About the Conference
The EMPOWER 2018 conference is being organized to bring together all stakeholders in the space of Assistive Technologies for people with disabilities. This includes users, user organizations, industries, special educators, inclusive designers, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, policy makers and researchers engaged in
different ways with the issues involved in the creation, production, and dissemination of assistive technology solutions. This three-day event will see the active participation of all stakeholders not only to discuss current solutions but also to seed ideas to work on future solutions.
Apart from an exhibition the event would consist of keynote talks, invited presentations, panel discussions, posters, tutorials, user forums and design challenges. Registrations are now open for individuals and organizations to participate. Participants can submit their paper for review and exhibit their products and innovations and also participate in design challenges.
The venue is I-TEC Technopark, a conference and incubation center of IIT Delhi located in the Rajiv Gandhi Education City in Sonipat.
2018
October 25-27
IITD Technopark
Sonipat
Engage, Exhibit
and Experience
Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Dr. T.V.Raman
Google Research
Dr. T. V. Raman is an accomplished Computer Scientist with over 25 years of leadership experience in advanced technology development. During this time, he has authored 3 books and filed over 75 patents; his work on eyes-free interaction has been profiled in mainstream publications including the New York Times and Scientific American. Dr. Raman now works on user-aware interfaces in the context of the Google Assistant. During his 12+ years as a Google Research Scientist, he has worked on Google Search, Android and ChromeOS to build the underpinnings of Accessibility on Google's core platforms. Know More about Dr. T.V. Raman
Dr. Katsuhito Yamaguchi
Nihon University, Japan
Dr. Katsuhito Yamaguchi (Nihon University, Japan) specialises in the development of assistive tools for print disabled people to access scientific and mathematical content. He has been working at Nihon University since April 1990; he is now Professor at Nihon University and COO of NPO: Science Accessibility Net. Dr Yamaguchi is a member of several professional bodies, including the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication and the Physical Society of Japan
Dr. Masakazu Suzuki
Kyushu University
Masakazu Suzuki is Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University. He undertook academic counseling of a blind student in 1995 and keenly realized how difficult accessing math was for visually disabled people. To remove that impediment, he started studies on math accessibility and organized a research group: "Infty Project" in the end 1990s. He has over 50 publications in areas of Complex Analysis, Affine Algebraic Geometry and Mathematical document information processing. His hobbies include fishing, playing GO and not surprisingly mathematical formulae recognition.
Dr. Volker Sorge
University of Birmingham, UK
Dr. Volker Sorge is an Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK. His research interests span a wide range of topics from computational mathematics, classical Artificial Intelligence to image recognition and accessibility. He has been actively working in the field of accessibility to improve access to chemical formulas, diagrams as well as online mathematics.
Dr. H.S. Chabbra
Indian Spinal Injuries Centre
Dr. Chhabra is Chief of Spine Service and Medical Director at Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, India. His expertise is grounded by more than 25 years of clinical and academic experience. He has published 90 papers including 24 full-length chapters in the leading textbooks. He has actively contributed to various prestigious peer-reviewed journals like Spinal Cord, Rheumatology, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine and European Spine Journal. His work has been honored by Shri J.P. Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Excellence in Spine and Orthopedics Award, Double Helical National Health Award , ISCoS Society Medal Award, “Oder of the star of the Italian solidarity” (OSSI) award by the President of the Italian Republic, President’s Appreciation Award by Indian Medical Association, Rashtriya Rattan Award and various ASSI awards.
Invited Speakers
Electronics & Acoustics
AIISH-Mysore
Principal Engineer
CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram
IIT Kharagpur
President, Founder & Trustee
Breaking through Dyslexia,Dyslexia Trust of Kolkata
Dean of Instruction,
Professor of Special Education
Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Mysuru
IICP
Head-Accessibility Lab
Corporate Research and Innovation, TCS
TCS
Chairperson
Society for the Empowerment of the Deafblind
NISH
Editor in Chief
Connect Special, Chennai
NIT Durgapur
IIT Chennai
Vice Chairperson
Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
Chetana Charitable Trust
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Find presentation setup information here.
