This STS in cooperation with the TRIPS project, (https://trips-project.eu/) invites contributions in the field of independent mobility of persons with disabilites. Mobility is often cited as a requirement of people with a disability in seeking to increase opportunities to full access to education, employment and daily living. Recent innovations in both assistive and accessible technologies suggest new ways in which navigation, orientation and wayfinding can be made accessible for people with a wide variety of needs including those with cognitive, sensory, physical impairments and the elderly.Insight and examples of the impact of emerging technologies including the use of location-based technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented, mixed and virtual reality solutions offer opportunities for increasingly personalised, adaptive and natural interfaces for access methods including speech, audio, gestural and haptic approaches.Such innovation requires appropriate service and training to be implemented across age need and contextThis STS aims at discussing recent achievements in the area of independent mobility through digital technologies with a particular focus upon the technologies, forms of access and associated services to support implementation, replication and localisation. This STS is expected to share experiences amongst researchers from diverse perspectives and to consolidate domain-specific knowledge.

Chair

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  David Banes, David Banes Access and Inclusion Services