AccessibleEU events

22nd November 2023, 09:00–15:00

Venue: Helsinki City Hall, Event Square

9:00–9:30
Greetings from the Ministry of Transport and Communications: Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne

9:30–10:00
Accessibility vision of  the Ministry of Transport and Communications – LVM presents

10:00–10:10
Comment speech: Jaakko Knuutila, leader of the design branch, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency

10:15–10:40
Making public transport accessible—challenges and opportunities

• Ann Frye, Senior Accessibility specialist, director, access & Inclusion Forum of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and the UK Government appointed Ambassador for Disability and Access at Airports (in English)

10:40–11:20
How to reach the accessible travel chain in practice? A panel conversation. Including, among others:

• Casper Suovalo, Service Quality Specialist, VR
• Joona Packalen, Passenger Information Manager, HSL
• Experience specialist Anna Pasanen, wheelchair rugby national team

11:20–11:40
Smart rail transport, Tero Avellan, dissertation researcher, University of Tampere / Tampere Accessibility Unit Taccu.

11:40–11:55
Tillgänglighet inom trafikverksamheten i Sverige, Andreas Pettersson, Södertörn University (in Swedish)

12:00–13:00
Networking Lunch (at your own expense)

13:00–14:30
Equipment requirements and accessibility in bus traffic acquisitions. A session of introduction and conversation about the aforementioned statement

• Transport and Communications agency Traficom & WSP

14:30–15:00
Closing words and a chance to try the AgeMan simulation suit

5th December 2023, 09:00–15:00

Venue: will be revealed later, remote attendance also available

9:00–9:05
Opening words, Finnish Commerce Federation

9:05–9:25
Introduction: what is accessibility – an inclusive service path to e-commerce and how can the business field benefit from developing acccessibility? An introduction to the AccessibleEU initiative, Avaava

9:25–9:45
What is the accessibility directive and whom does it concern in the field of commerce? Regional State Administrative Agency, AVI

9:45–10:00
The accessibility directive from the perspective of trade operators, comment speech Finnish Commerce Federation

10:00–10:10

Accessibility as a pacemaker for customer experience and business

10:10–10:25

Discussion and questions

10 min pause

10:35

E-commerce accessibility in practice

Discussion and questions

• Case examples: accessibility as a part of designing a web shop — perspectives and experiences
• E-commerce accessibility from the user perspective, Veera Florica Rajala, FSS, Swedish-Finnish Visually Impaired Association
• The most typical accessibility challenges in e-commerce & checklist, tips, development work, Avaava

11:40–11:50
Discussion and questions

11:50–12:00
Concluding the forenoon events and a send-off to the afternoon, Avaava

12:00–13:00
Networking Lunch (at your own expense)

13:00–15:00
Demonstrational stands with experts by experience

12th September 2023, 09:00–13:00

Venue: Helsinki City Hall, Event Square

9:00–9:20
Opening speech, Terhi Tamminen, Avaava

• Introducing the AccessibleEU initiative
• What is an inclusive customer experience and related design?

9:20–9:40
City of Helsinki – Accessibility application and world’s most accessible service map

• Henna Niemi, Project Manager, City of Helsinki
• Kati Seppälä, Project Manager, City of Helsinki

9:45–10:05
Inclusivity in tourism of Helsinki, highlights from the new policy

• Nina Vesterinen, Tourism Director

10:10–10:30
The new Museum of Architecture and Design

• Kaarina Gould, Project Director

10:35–10:50
The inclusive design process from the end-user’s perspective

• Sami Virtanen and Senni Hirvonen, experts by experience

10:50–11:00
Closing words

11:00–13:00
An opportunity to test the AgeMan simulation suit and other demo devices in the workspace.

Accessibility information

• Accessible bathroom
• Accessible entrance
• Speech-to-text interpretation, both live and for remote viewers
• Interpretation in Finnish Sign Language, both live and for remote viewers
• Induction loop

More information about the Event Square available on hel.fi (opens in a new window)