ASSETS 2020 Program

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Monday October 26, 2020

 

TIME (EDT)

EVENT

9:00

Opening Session: Welcome and Introductions

General Chair:

  • Tiago Guerreiro, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Program Chairs:

  • Hugo Nicolau, INESC-ID, Portugal
  • Karyn Moffatt, McGill University, Canada

9:15

Keynote Presentation

Accessibility Research in the Pandemic: Making a Difference in the Quality of Life for People with Disabilities [Discord channel]
Jonathan Lazar

10:00

Q&A

10:10

Break

10:20

Paper Session 1: Extended Reality for Navigation & Guidance

Session chairs: Uran Oh (Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea) and Oussama Metatla (University of Bristol, UK)

11:10

Poster Fast Forward Break

Short video previews of each of today's poster presentations will be played at the end of preceding session.

11:40

Posters and Demos Session 1


12:40

Social Break

Join us at 13:00 for two parallel social activities.

Fill up your coffee and get your burning questions answered!

Join us at 13:00 for a series of Ask-Me-Anything sessions.

Initial topics include, Ask-Me-Anything about ...

  • Organizing ASSETS (Tiago Guerreiro)
  • Volunteering at SIGACCESS (Shari Trewin)
  • Conference and Proceedings Accessibility (Cynthia Bennett & Cole Gleason)

Do you want to be on the hot seat? Do you have a longtime wish of seeing someone on the hot seat? Use our discord channel for suggestions: #AMA-suggesting-topics


Lounge: a space to chat and network with friends and colleagues, at you own will.

14:00

Paper Session 2: Perspectives on Accessibility

Session chairs: Stacy Branham (University of California, Irvine, USA) and Kevin Storer (University of California, Irvine, USA)

15:10

Break

15:20

Experience Reports

Session chairs: Abi Roper (City UL, UK) and Sergio Mascetti (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

15:50

Break

16:00-17:00

Paper Session 3: Input Research

Session chairs: Amy Hurst (New York University, USA) and Martez Mott (Microsoft Research, USA)

 

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Tuesday October 27, 2020

 

TIME (EDT)

EVENT

9:00

Paper Session 4: Tangible Interaction

Session chairs: Kyle Rector (University of Iowa, USA) and Anhong Guo (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

10:00

Break

10:10

Paper Session 5: Accessing Visual Content

Session chairs: Kathy McCoy (University of Delaware, USA) and Debra Yarrington (University of Delaware, USA)

11:10

Poster Fast Forward Break

Short video previews of each of today's poster presentations will be played at the end of preceding session.

11:40

Posters and Demos Session 2


12:40

Social Break

Join us at 13:00 for two parallel social activities.

Grab your breakfast, lunch, dinner, midnight snack, or coffee and join us to plan the future!

The SIGACCESS Business Meeting will start at 13:00.


Lounge: a space to chat and network with friends and colleagues, at you own will.

14:00

UX Panel

Moderators: Abi Roper (City UL, UK) and Sergio Mascetti (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

15:00

Break

15:15

SRC Finalists

Session chairs: André Rodrigues (University of Lisbon, Portugal) and Raja Kushalnagar (Gallaudet University, USA)

(2min max presentation + 3 minutes discussion with questions from the SRC judges)

Undergraduate

Graduate

15:45

Break

16:00-17:00

Paper Session 6: Navigating Open Roads & Spaces

Session chairs: Dragan Ahmetovic (University of Milan, Italy) and Yu Zhong (Google, USA)

 

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Wednesday October 28, 2020

 

TIME (EDT)

EVENT

9:00

Paper Session 7: Privacy & Other Considerations for AI-Based Accessibility

Session chairs: Ed Cutrell (Microsoft Research, USA) and Shari Trewin (IBM Research)

10:00

Break

10:10

Paper Session 8: Production Tools

Session chairs: Kristen Shinohara (Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), USA) and Ana Cristina Pires (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

11:10

Poster Fast Forward Break

Short video previews of each of today's poster presentations will be played at the end of preceding session.

11:40

Posters and Demos Session 3


12:40

Social Break

Join us at 13:00 for two parallel social activities.

Do you feel like reconnecting with old friends and meeting new people?

Join us for round table discussions on topics proposed by the community at 13:00.

Initial topics include:

Take these as suggestions, feel free to discuss other topics.

  • Accessibility of remote work and education
  • How to design and setup accessibility user studies remotely
  • The role of HCI and other disciplines in AT
  • Disability, AI/ML, and justice

Do you want to propose other topics? Use our discord channel for feedback and suggestions: #logistics-feedback


Lounge: a space to chat and network with friends and colleagues, at you own will.

14:00

Paper Session 9: Understanding Access Barriers

Session chairs: Aqueasha Martin (IUPUI, USA) and Pegah Karimi (IUPUI, USA)

15:15

Break

15:30

Paper Session 10: Design Matters

Session chairs: Jenny Waycott (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Ronny Andrade (University of Melbourne, Australia)

16:45-17:00

Closing & Awards

 

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