On May 18th organisations and individuals will be participating for the 6th year running in events and activities to promote and raise awareness of digital accessibility.
‘’The Purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion and people with different disabilities’’
This year Destek will be participating in two major events at Atos and the BBC
Atos hold an event annually to mark the day, delegates are by by invitation only and Destek are delighted once again to be invited to participate.
Andrea Kennedy, Destek’s Digital Accessibility Architect will be delivering a technical session on ‘Understanding Accessibility Requirements’ and more details on speakers and the topics being discussed can be found below.
The BBC, like Atos also host an annual internal event in London and have invited Destek to exhibit Assistive Technology(AT) to raise awareness of how AT can benefit staff with disabilities in the workplace. Mehmet Evsen will be manning the stand to answer any questions and demonstrate the AT and training Destek can provide to organisations.
Please also visit our Destek Twitter Page where we will be posting accessibility and assistive technology tips!
To follow our assistive technology and accessibility tips on the 18th follow us @DestekSolutions
To learn more about the day’s events please visit the website at www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org
Atos Itinerary for Global Accessibility Awareness Day
| Main Session |
| Start | Finish | Presenter | Topic |
| 10:00 | 10:10 | Adrian Gregory | Welcome |
| 10:10 | 10:15 | Neil Milliken | Introduction to GAAD |
| 10:15 | 10:40 | Jane Buggy | What Accessibility means to Atos |
| 10:40 | 11:00 | Rachel Neaman | Digital Inclusion |
| 11:00 | 11:15 | Tea / Coffee / Networking | |
| 11:15 | 11:30 | Sarah Brooke | Supporting Accessibility in the workplace |
| 11:30 | 11:50 | Dan Brooke (Channel 4) | Accessibility in the Main Stream Media |
| 11:50 | 12:10 | Graham Bodman | Accessibility in Worldline Services |
| 12:10 | 12:30 | Leena Haque / Sean Gilroy | Challenging Unconscious bias through Gamification |
| 12:30 | 14:00 | Lunch / Demos / Networking | |
| 14:00 | 14:30 | Expert Panel Q & A Session: John Hall (Atos): Chair; Diane Lightfoot: Business Disability Forum; Paul Smyth: Barclays Head of Accessibility; Jane Dickinson MBE: Accessibility Advisor, Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) | Enabling Accessibility in the workplace |
| 14:30 | 14:50 | Neil Milliken | Connecting communities online for inclusion |
| 14:50 | 15:10 | Tea / Coffee / Networking | |
| 15:10 | 15:30 | Gavin Neate | Proximity aware accessible technologies |
| 15:30 | 15:50 | Hector Minto (Microsoft) | Accessibility in context |
| 15:50 | 16:10 | EA Draffan | Accessible MOOC |
| 16:10 | 16:20 | Atos Apprentice Scheme | Developing in-house talent |
| 16:20 | 16:30 | Neil Milliken | Review and Closing Meeting |
| Technical Session |
| Start | Finish | Presenter | Topic |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Andrea Kennedy | Understanding Accessibility Requirements |
| 11:00 | 11:15 | Tea / Coffee / Networking | |
| 11:30 | 12:00 | Gavin Neate | Neatebox |
| 12:00 | 12:30 | Freedom of Speech | Dragon Demo |
| 12:30 | 14:00 | Lunch / Demos / Networking | |
| 14:00 | 14:30 | Atos Staff | JAWS / ZoomText Demo |
| 14:30 | 14:50 | Christian Paterson | OSAi: The OW2 Open Source Accessibility Initiative led by Orange |
| 14:50 | 15:10 | Tea / Coffee / Networking | |
| 15:10 | 15:30 | Barclays | Accessibility Maturity Model |
| 15:30 | 16:00 | TextHelp | Read and Write Gold Demo |