There are few events that zero in on the concerns of the Tech50+ audience as well as this year’s M–Enabling Summit, taking place June 13 and 14th in Washington, DC. As technology becomes ever more pervasive, it is critical that it is also accessible to everyone, whether young, old, healthy, or disabled. According to the conference organizers, the 5th year of the M-Enabling Summit is expected to focus on several of these important areas including:
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Smart Homes and Smart Cities Solutions for seniors and persons with disabilities that rely on mobile communications, wearable devices, and the Internet of Things. These smart solutions are fast expanding and offer great improvements in comfort, safety, and personalization of services while changing the economics of support and healthcare.Image may be NSFW.
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Intense Competition for Personal Assistants drives dramatic improvements in voice recognition interfaces and functionalities, which coupled with AI and IoT capabilities, offer considerable benefits to users of all abilities. Apps like Amazon Echo, Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri, Baidu Duer, and Facebook M as components of a new assistive ecosystem will be highlighted in sessions dedicated to user interfaces, IoT. and Smart Homes.
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Investments in R&D for Self Driving Car Systems on a very large scale will have a considerable ripple effect on assistive solutions by making available new technologies for real time interpretation of one’s environment. Self driving cars will enhance independent living for persons who cannot drive or who don’t have access to public transportation. Navigation experts will discuss the evolution of these developments.
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Virtual Reality is generating considerable interest as several major competitors are offering devices that will become increasingly affordable with mass production and competition. Potentially useful for communications and assistive solutions, virtual reality can also enable persons with disabilities to expand their field of experience dramatically.
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Compliance and Market Opportunities are driving an unprecedented level of activity among large organizations in the private sector, government, and academia to ensure that their web sites, information infrastructure, mobile apps, and any digital interface with the public are accessible.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Accessible Technologies and Environments for All.” Speakers from industry, NGO’s, and both the US and international governments will look at empowering mobile technologies and focusing on next-generation innovations and breakthroughs for users of all abilities.
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One of the major topics will be upcoming accessibility regulations and how large organizations can manage global accessibility requirements for seniors. Government, advocacy, and corporate leaders will review how large organizations are anticipating new compliance requirements for the accessibility of digital products and services and how they are adopting agile solutions to meet those challenges.
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Among most pressing accessibility issues impacting seniors are web sites, companies’ digital products and services, software, audio-visual contents, mobile apps, e-books and electronic documents, workplace accommodation, and multiple interfaces with public services including electronic kiosks.
To review those developments, confirmed speakers include representatives of the US Department of Justice, the US Access Board, the European Commission, and executives of large corporations delivering products and services to the public on digital platforms or seeking to employ persons with disabilities as part of their diversity objectives.
Among the conference’s keynote speakers are FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler and Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey.
Other M-Enabling conference topics will cover:
- Mobile enabling solutions leveraging latest OS and human interface features
- IoT, Smart Homes, and Smart Cities
- Wearables
- Ecosystem in support of Innovation
- Scaling up accessibility in large organizations
- Compliance trends
- Higher Education best practices in leveraging information technology for inclusion
The 5TH edition of the M-Enabling Summit is organized in cooperation with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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