Tentative Program
| Thursday, 25th October 2018 | |||
| 10:00 AM | Session 1A Innauguration & Keynote: Dr. T.V. Raman (Google, USA) Title: Eyes-Free Computing — Past, Present And Future Venue: Room 150 Kedar |
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| 11:15 AM | Tea Break | ||
| 11:45 AM | Session 2A: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Chair: Swati Chakraborty (IICP, Kolkata) Organizer: Akila Surendran (NISH, Trivandrum) Venue: Room 151 Bahar |
Session 2B: User Interfaces Chair: Dipendra Manocha (Saksham, Delhi) Organizer: Aman Parnami (IIIT Delhi) Venue: Room 152 Basant |
Session 2C: Antarchakshu - Grp 1 Conducted by: Krishna Warrier Venue: Room 154 Bhairavi |
| 1:15 PM | Lunch Break | ||
| 2:15 PM | Session 3A: Assistive Technology for speech and hearing impairment Chair: Ajish Abraham (AIISH, Mysore) Organizer: Akila Surendran (NISH, Trivandrum) Venue: Room 151 Bahar |
Session 3B: Interaction with T. V. Raman on STEM education Venue: Room 152 Basant |
Session 3C: Antarchakshu - Grp 2 Conducted by: Krishna Warrier (XRCVC) Venue: Room 154 |
| 3:45 PM | Tea Break | ||
| 4:15 PM | Session 4A Keynote: Dr. H.S. Chhabra (ISIC, Delhi) Title: Community Inclusiveness of Consumers with Spinal Cord Injury - an Assistive Technology Perspective Venue: Room 150 Kedar |
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| Friday, 26th October 2018 | |||
| 10:00 AM | Session 5A Keynote: Prof. Katsuhita Yamaguchi (Nihon University, Japan), Prof. Masakazu Suzuki (Kyushu University, Japan)
Title: InftyProject - Aiming at Improvement of STEM Accessibility Venue: Room 150 Kedar |
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| 11:15 AM | Tea Break | ||
| 11:45 AM | Session 6A: Affordable Assistive Technology Solutions Chair: Namita Jacob (Chetana Charitable Trust, Chennai) Organizer: Anil Prabhakar(IIT Madras) Venue: Room 151 Bahar |
Session 6B: Dyslexia and Special Learning Disabilities - P1 Chair: Anupam Basu(NIT Durgapur) Organizer: Manjira Sinha (Accenture Research, Gurgaon) & Tirthankar Dasgupta (TCS Innovation Labs) Venue: Room 152 Basant |
Session 6C: Diagram and Maths accessibility for VI Chair: Volker Sorge (University of Birmingham, UK) Organizer:Akashdeep Bansal Venue: Room 153 Megh |
| 1:15 PM | Lunch Break | ||
| 2:15 PM | Session 7A: Affordable Assistive Technology Solutions Chair: Akila Surendran (NISH, Trivandrum) Organizer: Anil Prabhakar (IIT Madras) Venue: Room 151 Bahar |
Session 7B: Cerebral Palsy and Neuro Motor Disabilities Chair: Anupam Basu(NIT Durgapur) Organizer: Manjira Sinha(Accenture Research, Gurgaon) & Tirthankar Dasgupta (TCS Innovation Labs) Venue: Room 152 Basant |
Session 7C: Infty Assistive tools - Let's Get Experience of Creating and Accessing Accessible STEM Content Conducted by: Dr. T. Kanahori Venue: Room 153 Megh |
| 3:45 PM | Tea Break | ||
| 4:15 PM | Session 8A Authoring Web-accessible STEM documents by Prof. Volker Sorge Venue: Room 153 Megh |
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| 6:00 PM | Banquet Dinner @ Choki Dhani (Return by 10:00 PM) |
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| Saturday, 27th October 2018 | |||
| 10:00 AM | Session 9A Keynote: Volker Sorge (University of Birmigham, UK) Title:Barrier-free, Eyes-free, Platform-free: Accessible STEM on the Web Venue: Room 150 Kedar |
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| 11:15 AM | Tea Break | ||
| 11:45 AM | Session 10A: Assistive Technology for Mobility: Principles and Practices in India - P1 Chair: Anupam Basu (NIT Durgapur) Organizer: Nekram Upadhyay (ISIC, New Delhi) Venue: Room 151 Bahar |
Session 10B: Assistive Solutions for the Vision Impaired Chair: Dipendra Manocha (Saksham, Delhi) Organizer: Chetan Arora (IIT Delhi) Venue: Room 152 Basant |
Session 10C: Users engage with Design + Engineering Students Conducted by: PVM Rao + Supradip Das Venue: Room 153 Megh |
| 1:15 PM | Lunch Break | ||
| 2:15 PM | Session 11A: Assistive Technology for Mobility: Principles and Practices in India - P2 Chair: Anil Prabhakar (IIT Madras) Organizer: Nekram Upadhyay (ISIC, New Delhi) Venue: Room 151 Bahar |
Session 11B: Digital World Accessibility Chair: Chetan Arora (IIT Delhi) Organizer: Dipendra Manocha (Saksham, Delhi) Venue: Room 152 Basant |
Session 11C: Users engage with Design + Engineering Students Conducted by: PVM Rao + Supradip Das Venue: Room 153 Megh |
| 3:45 PM | Tea Break | ||
| 4:15 PM | Session 12A: Panel Discussion & Closing Ceremony Venue: Room 150 Kedar |
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Other Highlights
Technology Showcase
Full day exhibits by our exhibitors.
