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Universal Design Day 2023!
In this year’s event we delved into the transformative power of inclusive leadership and redefined educational barriers to promote equity and future readiness. The event emphasized the importance of world-building over brand-building and explored the intersections of design and diversity. Speakers discussed how equity and intersectionality pave the way for universal design, positioning it as a key driver for creating inclusive environments.
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Universal Design Day 2022!
We explored how accessibility and inclusion can be embedded into technology and organizations. Highlights included the impact of mobile technology on gender inclusion, applying universal design principles to smartphones, and transforming accessibility into a strategic organizational focus. The event also covered gender-inclusive innovations, sustainable practices in universal design, and the crucial role of decision systems in inclusive design.
Past speakers.
Jannicke Hølen
Knut Bang
Amit Patel
Bernard Chiira
Ayanna Samuels
Yvan Bayisabe
Thea Urdal
Sabine Lobnig
Rama Gheerawo
Erica Isa Mosca
Universal Design Fundamentals.
Create solutions that everyone can access and use equally.
Fundamentals of Universal Design is taught by renowned action researcher and social entrepreneur Dr. Anthony Giannoumis, aimed at helping you make the right decisions about your most complex design challenges.
The course puts equality and diversity at the center of your work and life and gives you new tools for ensuring usability and accessibility in practice.
Nine interactive modules take you step-by-step from understanding the basics of why Universal Design can transform your life and work to what collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders looks like in practice.
You’ll come out of this course as a leader in designing for diversity, equality, and inclusion!
Available in 🇬🇧 English and 🇳🇴 Norwegian.
Universal Design Advocate Certificate upon completion!
Why Universal Design matters?
Creating universally designed products and services is part of our human rights, it is good business, and the right thing to do.
Intro to Universal Design!
Get started today with Intro to Universal Design crash course and get access to the full course at 50% off!
Universal Design Co-creation Network.
Join the network of Universal Design Professionals.
FAQs
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#UDDay is an international celebration of the benefits of universal design to raise awareness and showcase the value of a universally designed world.
Universal Design Day aims to bring together those who work with, and for, universal design of ICT, both in the private and public sector, for a day of competence exchange.
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Universal Design Day was founded by Inclusive Creation and The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) in 2020.
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Universal Design Day is an annual celebration. Each year we organize a hybrid event and bring together the world’s leading experts on universal design to give presentations, share values, exchange ideas, and raise awareness.
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The results we achieve with #UDDay are that those who work with universal design of ICT get a forum where they can meet others who work with the same, and exchange experiences and expertise. The participants or speakers have the opportunity to find new partners and start new projects that address universal design. The ambition of #UDDay is to bring up and promote the solutions that are developed by designers and developers who do not have a close connection to academia.
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Universal Design Day is a non-commercial event, so participation is free! However, if you would like to support our work, we are always looking for partners, sponsors, and collaborators.
