Our Makers Making Change team is excited to be attending and presenting at this year’s ATIA Conference in Orlando, Florida!

Our information booth #305 will be setup during the conference so please stop by and visit us!

There will also be presentations from our Makers Making Change staff and from our chapters! Our NYC Chapter will also have activities for Maker Day on Saturday February 4 2023 so please attend and join the fun! ATIA Maker Day 2023 – Assistive Technology Industry Association (new window)

The schedule is below for all sessions.

Thursday February 2 2023

8:30 – 9:30am Shanelle Waiting presenting Making A Difference: Levering Volunteer Makers to Build Assistive Technology Room: Boca3/4

9:45 – 10:45 Loreto Dumitrescu & Christopher Marotta presenting Playing with Switches: Opening Up a World of Possibilities Room: Caribbean VI (Also online Recoding Available for virtual attendees)

4:30 – 5:50 Suzanne Winterflood presenting  Supporting Vision Loss with Open AT  Room: Curacao 3/4

Friday February 3 2023

9:45 – 10:45 Courtney Cameron presenting Promoting Positive AT Culture Through Maker Education Room: Caribbean I (Also live streamed for virtual attendees)

9:45 – 10:45 Tom DiAgostina & Alanna Raffel presenting Failing and Figuring it Out: 3D Printing and Fabricating Assistive Tech Room: Boca V/VI

1:00 – 2:00 Tom DiAgostina, Alanna Raffel & Izzy Kaufman presenting The Power of Sharing: Using Social Media to Highlight AT & Accessibility Room: Curacao 3/4

1:00 – 2: 00 Loreto Dumitrescu, Christopher Marotta & Christina Maragioglio presenting DIY AT For Access and Beyond Room: Bonaire 3/4

2:15 – 3:15 Jake McIvor presenting Make It Easy: Best Practices for Sharing DIY Assistive Technology Room: Bonaire 3/4

Saturday February 4 2023 

9:15 – 10:15 Ken Hackbarth presenting Next-Gen Tactile Symbols – 3D Printed Blissymbolics Room: Curacao 7/8