Schedule:
25th-27th October - Throughout the day, Exhibit Area near Reception
Saksham Experience Zone
Visit the Experience zone to get hands-on with the latest assistive technologies in the market and Interact with our experts who can provide live demos of the devices and services in the Market.
Schedule:
26th October - 11:15AM pm to 3:45PM, Room 154 Bhairavi
27th October - 11:15AM pm to 3:45PM, Room 154 Bhairavi
Techpodium
Hear from our Exhibitors and innovators on what's new, they have in Assistive Technologies. Experience live demonstrations of latest devices and services
Schedule:
27th October - 11:15AM pm to 3:45PM, Room 153 Megh
Attend
Important Dates
- Registrations Closed
- Room Bookings Closed
- Early bird registration ends: October 12, 2018
Venue
I-TEC IIT Delhi Technopark, Sonipat.
Campus Plot #4-B
Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Kundli,
Sonipat Haryana- 131028
How to reach IITD-Sonipat?
Registration Charges
| Delegate Type | Early bird Registration (ends 12 th October) |
Regular Registration | Early One Day Registration (ends 12 th October) |
One Day Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General * |
INR 5900 | INR 7080 | INR 2360 | INR 2950 |
| Student ** |
INR 3540 | INR 4130 | INR 1180 | INR 1770 |
| Differently Abled** |
INR 3540 | INR 4130 | INR 1180 | INR 1770 |
| Accompanying Person # |
INR 1770 | INR 1770 | INR 590 | INR 590 |
All charges are inclusive of GST.
* Participation in all keynotes and 1 of each ongoing parallel tracks | Registration Kit | 1 Banquet Dinner | Lunch & Tea during conference (Banquet Dinner not included in One-Day registration.)
** Participation in all keynotes and 1 of each ongoing parallel tracks | Registration Kit | Lunch & Tea during conference
# Lunch & Tea during conference
Register
Accomodation
Accommodation is available at the venue itself.
Room Charges :
INR 2950 for Single Occupancy (Separate Room)* per person per day.
Room Details Here
INR 1593 for Double Occupancy (Twin sharing Basis)* per person per day
Room Details Here
* including breakfast and 18% GST
Submit Abstract
Important Dates
- Submission start date: August 24, 2018
- Submission deadline: September 22, 2018
- Acceptance notification: September 30, 2018
Call For Extended Abstracts
Submission Guidelines:
The abstract should be of 2 pages (excluding references). Please use the below format for submission.
Word | LateX |
View Sample Extended Abstract
Poster Submission:
Your PDF file must be accessible. PDFs created with LaTex are very difficult to make accessible unless you edit the output directly in Acrobat; we strongly suggest using Microsoft Word due to the easier accessibility workflow. It may take you about an hour to make your file accessible (adding alt tags, etc.), so be sure to leave time before the submission deadline to do so. Please refer to the instructions on Creating an Accessible ACM Conference Paper for information on how to accomplish this.
Note that making an accessible PDF is not well-supported by any standard LaTex editors that we are aware of. If you use LaTex you will need to manually edit your PDF using Adobe Acrobat in order to make it accessible.
The submitted abstracts will be reviewed by Program Committee and shortlisted ones will be invited for poster presentation in the conference. Exceptional submissions may be considered for oral
presentation in the relevant technical session.
Submit Your Abstract Here
Submissions overExhibits
Exhibit Booth (12ft x 6ft):
Early Bird Price :75,000 + 18% GST = INR 88,500*
Regular Price: INR 1,00,000 + 18% GST = 1,18,000
Includes 3 Complimentary Registrations
Exhibit Booth (6ft x 6ft)
Early Bird Price :37,500 + 18% GST = INR 44,250*
Regular Price: INR 50,000 + 18% GST = INR 59,000
Includes 2 Complimentary Registrations
Exhibit Booth (6ft x 3ft)
Early Bird Price :18,750 + 18% GST = INR 22,125*
Regular Price: INR 25,000 + 18% GST = INR 29,500
Includes 1 Complimentary Registration
View Exhibitor's guide here
Exhibitors
Sponsorship Details
Platinum Sponsorship
INR 500,000 + 18% GST = INR 5,90,000
Supports 10 Fellowships
Includes 3 Complimentary Registrations
Gold Sponsorship
INR 300,000 + 18% GST = INR 3,54,000
Supports 5 Fellowships
Includes 2 Complimentary Registrations
Silver Sponsorship
INR 100,000 + 18% GST = INR 1,18,000
Supports 1 Fellowship
Includes 1 Complimentary Registration
Fellowship includes full conference registration + 4 days shared accomodation. Programme committee would give these fellowships to deserving participants and they would be named as Sponsor's fellows.
Complimentary Registration includes full conference registration
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Partners
AssisTech
Organizer
FITT
Organizing Partner
Raised Lines Foundation
Accessibility Partner
Saksham Trust
Experience Zone Partner
XRCVC
Experience Zone Partner