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14 Dec 2022, 13:00 – 14:00

Inclusive Spaces: Disability-Inclusive Design for Climate Resilient Cities

Join us for an online event exploring the impacts of the climate crisis on disabled people, and inclusive design for climate resilience.

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Inclusive Spaces: Disability-Inclusive Design for Climate Resilient Cities

14 Dec 2022, 13:00 – 14:00

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Iain McKinnon

Director of Inclusive Design

Global Disability Innovation Hub

Iain McKinnon is co-founder and Director of Inclusive Design at the Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub), a research and practice centre based at University College London (UCL) driving disability innovation for a fairer world. Iain originally trained as a Product Design Engineer and since 2005 has worked on inclusive design of the built environment, creating equally positive experiences for all end users regardless of ability, age, gender, race or faith. His work now focuses on creating inclusive and resilient cities in developing countries around the world.

Mikaela Patrick

Senior Inclusive Design Researcher

Global Disability Innovation Hub

Mikaela Patrick works across inclusive design and climate resilience and is the research lead on the UK Aid funded AT2030 Inclusive Infrastructure sub-programme, conducting six city case studies on inclusive design. Prior to joining GDI Hub, Mikaela worked with the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Stema Health and as an architectural designer in Spain and China. Mikaela also has experience in global health, working on inclusive, people-centred research and design projects around the world.

Shivani Gupta

Technical Officer

CBM International, India

Shivani Gupta works as Technical Advisor Inclusion with Christian Blind Mission (CBM). With a lived experience of disability, she has over 25 years of experience working in disability inclusion in low and middle-income countries with a special focus on creating accessible environments and disability inclusion in development and disaster management.

Anna Landre

PhD Candidate

UCL Department of Computer Science

Anna Landre is a disability justice activist and UCL PhD candidate focusing on the implementation gap of disability regulations globally, particularly in cities and during emergencies. She formerly served as a Commissioner in the Washington, DC government and was just named among the DisabilityPower100’s most influential disabled people in the UK.

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Ticketing

Open

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

bartlett.comms@ucl.ac.uk

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