Accessibility Week 2023
See you on 22, 23 and 24 May for the first edition!
Location
Co-Working Space Gotham Gare
Avenue d’Ouchy 4
1006 Lausanne
Information
Professional and general public event
Free participation upon registration (form at the bottom of this page)
The Accessibility Week will be punctuated by conferences, exchanges, debates and sharing of projects related to research and disability.
09h
Welcome coffee
10h
Introduction – Accessibility and FRH in action
David Pecoraro, President of the FRH and caregiver
City of Lausanne
10h30
Conference – Soutien Gestuel VD: 20 years of experience in Vaud and French-speaking Switzerland
Monique Mischler and Sophie Benoist, Logopedists and members of the Soutien Gestuel Committee
11h15
Round table – Alternative and Augmentative Communication – How to do it on the field?
Moderation : Stéphane Jullien, Logopedist and member of Isaac Francophone
12h
Break
13h30
Ideation workshop Innovation Booster Technology & Special Needs
In partnership with Isaac Francophone
15h
Break
15h30
Forum of funded projects Innovation Booster
17h
Conclusion and aperitif
Members of the Foundation Board
Programme for Tuesday 23 May
Technology and Accessibility
09h
Welcome coffee
10h
Introduction – The implementation of the CRPD in Switzerland
Verena Kuonen, Co-Chair of Inclusion Handicap
10h30
Conference – Technological innovations for blind and partially sighted people – Between the promise of an accessible world and the exclusion of the public
Luciano Butera, Head of Technology and Innovation, Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
11h15
Round table – From the era of technical accessibility to the era of technologies at the service of accessibility
Moderation : Cédric Baudet, Ordinary Professor, Haute Ecole de Gestion Arc
12h
Break
13h30
Ideation workshop Innovation Booster Technology and Special Needs
In partnership with Innovation Booster Robotics
15h
Break
15h30
Forum of funded projects Innovation Booster
17h
FRH launch: Visual identity and digital accessibility
Communication agency Trivial Mass and members of the Foundation Board
Programme for Wednesday 24 May
Knowledge transfer between research, practice and ownership
In partnership with the Neurodev Network
09h
Welcome coffee
10h
Introduction – From knowledge transfer to the co-development of solutions: towards a democratisation of expertise
Stéphane Rullac, Ordinary Professor, Haute Ecole de Travail Social et de la Santé Lausanne
10h30
Conference – The case of the Selody study on visual impairment and the couple relationship
Romain Bertrand, Lecturer, Haute Ecole de Travail Social et de la Santé Lausanne
Linda Charvoz, Associate Professor, Haute Ecole de Travail Social et de la Santé Lausanne
11h15
Round table – How to act in favour of the co-construction of scientific knowledge and its appropriation by the people concerned and the actors in the field?
Moderation: Camille Poursac, Coordinator of the Centre of Dual Competences, HES-SO Rectorat
12h
Break
13h30
Ideation workshop Innovation Booster Technology and Special Needs
In partnership with the Neurodev network
15h
Break
15h30
Forum of funded projects Innovation Booster
17h
Announcement of the winners of the 5th call for projects Innovation Booster
Members of the Foundation Board
Event sponsors
