive Educational Technology
Disability Innovation Live: Disability Lens Investment - mapping the sector

08 December 2021
14:00 UK / 09:00 EST
Free

Disability Innovation Live: Disability Lens Investment - mapping the sector
#WeThe15 in AI Webinar

02 December 2021
13:00 UK / 08:00 EST
Free

#WeThe15 in AI Webinar
Disability LIVE Series: The Opportunity of a Billion - Assistive Technology Investment

23 November 2021
15:30 UK / 10:30 EST
Free

Disability LIVE Series: The Opportunity of a Billion - Assistive Technology Investment
A building with 3 steps to access the door. A plank of wood sits from the ground level to the first step, is broken and inadequately providing a solution to access the door

26 October 2021
13:00 UK / 08:00 EST
Free

Disability Innovation Live Series. An Inclusive Future: Disability Inclusive and Climate Resilient Cities
Webinar Summary: Clubfoot - Time to Act!

04 October 2021
16:30 UK / 11:30 EST
Free

Webinar Summary: Clubfoot - Time to Act!
This image is composed of series of pictures showing how technologies used by people with disabilities have changed over the years. From left to right there are: a picture showing a paralimpic archer competing on his wheelchair in Tokyo 1964, a paralympic disk thrower training for Tokyo 2020, a researcher from the Keio School of Media Design sitting on a wheelchair that features robotic arms, and an upper limb amputee using is guitar prosthetic arm to play music

23 August 2021
10:00 UK / 05:00 EST
Free

Disability Live from Tokyo: From 1964 to 2020: A Journey of Disability Innovation
Photograph of a Mongolian man attempting to get on a public bus

06 May 2021
10:00 UK / 05:00 EST

Webinar summary: launch of the AT2030 Inclusive Infrastruture Case Study in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Disabled Students Survey Launch

29 April 2021
14:00 UK / 09:00 EST
Free

Disabled Students Survey Launch
3 women and their mother sitting round a table.

28 January 2021
13:00 UK / 08:00 EST
Free

Tomorrow’s disability innovation pioneers: a showcase of PHD research, ideas and technologies
Race, Disability and innovation promotional banner

17 December 2020
13:00 UK / 08:00 EST
Free

Race, Disability and Innovation: diversity and the disability innovation movement
Male wheelchair user trying VR lenses. He is next to a woman that smiles to him while holding a pen.

03 November 2020
12:30 UK / 07:30 EST
Free - invitation only event

Expert Roundtable – Powering Inclusion: AI and Assistive Technology
A small group of disabled people in a discussion about innovation.

19 November 2020
13:00 UK / 08:00 EST
Free

Country Capacity Assessments - supporting country governments to address AT access
3 people strolling through the olympic park. Central person is a wheelchair user.

22 October 2020
14:00 UK / 09:00 EST
Free

Inclusive Design: What if we built a world that was accessible to all?