[Air-L] WEBCAST MAY 30 – Expert Forum: The Importance of Digital Inclusion for People with Disability

[Joly MacFie]

This is underway. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3II4h7h

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16587>On *Tuesday May 30 2023* at *21:00
BST* (13:00 UTC) the *Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme
<https://a2i.gov.bd/about-us/>*, Bangladesh Directorate of Information and
Communication Technology Division, and the *Global Initiative for Inclusive
ICTs <https://g3ict.org/>* (G3ict) through its *Smart Cities for All
<https://smartcities4all.org/>* (SC4A) Initiative and the *International
Association of Accessibility Professionals
<https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/>* (IAAP), a division of G3ict
present an expert forum ' *The Importance of Digital Inclusion for People
with Disability' <https://bit.ly/3WGVRmD>*. This 60-minute discussion will
be targeted specifically to Bangladesh but open to participants worldwide.
It will raise awareness of the importance of digital technology adoption
and address the skills and capacities needed to increase the use of digital
services and foster digital inclusion.

*This event will be in English. Text captions and Bangla Sign Language
(BdSL) interpretation will be available.*

*DISCUSSANTS*
*Vashkar Bhattacharjee*, National Consultant- Accessibility, a2i / G3ict
Country Advisor for Bangladesh / Vice Chair, ISOC Accessibility Standing
Group
*Anir Chowdhury*, Policy Advisor, Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme,
Bangladesh
*Monica Duhem*, Director, Global Advisory Center, G3ict
*Dr. Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir*, Project Director, Aspire to Innovate
(a2i) Programme, Bangladesh
*Dr. Mohammed Ali Loutfy*, Director for Capacity Building and Advocacy,
G3ict

*LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/bd-digitalinclusion
<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/bd-digitalinclusion>*

*PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3WGVRmD <https://bit.ly/3WGVRmD> *(AI
CC, BdSL)

*REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3II4h7h <https://bit.ly/3II4h7h>*

*TWITTER #accessibility #Bangladesh #DigitalInclusion
<https://bit.ly/3N3xDjl> #A11y @G3ict @a2i_bd @IAAPOrg*
*@ictdivision @ISOCapac*

*SIMULCASTS*
*https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>*
*https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>*
*https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/
<https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/>*

*ARCHIVE*
*https://archive.org/details/bd-digitalinclusion
<https://archive.org/details/bd-digitalinclusion>*





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