AI & AAC
23rd April 2026
via Zoom - room will open at 9:25 for a prompt 9:30 start
Join us for a day all about Artificial Intelligence and the role it can play within AAC. We are still working on the agenda but we’re excited to announce the following confirmed speakers:
9:30 Welcome
9:35 Supplier Slots: Jabbla, Jimple, Liberator, Smartbox, Tobii Dynavox
10:05 Development of AI-AAC guidelines for design and practice Rohan Slaughter and Dr Tom Griffiths, Lecturers Assistive Technology, University of Dundee
10:35 Making Assistive Technology Universally Discoverable - Kerbcut AI Hector Minto, Kerbcut Founder & Co-CEO
11:00 Break
11:15 Leveraging AI to Create Inclusive and Engaging Learning Resources Clare Thorn, Class Teacher, Lift Pioneer
11:30 Global Symbols and AI Charlie Danger, Director, Global Symbols
12:00 Identity and Connections: Who Am I, Who Are You, and Who are We Together? AAC, Artificial Intelligence and Authorship Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Head of Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney:
13:00 Lunch
13:20 Singing voice banking - how AI is helping reclaim identity in personal and creative ways Dr Richard Cave, UCL Centre for Digital Language Inclusion
14:30 Let’s Look Before we Leap: A Thoughtful Approach to AI and AAC David Niemeijer and Alyssa Hillary Zisk, AssistiveWare
15:15 Close of day