On the 16th November 2017 we are bringing together a selection of Telecommunication and Broadcasting leaders to join other experts in the field at the Enhancing Deaf Access Conference at BT Tower, London.

The conference will give an update on accessibility in Telecommunications and Broadcasting covering Telephone Relay service, Video on Demand and Live Broadcasting including developments in Subtitling and Clear Speech, with panel discussions taking place in each section allowing questions from the audience which will be chaired by Lilian Greenwood MP, Andrea Saks (ITU) and Patricia Hodgson (Chair, Ofcom)

Confirmed Keynote: Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Chair of the APPG on deafness

Other Conference Speakers already confirmed:

• Mark Hudson, Significan’t
• Johanna Taylor, Action on Hearing Loss
• Marianne Mathews, SKY
• Patricia Hodgson, Ofcom
• Pablo Romero-Fresco, University of Roehampton
• Agnieszka Szarkowska, UCL
• Nigel Megitt, BBC R&D
• Lauren Ward & Ben Shirley, University of Salford
• Christopher Jones, Chair, Deaf Access to Communications

Places are limited and will be sold on a first come first serve basis.

REGISTER ONLINE or for further information or assistance with registration contact Clare Long at c.long@deafcouncil.org.uk.

PROGRAMME [pdf]

Please feel free to share this invitation internally as places are limited and sold out at the last event, early booking is advised.

BSL interpreters and Speech to Text will be available at this event.

We look forward to seeing you there!