Enable Ottawa 2018

Enable Ottawa

<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">                           Partnerships in Action Promoting Accessibility</H2>
Enable Ottawa is a unique event that brings together the many organizations active in the development of innovative solutions to accessibility and inclusion for persons with varying abilities. It’s about connectivity, forming stronger bonds and having a greater voice. Organizations include non – profits, industry, academic institutions and professional engineering bodies.
Enable Ottawa 2018 is hosted by Carleton University’s Research, Education, Accessibility and Design (READ) initiative, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) in cooperation with the Tetra Society of North America, March of Dimes Canada DesignAbility Program, and the Neil Squire Society .
Enable Ottawa 2018 will include prestigious keynote speakers, continuous professional development seminars (Design, Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Advances and Law/AODA), Carleton University an Enabling Technology plenary talk on accessibility and inclusion initiatives, an exhibition hall and several networking forums to establish working relationships.
Enable Ottawa 2018 will showcase how engineering advances, industrial design and technology can address and overcome the challenges persons with varying abilities face; a sector where Ottawa is emerging as a leader. All individuals interested in advancing accessibility and inclusion are welcome!
                                                       Lunch and Refreshments will be Served
Confirmed Speakers:
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<LI>Alfred Spencer, Director of Accessibility Outreach, Education and Referral, Accessibility Directorate of Ontario</LI>
<LI>Geoff Fernie, Senior Scientist, Toronto Rehabilition Institute (TRI), University Health Network (UHN), Department of Surgery, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (UoT)</LI>
<LI>Victoria Lennox, CEO of StartUp Canada</LI>
<LI>Dean Mellway, Director of Research, Education, Accessibility and Design (READ) Initiative, Carleton University</LI>
<LI>Ruby Ng, Executive Director of the Disability Foundation</LI>
<LI>Heidi Sveistrup, Interim CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of the Bruyère Research Institute</LI>
<LI>Adrian Chan, Assistant Vice President (Academic), Carleton University</LI>
<LI>Eric Molendyk, National Director of the Tetra Society of North America</LI>
<LI>Bjarki Hallgrimsson, Associate Professor, School of Industrial Design, Carleton University </LI>
<LI>Elaine Darling, March of Dimes Canada DesignAbility® Coordinator</LI>
<LI>Karen Byvelds, March of Dimes Canada DesignAbility® Program Ottawa Chapter Chair</LI>
<LI>Lois Frankel, Associate Professor and Past Director of Carleton University’s School of Industrial Design</LI>
<LI>Tony Bailetti, Director of Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management (TIM) Master’s Program</LI>
<LI>Tapan Das, Director of the Entrepreneur Committee of the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) Ottawa Chapter</LI>
<LI>Mojtaba Ahmadi, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Carleton University</LI>
<LI>Bocar Ndiaye, Assistive Technologist, Bruyère Continuing Care</LI>
<LI>Steve Crane, Job Coach/Facilitator, ComputerWise</LI>
<LI>Scott Pemberton, Head of Technology Department, Earl of March High School</LI>
<LI>John McKinlay-Key, Professor, Cabinet Making Department, Algonquin College</LI>
<LI>Stewart Russell, Central Region Organizer for Neil Squire Society's Makers Making Change initiative</LI>
<LI>Louis Goudreau, Rehabilitation Engineer, The Ottawa Hospital</LI>
<LI>Lynn Hunt, Senior Occupational Therapist, The Ottawa Hospital</LI>
<LI>Anna Valliant, Senior Engineer, Guidelines and Standards at the City of Ottawa</LI>
<LI>Alicia Gal, PhDc Biomedical Engineering </LI>
<LI>+ More!!</LI>
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                                              Supported by the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
Agenda:
9:00 to 9:50 AM – Refreshments/ Registration/Networking
9:50 - 10:05 AM - Welcome
10:05 to11:05 AM – Keynote Address: Technology to Increase Safe Mobility
11:00 to 12:00 PM – Carleton University: Culture of Accessibility. Catalyst for Inclusion
12:00 to 1:00 PM – Lunch/Networking
1:00 to 2:00 PM – Concurrent Sessions:
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<LI>Real Life Projects: Overcoming Barriers Through Volunteer Generated Solutions</LI>
<LI>Accessible and Inclusive Design Perspectives </LI>
<LI>Mobility, Balance, and Rehabilitation: Principles and Emerging Technologies </LI>
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2:00 to 2:30 PM – Networking Break
2:30 to 3:30 PM – Concurrent Sessions:
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<LI>Development of the City of Ottawa Accessibility Design Standards </LI>
<LI>Entrepreneurship in the Accessibility Space</LI>
<LI>Organization Projects: Creative Devices Meeting Needs</LI>
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3:30 to 4:00 PM – Closing Talk – Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
4:00 to 5:00 PM – Networking
Exhibitors: 
Design 1st Inc
Timsle
Tetra Society of North America
March of Dimes DesignAbility 
Bruyere Continueing Care
Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
The Ottawa Hospital
Eightfold Technologies
Abilities Centre Ottawa
Buildable - Accesible Design + Renovations
Neil Squire Society 
Build in Canada Innovation Program
Real Time Engineering & Simulation Inc. 
OSPE
 
Our venue is fully wheelchair accessible and we will be happy to address any other accessibility requirements that you identify.  Just let us know if you have any requirements such as attendant services, sign language interpretation, or CART. 
 
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