Please find below the list of submitted Special Thematic Sessions (STS). All STS accept will include individual contributions that will be presented and published at the conference. During the submission of your paper you will have the possibility to select the STS of your choice.

Please find below the list of submitted Special Thematic Sessions (STS).

Of course, you can also submit papers that are not related with a STS.

• Robots for Children
  Chairs: Lorenzo Desideri and Pedro Encarnação
• Assistive Technology and Children’s Rights
  Chairs: Pedro Encarnação and Angharad Beckett
• Users’ Voice in Assistive Technology Outcomes Assessment
  Chairs: Angharad Beckett, Emma M. Smith, and Pedro Encarnação
• Including Accessibility and Assistive Technology (AT) into Mainstream Curricula
  Chairs: Katrin Nuppenau, Klaus Miesenberger, Roberta Lulli, Anna Matamala, Katerina Mavrou, Radek Pavlicek
• Innovations in Mobility and Participation
  Chairs: Krista Best, François Routhier
• Museums for All: Co-design, Inclusion, and Emerging Technologies
  Chairs: Elena Stylianou, Katerina Mavrou
• An overview of Canadian strategies to improve the usability of rehabilitation technologies
  Chair: Claudine Auger
• ICT to Support Inclusive Education – Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  Chairs: Marion Hersh, Barbara Leporini
• Advanced Technologies for Inclusion and Participation in Education and  Labour
  Chairs: Susanne Dirks, Bastian Pelka, Jens Gerken
• Embracing Change: Aging, Digitalisation, and the Future of Care
  Chairs: Valentina Fiordelmondo, John Gerard Dinsmore
• Innovative Technologies for Inclusive Education: Exploring AAC and Voice Synthesis for All Learners
  Chairs: Silvio M Pagliara, Branislav Gerazov, Francesco Zanfardino
• AT Outcome and Impact Measurement
  Chairs: Luc de Witte, Natasha Layton
• Developing a Performance Evaluation Framework for Enhancing Quality of Life and Sustainable Mobility for Visually Impaired Consumers through Assistive Robotic Systems
  Chairs: Maria Christofi, Elena Tsappi, George N. Papageorgiou
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Autism: Transforming Inclusion and Communication
  Chair: Nefi Charalambous Darden
• Advancing Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Role of Virtual Reality, Eye-Tracking, and Serious Games
  Chairs: Renata Cserjesi, Aneta M. Kochanowicz, Cecilia Sik-Lanyi
• Building AT Capacity in non-high-income Countries
  Chairs: Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf, Tone Øderud
• Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Advancing Inclusive Environments, Pedagogical Approaches, and Assistive Technologies
  Chairs: Branislav Gerazov, Silvio M Pagliara, Gianmarco Bonavolontà
• Accessible Indoor Navigation Systems
  Chairs: Gottfried Zimmermann, Kevin Pakula, Thorsten Schwarz
• Data-based Eco-systems for the Benefit of the Users and Provision Practice of Assistive Technology
  Chairs: Tina Helle, Morten Kyng
• Artificial Intelligence in Care and Support Ecosystems
  Chairs: Riccardo Magni, Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf
• Designing Non-Visual Interactions with Haptic and Multimodal Interactive Displays
  Chairs: Sabrina Panëels, Taqwa Saeed, Wilko Heuten
• Effective AT Provision Models
  Chairs: Luc de Witte, Emma Smith