Day 2: LIRNEasia’s Expert Forum on policy-relevant research on disability and information & communication technologies (ICTs)


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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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