Convening event: Exploring Disability, Youth & Employment

Convening event: Exploring Disability, Youth & Employment

Convening event: Exploring Disability, Youth & Employment

Date: Mon, Oct 2, 2023 – Mon, Oct 2, 2023

Time: 08:30 – 17:00 (GMT+8)

Venue: venue to be confirmed, San Diego, California, USA

How AI-enhanced Digital Assistive Technology (AT) can break barriers in low-and-middle income countries.

 

Person speaking into a smartphone using a voice assistant.

 

The pace of innovation in digital assistive technology (AT), driven by the increased availability of Artificial Intelligence (AI), offers unique opportunities to address the needs of people with a disability, globally and specifically in low-and-middle income countries. The AI-driven products that are emerging, enable barriers to be broken, equalizing the playing field for people with disabilities.

This event brought together a curated group of experts, thought-leaders, and people with lived experience from low-and-middle income countries alongside the research community, technology companies, and the digital AT industry for a one-day ideation workshop.

Person wearing a hearing aid looks at a smartphone while talking with others.

 

More to explore

A teacher assists a young student using a tablet in a classroom.
Close-up of a child smiling while holding a mobile phone to their ear
A woman speaks at a podium during an event, with a banner about assistive technology behind her and another speaker seated nearby