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Assistive Technology (ATech) is designed to increase, maintain or improve the functioning of people with disabilities. These products can consider hardware, software or mechanical devices, such as a wheelchair. People with disabilities can have varying levels of ability and there cannot be a single technology solution to suit everyone. Therefore, a range of ATech products are developed to ensures that this user community is not marginalized and can interact in an inclusive society. One of the challenges of ATech is the awareness and for people with disabilities to know the products that are available to provide support. The Interacting with Assistive Technology (IATech) Workshop will proceed to Diversity, Accessibility and Inclusivity Workshops (DAI) held at BCS HCI 2021 and 2022 and will investigate the recent developments in the domain and the methods in which awareness can be increased developments that aim to ensure interactive solutions are accessible and inclusive to all users. The workshop will be a forum for researchers in the domains of accessibility, assistive technology, human computer interaction, human centered design and system of systems to discuss the challenges and solutions for interacting with ATech.
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IATech Workshop Organization
Workshop Format
The IATech Workshop will be a half day event with a Call for Papers. The schedule will be as follows:
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- 09:30–10:00:
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Keynote Speaker
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Paper Presentation 1
- 10:30 10:45:
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- 10:45–11:15:
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Paper Presentation 2
- 11:15–11:45:
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- 12:15–12:30:
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- 12:30–13:10:
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The Keynote Speaker is to be confirmed.
Workshop Facilitation
The submission deadline for Workshop papers will be Friday 9th June 2023 (23:59 AOE). All papers will be peer reviewed by the Technical Committee and decision notifications will be sent to authors on Thursday 29th June 2023. Camera-ready submissions will be required by Thursday 20th July 2023.
The IATech Workshop will be held as a hybrid Workshop at the University of York and online. The Workshop will be chaired in person by Professor Jiang and will commence with a 30 min presentation from a keynote speaker, followed by 10 min of Q&A. The keynote will focus on assistive technology and recent developments within the domain.
The Workshop will continue with paper presentations and each accepted paper will be invited to present for 25 min with 5 min for Q&A. The Workshop will conclude with a 50 min Panel discussion, focused on the main themes highlighted in the submissions and discussion on a future research agenda. The panelists will consist of, Professor Jiang, the keynote speaker and a selection of delegates, based on their papers.
Accepted submissions will be published in the Proceedings of Interact 2023.
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Whittington, P., Dogan, H., Jiang, N. (2023). Interacting with Assistive Technology (IATech) Workshop. In: Abdelnour Nocera, J., Kristín Lárusdóttir, M., Petrie, H., Piccinno, A., Winckler, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023. INTERACT 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14145. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_88
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