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Implementing Inclusive Design in Education
30 April 2009

Programme

10:00 Arrival, registration, light refreshments

10:30 Introduction and welcome, John Clarkson, Director, University of Cambridge, Engineering Design Centre

10:40 The case for inclusive design, Ian Hosking, Senior design consultant.

11:00 The BT freestyle, an inclusive design success story, Dave Barrett, Inclusion and accessibility manager, BT

11:25 Best practice examples of inclusive design teaching.  Hua Dong,  Product design lecturer, Brunel University.  Gill Whitney and Suzette Keith  Accessibility ICT lecturers Middlesex University

12:05 Resources available for teaching inclusive design.   Yanki Lee , Research Fellow, Royal College of Art, Helen Hamlyn Centre. John Clarkson , Director, Cambridge University, Engineering Design Centre

13:00 Lunch the following resources will be available for delegates to try out:

• Software and wearable impairment simulators
• New online exclusion calculator (launched at Include 09)
• Designing with people website (launched at Include 09)

14:00 Facilitated discussion groups will explore how to improve the uptake of inclusive design in taught courses throughout the country.

14:45 Facilitators present results from each discussion group, including action planning for the future.

15:00 Final comments from chair

15:15 Close and tea

You can find some of the presentations of the workshop to download here.

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