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Assistive Technology for Creative Expression Lecture_
Date 10th October 2008 - 10th October 2008
Tags event, national, lecture, disability
Announcing the arrival in Australia of Prof. Lizbeth Goodman and Dr Mick Donegan, primary players in SMARTab’s InterFACES project. InterFACES investigates the most appropriate, functional and aesthetically/emotionally empowering communication forms with and for people with disabilities.
Dr Mick Donegan is the Principal Research Fellow in Multimodal Interfaces, and the head of a new research group on Interfaces for Assistive Technology & Creativity at the SMARTlab. He has been working closely with James Brosnan, Lizbeth Goodman, Toby Borland and the London and Dublin INTERFACE teams to investigate the most appropriate, functional and aesthetically/emotionally empowering communication forms with and for people with disabilities. Mick will introduce his bespoke Grid and interactive jamming software tools as part of the showing.
Professor Lizbeth Goodman joined UEL as the new Chair of Creative Technology Innovation in 2005. She is also Founder and Director of the SMARTlab Digital Media Institute and the MAGIC Multimedia & Games Innovation Centre, Gamelab and PLAYroom. An active researcher and community technology advocate, she has published and presented widely. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteer Service to Women and Children in 2003, and was shortlisted and commended for a Times Higher Award in 2007.
Lizbeth and Mick will invite post-show discussion and future collaborations using this amazing breakthrough in assistive technology for creative expression.
Lecture @ 5pm Friday 10th October
Building 2, level 4, Room 11
Broadway, 2007
University of Technology Sydney
FREE
Reserve a seat by sending your RSVP to smoss@it.uts.edu.au
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