All Main Stage Sessions: Sight Tech Global 2023

In case you missed the 2023 Sight Tech Global main stage sessions, they are all available below in the order in which they appeared in the original show. They are also viewable over at Sight Tech’s YouTube channel in two play lists – day one (Dec. 6) and day two (Dec. 7)

Sight Tech Global 2023: Day One

Be My AI: What happens when an accessibility favorite makes the jump to AI?

Moderator: Greg Stilson, Head of Global Innovation, APH
Speaker: Mike Buckley, Chairman and CEO, Be My Eyes
Speaker: Jesper Hvirring Henriksen, Chief Technology Officer, Be My Eyes
Speaker: Aske Stampe, Product Designer, Be My Eyes

Generative AI: What just happened?

Moderator: Ned Desmond, Founder and Executive Producer, Sight Tech Global
Speaker: Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley

AI gets complicated: emerging debates and surprising challenges

Moderator: Merve Hickok, Founder, AIethicist.org
Speaker: Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen, Associate Professor, Bowling Green State University
Speaker: Chancey Fleet, Assistive Technology Coordinator, New York Public Library
Speaker: Bryan Bashin, Vice Chair, Be My Eyes

Where will AI take accessibility? A conversation with Mike Shebanek

Moderator: Ned Desmond, Founder and Executive Producer, Sight Tech Global
Speaker: Mike Shebanek, Head of Accessibility, Meta

Andrew Leland on his instant classic: “The Country of the Blind”

Moderator: Darryl Adams, Director of Accessibility, Intel
Speaker: Andrew Leland, Author or “The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.”

Glidance: It’s not a cane. It’s not a dog. It’s a self-driving mobility aid.

Moderator: Dr. Josh Miele, Principal Accessibility Researcher, Amazon
Speaker: Amos Miller, Founder Glidance

Wisk: The people’s autonomous (and accessible!) air taxi

Moderator: Bryan Bashin, Vice Chair, Be My Eyes
Speaker: Ur Tzarnotzky, Director of Product Design, Wisk
Speaker: Saurabh Nimsarkar, Staff UI/UX Designer, Wisk

The Screen Reader Interoperability Gap – A Hidden Systemic Barrier

Moderator: Caroline Desrosiers, Founder and CEO, Scribely
Speaker: Matt King, Accessibility Technical Program Manager, Meta
Speaker: Brett Lewis, Senior Software Engineer, Vispero
Speaker: Isabel Del Castillo Solis, Access Technology Specialist, Prime Access Consulting

Waymo in San Francisco: A Lesson in Public Advocacy in AI

Moderator: Steven Aquino, Tech Journalist
Speaker: Sharon Giovinazzo, CEO, The Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired San Francisco
Speaker: Tim Elder, President, National Federation of the Blind California
Speaker: Rachel Kamen, Public Affairs Community Specialist, Waymo

Sight Tech Global 2023: Day Two

Seeing AI Meets Generative AI – The Vie w from Microsoft

Moderator: Devin Coldewey, Writer and Photographer, TechCrunch
Speaker: Saqib Shaikh, Co-founder of Seeing AI, Microsoft

Why did the AI cross the street? The OKO app story

Moderator: Brandon Biggs, Engineer, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Speaker: Michiel Janssen, Co-founder and CEO, Ayes

dot 2.0

Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Giudice, Founder & Chief Research Scientist, University of Maine
Speaker: Eric Ju Yoon Kim, Co-Founder and CEO, dot inc.
Speaker: Ki Kwang Sung, Co-Founder and CBDO, dot inc.

The Timing for APH Monarch’s tactile di splay could not be better

Moderator: Dr. Josh Miele, Principal Accessibility Researcher, Amazon
Speaker: Greg Stilson, Head of Global Technology Innovation, The American Printing House for the Blind

SalesForce: The Office of Accessibility – four years on

Moderator: Larry Goldber, Accessibility Sensei & Technology Consultant
Speaker: Kristian Burch, Director of Accessibility Programs and Compliance, SalesForce
Speaker: Derek Featherstone, VP of Accessibility & Inclusive Design, SalesForce
Speaker: Paige Gulacy, Accessibility Support Engineering Manager, SalesForce

Can we enlist AI to accelerate human-led work in alt text and audio description?

Moderator: Thomas Reid, Host and Producer, Reid My Mind
Speaker: Caroline Desrosiers, Founder and CEO, Scribely
Speaker: Angela McIntosh, Senior Product Director for Accessibility, Warner Brothers Discovery

Envision: What happens when smart glasses get really smart?

Moderator: Joe Devon, Entrepreneur and Accessibility Advocate
Speaker: Karthik Mahadevan, Co-founder, Envision

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