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MOBILITY MATTERS 2020 • MARCH 18th at PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
Portland State University’s College of Education reprised this 3rd annual interdisciplinary summit on March 18, all online. We invited disability specialists, urban planners, engineers, transportation professionals, students, and community members to discuss the nexus between design, innovation, technology, and access. This year’s themes focused on Youth Leadership: Growing Interdisciplinary Solutions Through Partnerships and Smart Design = Accessible Design. We explored opportunities for regional coordination across adjacent metropolitan areas, with an emphasis on the Cascadia region.

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Wednesday, March 18 • 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Breakout Session: Audio-Based Indoor Navigation: A Case Study in Standards Development

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Tom Pey, Waymap, and Zachary Bastian, Verizon, lead a discussion on accessible standards development via their work on indoor audio-based navigation. With the Consumer Technology Association, the panelists and their collaborators created an award-winning standard designed to integrate legal, professional, and technical standards into a workable, technology-agnostic framework. Join us as we explore how a diverse coalition of stakeholders cooperated, and their future plans for accessible standards.
Speakers
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Zachary Bastian

Manager of Strategic Alliances, Verizon
Zachary Bastian is Manager of Strategic Alliances for Verizon, focusing on organizations addressing disability, consumers, senior, and LGBTQ issues. He serves on the FCC's Disability Advisory Committee, and on numerous non-profit advisory boards. In 2019, he received the Consumer... Read More →
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Tom Pey

Co-Founder, Waymap
Having lost his sight at the age of 39, Tom moved from a career in international banking to the charity sector. Over the next 20 years Tom earned a reputation for being a person who uses his considerable energy to campaign for improvements to the lives of the blindness community... Read More →
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Tim Murdoch

Co-Founder, CEO, Waymap
Tim is one of the original creators of the M-PESA money transfer service for Vodafone, a financial service that has transformed the lives of many millions of people across Africa and beyond and become the poster child for the financial services industry.Tim is now co-founder and CEO... Read More →

Wednesday March 18, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
  Breakout Session