SXSW 2021
Disability-Led Innovation in Future Workplaces
Description:
Imagine a global economy that actively works to level the playing field across race, gender and class, and which also considers disability, the one dimension of diversity that crosses all others. How can we inclusively design technologies like AR and AI, that will power future augmented workplaces, so we don’t exclude 1.3B people with disabilities (PWDs)? How can we leverage the creativity, skills, and experiences of PWDs to design more usable future workplace tech? What role will disability play in helping businesses gain a competitive advantage? These questions, along with examples of business strategies and inclusive emerging tech, will be explored by a diverse panel: emerging tech accessibility policy consultant, leading futurist, innovative business strategist, and startup founder.
Additional Supporting Materials
Other Resources / Information
Takeaways
- Understand how inclusive design can add value to emerging tech startups, helping them address a dynamic opportunity and gain commercial traction.
- Learn practices that businesses can apply to assess their culture and integrate disability as a central focal point and catalyst for innovation.
- Realize how inclusively-designed workplace tech can help ensure inclusion of workers with disabilities which span all other dimensions of diversity.
Speakers
- Bill Curtis-Davidson, Senior Consultant - Emerging Tech Accessibility, Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology
- Cathy Hackl, Futurist, Top 10 Tech Voice on Linkedin, Author, Futures Intelligence Group
- Jonathan J. Kaufman, President, J. Kaufman Consulting
- Zuby Onwuta, Founder, Think and Zoom
Organizer
Bill Curtis-Davidson, Co-Director & Senior Consultant, Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT)
SXSW reserves the right to restrict access to or availability of comments related to PanelPicker proposals that it considers objectionable.
Add Comments