Schedule
Summer School Program:
Venue: Textiles Fashion Center, University of Borås. Google maps.
Room: Vestindien rooms A and B
Monday June 16th
Theme: Inclusive Wearable, Intimate, and Embodied Technologies
09:30-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:30 Opening and Welcome by the VC / Welcome to the summer school and introduction to the program – Nasrine Olson, University of Borås and Arthur Theil, Birmingham City University
10:30-10:45 Introduction to the ACM Europe Council – Fabrizio Gagliardi, ACM Europe
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Keynote session: “The importance of critical consciousness when seeking to involve people with disabilities in the design of technologies” – Jane Seale, Open University
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-16:00 E-Textiles Workshop with Rachel Freire: “Designing for the Body: Exploring Accessible and Dynamic Co-design”
16:10-17:10 Keynote session: “The Wilful Designer - Reflections on Designing when Others say No” - Madeline Balaam, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
17:10-18:10 Smart Textile Showroom and Textiles Lab Tour
Tuesday June 17th
Theme: Multisensory and Multimodal Accessibility
10:00-11:00 Keynote session: “Low Vision, Magnification, and Accessibility Research” - Frode Eika Sandnes, Oslo Metropolitan University
11:00-11:20 Break
11:20-12:20 Keynote session: “How Does a Paper Clip Make You Feel? Reflections on Inclusive Design and Meaningful Collaboration with Neurodivergent Communities” - Katie Gaudion, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design & Royal College of Art
12:20-14:00 Lunch
14:00-17:00 Live pilot demonstration *Balder Building: Rooms B402 and B412 (4th floor)*: "Beyond Latency: Co-Creating Music Across Distance" - Sophia Alexandersson, Nigel Osborne, ShareMusic & Performing Arts with live musicians
17:10-18:10 Poster Session *Balder Building: Rooms B402 and B412 (4th floor)*:
"Co-Designing Technologies and Services for People Living with Dementia in Communities Globally” - Rupsha Mutsuddi, York University
“AccessNature - The Role of Technology and Information in Facilitating Nature Experiences for Individuals with Motor Disabilities” - Felix Fussenegger, TU Wien
“Co-Designing Garment-based Wearables for Shared Management of Anxiety of University Students” - Jamila Juzer Siamwalla, Aarhus University
“Inclusive Design of Emerging Technologies” - Wanda Gaertner, University of Gent
“Let the Patient in – Digital Healthcare and Intellectual Disability” - Robert Bolin, Chalmers University of Technology
“InStore: Reimagining Inclusive and Meaningful Community Encounters in Retail Spaces through XR” - Farzad Jahanfard, Birmingham City University
Wednesday June 18th
Theme: Accessible Extended Realities and Inclusive Immersive Technologies
10:00-10:40 Doctoral Lightning Talks:
"XR Design Processes for Accessibility and Inclusion: A Systematic Literature Review” – Noak Petersson, Stockholm University
"Seeing Art Differently: How Can We Visually Improve Art for People with Low Vision Using Augmented Reality?” - Paul Goddard, Cardiff University
"Designing Haptic Cues for Sensory Augmentation in Virtual Reality” – Craig Anderton, Birmingham City University
"Universal Access in Mixed Reality” - Paulina Becerril Palma, University of Bergen
10:40-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Keynote session: “Making Virtual Reality Accessible to Blind People” – João Guerreiro, University of Lisbon
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Keynote session: “Extended Realities, Extended Responsibilities: Rethinking XR for Scale, Ethics, and Impact” - Asreen Rostami, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE)
15:00:15:20 Break
15:20-16:10 Doctoral Lightning Talks:
"Integrating Large Language Models into Extended Reality Environments for Enhanced User Experiences" – Luca Cordioli, Politecnico di Milano
“Seeing with Sound: Beyond Sensory Substitution” – Pedro Garruço, University of Coimbra
“Evaluating the Use of Vibrotactile Feedback for the Accessibility of Digital Audio Workstations for Blind and Visually Impaired Music Producers” – Christina Karpodini, Birmingham City University
“Co-Designing Tactons with Blind and Low Vision People” – Yulia Sion, Tallinn University
“Investigating Visual Gesture Translation for Blind Musicians in Ensembles: Early Insights from an Ongoing Study” – Rachel Horrell, University of Plymouth
16:10-16:30 Break
16:30-17:30 Keynote session: “Designing for All: Advancing Accessibility and Inclusion in XR Environments” – George Margetis and Stavroula Ntoa, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
19:00-21:00 Social Dinner at "The Company Restaurant" (Inside the Textile Fashion Center) - Supported by the City of Borås
Thursday June 19th
Theme: Inclusive Robotics and Ethical Intelligent Systems
10:00-10:40 Doctoral Lightning Talks:
“Preliminary results of a scoping review on assistive technologies for adults with ADHD” – Valerie Tan, TU Dortmund
“A Case Study of Using Animation Production as Vocational Training in Employment Continuation Support for Independence of Persons with Neurodiversity (ADHD) in Japan” – Shoko Kimura, Aoyama Gakuin University
“Participatory Design for Movement: Co-Creating Exercise Wearables with Older Adults” - Tien-Ying Lu, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
“Investigating Older Adults’ Agency through Robots to Operationalize Values” - Hugo Simão, University of Lisbon
11:40-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Keynote session: “Companion Robots for Older Adults" – Sofia Thunberg, Chalmers University of Technology
12:00-14:00 Lunch and Free Textile Museum Visit
14:00-15:00 Keynote session: “Artificial Intelligence for All” – Letizia Jaccheri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
15:00-15:30 Doctoral Lightning Talks:
“Designing for Change: Hybrid Approaches to Fabricating Bespoke Assistive Technology for ALS” – Yash Bohre, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
“Co-design of Smart Artefacts with People with Neurodevelopmental Disorders” – Marco Mores, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
“Co-designing for Motivation: A Neurodiverse Approach to Educational Technology” Julio Daniel Bermúdez Chinea, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
15:30-16:00 Final remarks and announcement
