M-Enabling Leadership Briefing: Universities at the Forefront of Digital Inclusion

Date: June 22, 2021

Location: Online

Venue: Online

Event timing: 11:00 A.M. - 01:00 P.M. EST

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The M-Enabling Virtual Leadership Briefing in June will focus on 'Universities at the Forefront of Digital Inclusion.' Equal access to Education for Persons with Disabilities is a core element of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by more than 180 countries. With the acceleration of the digital transformation of learning, universities around the world are at the forefront of innovation in ensuring that everything digital in their environment is fully accessible.

This session will stage a unique sharing of experience among global academic leaders responsible for large scale innovative implementations of digital accessibility. While this session will be of direct interest to all institutions of higher learning, it will also address many issues that are relevant to large organizations beyond academia.

Featured Topics include:

• Global perspectives from academic leaders in accessibility
• Inclusion strategies in a fast-evolving technology environment
• Innovations that will impact Higher Ed and learning at large
• Mainstreaming accessibility principles and knowledge in curricula

Closed Captioning and ASL Interpreters will be available for the webinar. Live stream captions will be available in Spanish, French, German, and Swedish.

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Agenda & Speakers' Biographies

Featured Briefing Speakers

Event Conductor: Christopher M. Lee, Ph.D., IAAP Managing Director; Chief Learning Officer, G3ict

• Welcome Remarks, Setting the Stage - Participants’ Survey Results, and Key Agenda Items: Axel Leblois, President, G3ict
  
  
• Opening Remarks: Deepti Samant Raja, Social Development Specialist, Global Unit, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, The World Bank

• Global Voices from Academia Speakers from academia from around the world on the impact of AI and Machine Learning on Higher Education in the areas of digital inclusion over the next 10 years.
  • Canada: Jutta Treviranus, Ph.D., Professor, Director and Founder, Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC), OCAD University
  • Chile: Kristine France Zúñiga, Head of Diploma Program Architecture and Universal Accessibility, Catholic University of Chile and country representative of Smart City for All-Chile
  • Czech Republic: Radek Pavlíček, Senior Accessibility Specialist, Teiresias: Support Centre for Students with Special Needs, Masaryk University
  • India: Dipendra Manocha, Mentor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and Director, Developing Countries Program, DAISY Consortium
  • Japan: Masahito Kawamori, Keio University
  • Norway: G. Anthony Giannoumis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Universal Design of ICT, Department of Computer Science, Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)
  • Russian Federation: Mikhail Mozgovoy, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Educational, Research and Methodological Center for Vocational Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
  • South Africa: Marcia Lyner-Cleophas, Ph.D., Head of the Disability Unit, Stellenbosch University, Western Cape
  • Spain: Alejandro Rodriguez Ascaso, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Artificial Intelligence, National Distance Learning University (UNED)
  • United Arab Emirates: Dareen Abu-Lail, Outreach Accessibility Manager, Student Accessibility Services, Zayed University
  • USA: Keith Hays, IT ADA Coordinator, Office Access and Equity, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Summary on Global Voices: Christopher M. Lee

• Panel Discussion: Inclusion Strategies in a Fast-Evolving Technology Environment (30 minutes)
• Moderator: Klaus Miesenberger, Ph.D., Professor, Head of the Institute for Integrated Study, Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz, and CSUN AT Conference Program Chair, Journal Track, Austria
• Panelists:
  • Mikhail Mozgovoy, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Educational, Research and Methodological Center for Vocational Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russian Federation
  • Kyle Shachmut, Assistant Director, Digital Accessibility Services, Harvard University
  • Andrew Sam, Adaptive Technologist, Disability Rights Unit, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa

Break (5 minutes)

• Interview (10 minutes): Laura Allen, Head of Strategy, Accessibility and Disability Inclusion at Google on “Innovation that will impact Higher Education."
• Panel Discussion: Mainstreaming Accessibility Principles and Knowledge in Curricula (30 minutes)
• Moderator: Alejandro Rodriguez Ascaso, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Artificial Intelligence, National University for Distance Education (UNED), Spain
• Panelists:
  • Dena Ahmed S. Al-Thani, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
  • Gottfried Zimmermann, Ph.D., Professor, Mobile User Interaction, Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart, Germany
  • Jonathan Lazar, Ph.D., Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, and Associate Director of the Trace Center, USA

Key Learning & Closing Remarks

Adjournment