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SUMMARY:Access for All? The promise and perils of assistive AI
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DESCRIPTION:AI-assistive technologies are reshaping how people with disabi
 lities access information\, navigate spaces and participate fully in educa
 tion\, work and society. But as such technologies become more widespread\,
  important questions remain about who they serve\, how they are designed\,
  and whether they genuinely deliver inclusive access. \n\nThis event bring
 s together experts from technology\, advocacy and lived experience to expl
 ore the promise – and the limits – of AI-assistive technologies. As AI
  opens new possibilities for personalised support\, alternative modes of i
 nteraction\, and wider participation in work\, education\, and culture\, i
 t also raises critical questions about bias\, agency\, privacy\, and respo
 nsibility. \n\nThrough informed discussion\, the event will examine how AI
  can genuinely improve accessibility without reinforcing exclusion or shif
 ting burdens onto individuals\, and what it will take – technically\, et
 hically\, and institutionally – to ensure these tools are designed with\
 , not just for\, the people they are meant to support.\n\nIntroduced by: P
 rofessor Susan Downes\, Professor of Ophthalmology\, Nuffield Department o
 f Clinical Neurosciences \nModerated by: Ben Tillyer\, Head of Digital Acc
 essibility\, University of Oxford \n\nOrganised in collaboration with the 
 AI Competency Centre at the University of Oxford
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T123735Z
LOCATION:Kellogg College - The Hub\, The Hub Kellogg College 62 Banbury Ro
 ad Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6PN United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Dominik Lukeš (AI Consultant\, AI Competency Centre\, University 
 of Oxford)\, Hector Minto (CEO of Kerbcut\; former Director of Commercial 
 Accessibility at Microsoft)\, Léonie Watson (Director at TetraLogical\; C
 hair of the W3C Board of Directors)\, Dave Williams (Chair of the Board of
  the Braillists Foundation\; Customer Experience Manager at Dot Inc\; form
 er Inclusive Design Ambassador at RNIB)
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