Monash Tech Talks

Beyond braille: Inclusive tech for a fairer world

September 20, 2021 Monash Tech Talks
Beyond braille: Inclusive tech for a fairer world
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Monash Tech Talks
Beyond braille: Inclusive tech for a fairer world
Sep 20, 2021
Monash Tech Talks

Braille mechanisms have come to be recognised as the face of assistive technologies. With new discoveries being made every day, and IT advancing faster than ever before, now is the opportune time to leverage the potential of technology to create a fairer, more inclusive world.

In this Monash Tech Talks event titled "Beyond braille: Inclusive tech for a fairer world", we’ve invited a panel of specialists to share with you:

  • insights into the modern-day needs of people living with disabilities
  • the current and emerging scope of assistive technologies
  • innovative project examples, such as 3D-printed models incorporating conversational agents
  • informed predictions of where inclusive technology is expected to head in the future.

The panel:

Nas Campanella - ABC Disability Affairs Reporter
Maryanne Diamond AO - Board Member, Australian Network on Disability Former President, World Blind Union
Professor Kim Marriott - Head of Department, Human-Centred Computing, Faculty of Information Technology
Leona Holloway - PhD candidate and Research Assistant, Inclusive Technologies Lab, Faculty of Information Technology

Learn more: https://www.monash.edu/it/tech-talks

Show Notes

Braille mechanisms have come to be recognised as the face of assistive technologies. With new discoveries being made every day, and IT advancing faster than ever before, now is the opportune time to leverage the potential of technology to create a fairer, more inclusive world.

In this Monash Tech Talks event titled "Beyond braille: Inclusive tech for a fairer world", we’ve invited a panel of specialists to share with you:

  • insights into the modern-day needs of people living with disabilities
  • the current and emerging scope of assistive technologies
  • innovative project examples, such as 3D-printed models incorporating conversational agents
  • informed predictions of where inclusive technology is expected to head in the future.

The panel:

Nas Campanella - ABC Disability Affairs Reporter
Maryanne Diamond AO - Board Member, Australian Network on Disability Former President, World Blind Union
Professor Kim Marriott - Head of Department, Human-Centred Computing, Faculty of Information Technology
Leona Holloway - PhD candidate and Research Assistant, Inclusive Technologies Lab, Faculty of Information Technology

Learn more: https://www.monash.edu/it/tech-talks