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Five speakers sitting in front of two banners (one of Amref and another of Innovate Now). They are next to a Kenyan sign language interpreter.

15 May 2020

Innovate Now Accelerator Programme Seeks Mobile Solutions to Assist Persons with Disabilities
InnovationAction.org

23 April 2020

New innovation platform www.innovationaction.org to provide global solutions to global challenges
Lord Chris Holmes, GDI Hub Chair addresses the 2017 Disability Innovation Summit.

26 March 2020

Postponement of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Banner with partners logos. Text reads: Global Search: existing and proven low-cost ventilator technologies.

17 March 2020

COVID-19 response: searching for emerging market ventilation systems
Wheelchair user sitting in front the workshop at UCL HereEast. Students working in the background.

04 March 2020

Creating the next generation of disability pioneers, UCL’s Disability, Design and Innovation MSc
Coverpage of Product Narrative Hearing Aids with an image of a hearing aids and AT2030 and ATscale logos

03 March 2020

Hearing Aid Product Narrative launched on World Hearing Day
Male wheelchair user trying VR lenses. He is next to a woman that smiles to him while holding a pen.

28 February 2020

Accelerating rehab through virtual reality gaming
Group picture of judges, organisers and hackathon participants smiling and holding giant cheques with prizes.

18 February 2020

GDI Hub supports the Accessible cities Hackathon in Egypt
MSc students focusing on work in the UCL building.

09 January 2020

Brilliant disabled students sought for UK based post-graduate scholarship opportunity
Five students seating by a workshop table at UCL Here East. One of them is a wheelchair user..

18 December 2019

Three Snowdon Trust Scholarships available for our MSc in Disability, Design and Innovation
Five speakers sitting in front of two banners (one of Amref and another of Innovate Now). They are next to a Kenyan sign language interpreter.

02 December 2019

Unveiling the First Cohort of Assistive Technology Entrepreneurs of the Innovate Now Accelerator
A rear view of a crowded room in the UN, people are sat at desks addressing a panel at front

06 November 2019

WHO and UNICEF started Open Consultations for 27 Assistive Product Specifications (APS)
Cathy Holloway is standing giving a presentation to students that are gathered by a workshop table.

02 October 2019

GDI Hub welcomes first cohort of Disability, Design and Innovation MSc students
Panel of 9 speakers at the Innovation Ecosystem launch

30 September 2019

Innovate Now: 19 companies focused on Assistive Technologies have been selected for the Round 1 shortlist
Entrance of Here East building

20 September 2019

GDI Hub to be part of the UK’s most inclusive zone for accessible technology and disability-led innovation
AT2030 logo

02 September 2019

Hogan Lovells is part of the movement to accelerate Disability Innovation for a Fairer World by supporting AT2030
An old man in a wheelchair is taking a photo of an art sculpture of a man wearing shorts and braces on a space hopper.

24 August 2019

Disability Innovation Summit; exploring disability innovation alongside the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Lucas Melo, CEO of Amparo holds a prosthetic device and the FT/IFC award.

20 June 2019

Prosthetics Startup Amparo wins FT & IFC award in innovating for disability
Learning environment

18 June 2019

$20,000 MSc scholarship for US student to join Disability, Design and Innovation course
Panel of 9 speakers at the Innovation Ecosystem launch

11 June 2019

Africa's First Innovation Ecosystem dedicated to Assistive Technology launched In Nairobi, Kenya
3 people strolling through the olympic park. Central person is a wheelchair user.

01 May 2019

Inclusive Design Standards updated for 2019
Smart glasses and designer

16 April 2019

Launching the world’s first MSc in Global Disability Innovation
Lord Bates, Minister of State for International Development at the Sightgeist event.

28 March 2019

DFID to double investment in AT2030 to £19.8million because of 'amazing early results'
A poster of Snowdon Masters scholarship. Text reads: Investing in inspirational disabled leaders. Apply now for up to £15,00 for a UK Masters course and a £15,000 stipped with studying. Open to exceptional disabled students, influencers, role models and leaders. Logo: GDI Hub and Snowdon Trust.

19 March 2019

New Snowdon Masters Scholarships for disabled leaders launched