EMPOWER 2018: An Assistive Technology Conference 25 - 27 Oct 2018 http://assistech.iitd.ac.in/empower2018/ I-Tec Techno Park, IIT Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi Educational City Sonipat, Haryana, 131029
EMPOWER 2018 is being organized to bring together all stakeholders in the assistive technology sector. This includes researchers, user organizations, industries as well as policy makers engaged in different ways with the issues involved in creation, production and dissemination of assistive technology solutions. This three day event should see active participation of all stakeholders not only to discuss current solutions but also to seed ideas for research groups to work on. The event would consist of key note talks, invited papers, posters, user forums, panel discussion as well as an exhibition. The venue is a large conference and incubation centre of IIT Delhi (accommodation available at the centre) located in the Rajiv Gandhi Education City in Sonipat http://www.iitdsonipat.com Some keynote speakers who have accepted to speak and conduct short user sessions include Dr. T.V. Raman (Google) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._V._Raman) Prof. Katsuhito Yamaguchi (Nihon University, Japan) (Infty Project) Dr. Masakazu Suzuki (Kyushu University)(Infty project) Dr. Volker Sorge (University of Birmingham, UK) Mr. Saqib Shaikh (Microsoft)(Seeing Eye project initiator) (To be confirmed) Visit the exhibition and see the latest Assistive Technology products Experience the solutions/challenges in the special zone (XRCVC, Mumbai and Saksham, Delhi) Meet the researchers/experts from all over India Participate in the innovation and design show for addressing the challenges Note early bird registration closes on 7th October 2018 (One day registration available). Book your accommodation also at the venue All conference related information including online registration would be available at the conference website http://assistech.iitd.ac.in/empower2018/ Contact for queries: Himanshu Garg himanshu.g...@cse.iitd.ac.in or Shraddha727pandey shraddha727pan...@gmail.com Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
