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Day 1: Friday, July 21st
Welcome Session: 12 pm-12:30 pm
Meet the organizers, learn about the challenge, and get excited about the sessions and logistics of AccessHack.
Meet and Greet: 12:30 pm-1:30 pm
Get to know your fellow participants. Chat with organizers, mentors, and judges. Learn what others are working on and share your ideas.
Feedback Session: 4 pm-5 pm
Meet with mentors in Zoom breakout rooms to discuss your projects so far. Get feedback on where to go next and what can strengthen your project. Set a plan for your Saturday Hacking.
Day 2: Saturday, July 22nd
Feedback Session: 9 am-10 am
Meet with mentors in Zoom breakout rooms to discuss your projects so far. Get feedback on where to go next and what can strengthen your project. Set a plan for your Saturday Hacking.
Accessibility and Industry Panel: 12 pm-1 pm
Are you interested in the intersection of Accessibility and Technology? Join us for an enlightening panel discussion featuring distinguished researchers from two tech industry giants, Google and Apple. In this thought-provoking event, our panelists will provide valuable insights into the world of accessibility work within the industry. They will delve into the real-life challenges faced by these tech leaders in their pursuit of creating inclusive and accessible products for all. See our list of Speakers.
Disabled Perspectives on Technology: 2 pm – 3 pm
Learn about accessibility from disabled scholars directly. This panel includes researchers who are themselves disabled and bring that unique expertise into their work on accessible technologies. Learn about their unique perspective and what they see as the most important challenges in the field. See our list of Speakers.
Feedback Session: 4 pm-5 pm
Meet with mentors in Zoom breakout rooms to discuss your projects so far. Get feedback on the final touches and the best way to present your work before Sunday’s deadline.
Day 3: Sunday, July 23rd
Feedback Session: 9 am-10 am
Meet with mentors in Zoom breakout rooms to discuss your projects so far. Get feedback on the final touches and the best way to present your work before Sunday’s deadline.
Accessibility at Android: 10 am to 11 am
Listen to this great talk by Perrin Anto (He/Him), a Senior UX Designer at Google Accessibility, leading a small yet mighty team for accessibility across Android, Pixel, and Google Research (AI/ML). He’s worked on some of the world’s most used assistive tech, including Live Transcribe, Sound Notifications, Live Caption, Hearing Aid integrations, Sound Amplifier, and Project Relate while also driving broader UX strategy for TalkBack, Reading Mode, Display/Contrast Settings, Select to Speak, Voice Access, Accessibility Shortcuts, and more. Before jumping into assistive tech UX, he worked on accessibility implementation for Google Workspace and Google Cloud’s design system.
PROJECT SUBMISSIONS DUE at 2 pm
Visit our Submission page for more details.
Closing Social: 2 pm to 4:30 pm
Hang out and chat with your fellow participants while the judges review your submissions. Share your videos with each other and learn about all of the exciting work on accessibility yet to be done. Make sure to join in after for the Closing session, where we will reveal the winners.
Closing Remarks and Announcing the Winners
Join us for the closing session, where we will say farewell and announce our winners.