Topics

Contributions to the advancement of AT and Accessibility, not only in technological areas, but in all the fields closely related with this domain of knowledge – Education and Training, Service Delivery, Research, Industry, Legislation – are welcome. Conference thematic areas include but are not limited to:

  • Assistive Technology
  • Accessible Environments
  • Ageing, Disability and Technology
  • Alternative and Augmentative Communication
  • Ambient Assistive Living / Domotics
  • AT for Motor Limitations, Mobility
  • AT and Cognitive Impairments
  • AT and Sensory Impairments
  • AT and Intellectual Disabilities
  • AT and Autism
  • AT and Dementia
  • AT in special needs education
  • Care Technology (monitoring, telecare)
  • Cloud Computing and AT
  • Computer Access
  • e-Accessibility
  • Economic Aspects
  • Education and Scio-economic Aspects
  • Education and Training in AT
  • e-Inclusion
  • Entertainment and Rehabilitation, Serious Games
  • European and global initiatives and programmes (the assessment of their outcomes)
  • HCI and Multimodal Interfaces
  • Healthcare and Rehabilitation
  • Information provision on AT
  • Integrated Solutions for Mobility and Communication
  • Knowledge / Technology Transfer
  • Markets for AT
  • Outcomes of AT (Quality of life, Costbenefits, etc.)
  • Policy and policy development in AT
  • Robotics (assistive and educational)
  • Service Delivery
  • Smart Devices
  • Standardization
  • Stroke Aspects
  • Technology in social care
  • United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (its implementation)
  • Universal design/Design for All
  • User Perspective
  • Other
  • AT-Practice Track:
    • User experiences and case reports
    • Demonstrations of innovative technologies and products
    • Service delivery models and issues
    • Education, training and professional development projects and programmes
    • Innovative policies and programmes
    • European project presentations
  • Specific Thematic Session
    • Policies and practices to reduce the digital divide
    • ICT-AT skills development of end users
    • Legal framework of universal design on international, European and national level [read more]
    • Increasing independence of informal carers (IIIC 2015) [read more]
    • Ageing, Disability and Technology: creating Healthy environments to support ageing and disabled persons [read more]
    • User Interaction for indoor navigation for vis. Imp. and blind people [read more]
    • Universal teaching and learning [read more]
    • Technologies closely connected to citizens’ health [read more]
    • Ethics, standards and comprehensive interoperability are fundamental for eAccessibility and eInclusion [read more]
    • Technological and human assistance for the physically and cognitively disabled
    • Enabling technologies for supporting the population with accessibility needs [read more]

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