{"id":1440,"date":"2024-11-25T12:20:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/?page_id=1440"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:35:28","slug":"digital-inclusion-and-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/metaverse\/virtual-worlds\/digital-inclusion-and-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Track 3 &#8211; Digital Inclusion and Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This track focuses explicitly on digital inclusion and accessibility in the citiverse and virtual worlds. The creation of new digital brings a range of accessibility question in terms of digital skills, visual impairment and neuro-divergence that needs to be addressed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet the Leader of the Digital Inclusion and Accessibility Track <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/metaverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pilar_orero-e1695990650617.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pilar Orero<\/strong><br>Professor, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet the Experts<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Jon Black<\/strong>, CEO, Blackbot<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Paola Cecchi Dimeglio<\/strong>, Faculty Chair ELRIWMA, Harvard University<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Carlos Duarte<\/strong>, Associate Professor, LASIGE, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias da Universidade de Lisboa<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Puneet Jain<\/strong>, Doctoral Candidate (PhD Student), Concordia University, Montreal, Canada and Zurich University of Arts, Switzerland<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Jie Huang<\/strong>, PhD candidate, Research Assistant, Smart City Research Centre, Renmin University of China<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Chris Hugues<\/strong>, Head of School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Keele University<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Anna Matamala<\/strong>, Professor, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Sarah Anne McDonagh<\/strong>, Postdoctoral researcher, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Estel\u00b7la Oncins<\/strong>, Researcher, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Fernanda Rocha<\/strong>, Chief Futures Officer, Blackbot<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Yong Jick Lee<\/strong>, Managing director, Korea Center for Accessible ICT<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Krzysztof Krejtz<\/strong>, Professor, SWPS University&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Victor Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, Head of General Coordination of International Affairs, Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Alma Cedillo<\/strong>, Deputy Director of Accessibility, Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Ileana Gama<\/strong>, Director of Information and Accessibility, Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Alessandro Pollini<\/strong>, Associate Professor, International Telematic University UniNettuno<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Daniel Hark Sohn<\/strong>, CEO of SCE Korea, Inc<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Hlekiwe Kachali<\/strong>, Senior Technology Advisor, UNICEF<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Gaspard Datondji<\/strong>, Digital Governance Specialist, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Benin<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Carrie Chow<\/strong>, Accessibility Evangelist, Atos<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Haris Shekeris<\/strong>, R&amp;D Project Manager, Catalink Limited<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Iris Serrat-Roozen<\/strong>, Assistant lecturer, Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaboration and Access<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.itu.int\/sites\/itu-t\/initiatives\/citiverse\/SitePages\/digital-inclusion-accessibility.aspx\">Access Documentation Here<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<em>(login required)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in contributing to this track or accessing working documents?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:virtualworlds@itu.int\">virtualworlds@itu.int<\/a> to request access to the SharePoint site and join the Track.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e41cdcc915cedb5dd07a7270b991a770 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong>Related events<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-15.05-Webinar-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4250\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6814656c0c3286db6f1d5919fa2916d9 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f9aace3506249f51373065ae7afaec77 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#525558;font-size:16px\">15 May 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-68a252b2431e309c3b1f8d6bc66b46c4 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/digitaltransformationdialogues\/digital-inclusion-and-accessibility\/\">Webinar &#8211; Digital inclusion and accessibility: Leaving no one behind in virtual worlds and the citiverse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6f3640b5ba7993eb302b3131e95a89ff is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c7bde4287a2fee83850e5d85cb9a226f wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Co-organizers<\/strong>: ITU &amp; UAB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6d373bc9cf8c46ab7040f09f3e0a6a6f wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time<\/strong>: 11:00 &#8211; 13:00 Geneva time<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-c1d7e836 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 wp-block-button__width-35\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/digitaltransformationdialogues\/digital-inclusion-and-accessibility\/\" style=\"font-size:12px\">VIEW DETAILS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/metaverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WSIS-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1984\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/metaverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WSIS-banner.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/metaverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WSIS-banner-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/metaverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WSIS-banner-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#525558;font-size:16px\">8 July 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Session on Leaving No One Behind in the Citiverse <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-white-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Co-organizers<\/strong>: ITU and Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Place<\/strong>: Geneva, Switzerland<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/net4\/wsis\/forum\/2025\/Agenda\/Session\/284\" style=\"padding-top:6px;padding-right:9px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:9px;font-size:12px\"><strong>VIEW DETAILS<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a 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