Focus Disability Network are hosting a conference for service providers who work with people with disabilities, featuring insights from specialists in the technology field. See the agenda (new window) and presenters’ bios (new window).

1) Garth Johnson, Meticulon and Auticon: Keynote Speaker

• Capturing and harnessing the skills of people with disabilities to use in the tech world

2) Dr. Rachelle Hole, Professor UBC Okanagan and Sandra Polushin, TYDE Research Assistant

• The BC Transitioning Youth with Disabilities and Empowerment (TYDE) Project

3) Jody Dickerson and Gordon Watt, Neil Squire Society

• A hands-on interactive display of technology supports for work and home

4) Kim Donaldson, Fable

• Fable Pathways, a skill-building program for people with disabilities interested in working in the tech sector.

5) Ling Huang, Technology North

• Technology North’s experience using assistive tech and the framework to address the challenges more holistically

6) Aaron Davis, Mission Community Skills Centre Society

• Zooming into the future of virtual service delivery