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CREATE Community Day

CREATE Community Day is an annual half-day forum for discussing the concerns about and approaches to sustainable accessibility research and a showcase of research led by CREATE and HuskyADAPT. Student researchers highlight their work and showcase a variety of individual and team projects.

Community Day 2025: Wednesday, May 28

   Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE2), Zillow Commons 4th floor

Event directions and parking

Registration requested by Thursday, May 22

This year, our panel discussions will focus on current legal challenges to access and rights and explore how accessible technology research makes it from the lab to the real world.

Our research showcase, co-sponsored by HuskyADAPT, will offer a glimpse into some of the outstanding work being done in the field of accessible technology here at the UW. Meet the researchers and discover what’s new.

2025 schedule

Note that panel discussion times and order may change.

1:15 – 2:30 p.m. – Technology, Access, and the Law panel discussion with:

  • Jonathan Lazar, Executive Director of the Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility
  • Elizabeth Pendo, Professor of Law and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the UW School of Law
  • Lee Tremblay, Northwest Regional Representative of the National Lawyers Guild

2:45 – 4 p.m. – Translation: Bringing Research into the World panel discussion with:

  • Kirk Adams: Managing Director at Innovative Impact, LLC
  • Michael Bervell: Founder and CEO at TestParty
  • Mary Goldberg: Co-Director at IMPACT Center
  • Michele Williams: Owner and Accessibility Consultant, M.A.W. Consulting, LLC

4 – 5 p.m. – Research Showcase co-sponsored by HuskyADAPT

Research Showcase co-sponsored by HuskyADAPT

After panel discussions, CREATE students and postdocs and the design teams of HuskyADAPT present their work on accessible technology this semester.

Attendees can browse the projects, interact with the researchers, and try out the new technologies. Learn more about research showcases.

Questions?

Contact us at: kqvoss@cs.washington.edu

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PAST COMMUNITY DAYS


  • Community Day 2024 Recap

    On May 20, 2024, approximately 150 researchers, students, and partners participated in the discussion and discovery of CREATE's Community Day 2024. Two hybrid panel discussions covered timely topics on disability and accessibility. Thank you to all our presenters, volunteers, and attendees for making this year's Community Day such a success! We look forward to sharing…

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  • Community Day & Research Showcase 2022

    CREATE’s 2nd Annual Community Day was well attended with 100 registered participants and presenters. We're pleased with the show of strong community, the return to in-person (and also virtual) panel discussions, and a research showcase of 14 project teams. This year’s panels addressed the disproportionate impact of access to assistive technology on children with disabilities…

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  • CREATE Community Day & Research Showcase 2021

    CREATE Community Day 2021 was a rich program that included an important discussion of the concerns and approaches to just, sustainable accessibility research that puts the needs of community members with disabilities front and center. CREATE members highlighted what their labs are doing, with time to hear about a variety of individual projects. Read on…

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