Techshare Europe 2016: Smart Accessible Technology for Work,
Rest and Play
15-16 September 2016Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow
Conference Programme
Partners:
www.rnib.org.uk/Techshare-Europe#Techshare16
Day 1: Thursday 15 September
12.30Registration and coffee
Exhibition and Marketplace Fringe
Details at end of programme – open throughout all conference
breaks
14.00Session 1: Smart Technology for EducationIMAX
Auditorium
Chair: Campbell Chalmers, Director, RNIB Scotland
14.10
Key note address – O2
Maximising access to content through connectivity for education
and leisure
Ann Pickering, O2 and Emma House, Director for Publisher
Relations, The Publishers Association and Charlie Redmayne, CEO
Harper Collins Publishing
14.40
Accessibility and multi touch: the 4th Generation Apple TV
Sarah Herrlinger, Senior Product Manager Accessibility, Apple
Inc.
15:00
Transforming Braille: The Affordable Electronic Braille
Display
Neil Heslop and Steve Tyler, RNIB and Orbit Technologies
15.20
Coffee
The Atrium / Clyde Suite
15:40Seminars
Technology and Mental Health: Staying Happy and Healthy with
Smart Devices
Amanda Hawkins and Robin Spinks RNIB
OR
Online Today: Enabling Persons with Visual Impairment to get
started with Smart Technology
Sheila Sneddon, Online Today
16.20
Session 2: Accessibility in Entertainment
IMAX Auditorium
Chair: Eleanor Southwood, Vice Chair, RNIB
16.20
16.40
17.00
Orcam: An Intuitive Wearable Assistive Device with a Smart
Camera
Eliav Rodman, Director of Marketing, OrCam
Accessible Televisions in the Shops in 2016
Kit Lam, Chief Innovation Officer, Samsung Electronics
Accessibility and The Netflix Story
Tracy Wright, Director Global Content Operations, Netflix
17.20
Accessibility: Baking it in as Part of the Fabric of
Products
Gareth Ford Williams, Head of Accessibility, BBC
17.40
Creating an Immersive Experience for Viewers
John Melville, VP Programming and Production, Accessible Media
Inc
18.00
Google Fireside Chat: Android Accessibility Today
Google Inc team
18:45
Session close
Civic Reception, hosted by Glasgow City Council 18.45 – 19.25 in
the Atrium
Networking Dinner19.30 – 22.00 in the Atrium
Reflecting Back and Looking Forward
Lesley Anne Alexander, CEO RNIB Group
Key note address: Susan Hauser - Corporate Vice President for
Business and Corporate Responsibility at Microsoft
Day 2: Friday 16 September
09.30Registration and coffee
Exhibition and Marketplace Fringe
Details at end of programme – open throughout all conference
breaks
10.00Session 3: Augmented reality in work, rest and playIMAX
Auditorium
Robin Spinks, Senior Strategy Manager RNIB, Vice Chair Vision
2020 Technology for Life Group
10.10Keynote Address – Google
Self Driving Cars - A New Dawn in Personal Mobility?
10.40
Dr Stephen Hicks, Oxsight – Augmented Reality and RNIB
Smartglasses
11.00Coffee
The Atrium / Clyde Suite
11.20Session 4: Intelligent Mobility
Chair: Aaron McHale, Haggeye
Virtual Reality as an Enabler for Understanding
Jamie Chan-Pensley, and Martin Pett, Transport Systems Catapult
and John Worsfold, RNIB
12:00
Audazzle and the Role of Accessible Gaming
Selwyn Lloyd, Co-founder of Audazzle
12.20
A Zero Tolerance Mode of Mobility
Alan Clarke, Uber
12.45Lunch The Atrium / Clyde Suite
13.45Session 5: Technology and the Family IMAX Auditorium
Chair: Sandra Wilson Chair, RNIB Scotland
Using Technology as a Blind Journalist and as a Mother
Emma Tracey, Broadcast Journalist, BBC Ouch
14.05
Accessible Smart Meters: Universal Design in Action
Energy UK and Geo
14.25
Accessible Technology at the Heart of the Family
Daniel Hubble, Senior Program Manager - Accessibility,
Microsoft
14.45
Key note address -
Peter Korn, Chief Accessibility Architect, Amazon
Coffee Break at 1505
15.20
Tomorrow's World for the 21st Century
Ann Davidson, Scottish Institute for Enterprise
15.40A Smart Way to Cross the Road using Neatebox
Gavin Neate, Neatebox
16.00RNIB Connect Radio Showcase followed by close of conference
proceedings around 1630
