Day 2 of LIRNEasia’s Expert Forum on policy-relevant research on disability and information & communication technologies (ICTs) dealt with how policy and innovations can work together to promote inclusion and accessibility.
The full video of the session can be found here.
The transcript of the session can be found here.
A list of event attendees are given below;
| Gerard Goggin | Wee Kim Wee Professor of Communication Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Rohan Samarajiva | Chairperson LIRNEasia |
| Tharaka Amarasinghe | Project Manager – Statistician LIRNEasia |
| Karen Soldatic | Professor, School of Social Sciences & Institute Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University |
| Samar Verma | Ford Foundation |
| Divya Datta | Director, Design Strategy and Innovation Vihara Innovation Network, Vihara Innovation Network |
| Balathasan Sayanthan | Yarl IT Hub |
| Janita Rukmal | Co-founder of Enable Lanka Foundation |
| Judith Hellerstein | Secretary A11YSIG |
| Katie Ellis | Professor in Internet Studies and Director of the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University. |
| Masahito Kawamori | Co-chair of ITU-T’s Focus Group on Media Accessibility as well as the coordinator of IPTV-Global Standards Initiative |
| Niluka Gunawardena | Researcher |
| Nirmita Narasimhan | Senior Fellow and Programme Director with the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICT |
| Manique Gunaratne | The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon |
| Babu S | Assistant director Policy Advocacy, The Association of People with Disability |
| Sarah Lewthwaite | Senior Research Fellow within Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton |
| Myint Naing | Disability Expert, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) |
| Victor Zhuang | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University |
| Krystle Reid Wijesuriya | Co-founder of Enable Lanka Foundation |
| kasturi Shridhar | Consultant – Deaf Child Worldwide |
| Khin Yamone Zaw | Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) |
| Armita Satari | Insights Manager – GSMA |
| Kim Viljoen | Market Engagement Director, GSMA |
| Babu Ram Aryal | Founder/CEO, Delta Law Firm, Nepal |
| Rom Kant Pandey | Asst. Professor, ICT in Education at TU, Acting President, Internet Society Nepal |
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