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The GDI Hub aims to accelerate disability innovation and create a global movement for a fairer world, focusing on research, teaching, and entrepreneurial ventures related to disability. Its projects will emphasize collaboration, global impact, and genuine innovation, including a master’s program and a global innovation portal. The initiative seeks to engage the community through strategic partnerships, participatory research, and the development of new models of practice and social enterprise.
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- 1. A Vision forGDI Hub Cathy Holloway Academic Director
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- 5. So why dowe need GDI Hub?
- 6. 1 Billion DisabledPeople
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- 13. The GDI Hubis building a movement to accelerate disability innovation for a fairer world
- 14. –Oxford English Dictionary “Makechanges in something established by introducing new methods, ideas or products” To Innovate
- 15. Policy & Participation Research& Teaching Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- 16. GDI Hub Projects AllGDI Hub projects will: have Global impact and application; specifically relate to Disability; demonstrate genuine Innovation; and build a knowledge Hub through open collaboration
- 17. Research & Teaching •Growthe GDI Hub research centre (and satellites) expanding the number and scope of research projects to a significant scale •Create a new masters programme in Design, Disability and Innovation, with exceptional teaching and diverse students •Generate a new multidisciplinary discourse and community of practice around Disability Innovation • Trial bold ideas in the 'live lab' at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with global impact •Develop and test our Global Disability Innovation meta Methodology through our work, based on our learning from the 2012 Games
- 18. MSc Disability, Design& Innovation
- 20. Innovation & Entrepreneurship •Work withpartners to address the failure in markets, distribution, access and use of AssistiveTechnology. •Create a global Innovation Portal through which to exchange, promote and share ideas •Build a Disability Innovation ecosystem in east London, with virtual global reach and impact • Generation new models of inclusive innovation and social enterprise
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- 24. Policy & Participation •Developmentof strategic partnerships to further our mission and objectives •Build the movement through events, communications, social media and hacks •Develop new methods of engagement and participatory research through 'tech for active citizenship' projects •Always lead by example through who we recruit and how we work •Maintain our deep roots in east London, with a global reach
- 26. How can webuild a disability innovation movement, based in east London, to tackle global injustice?
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- 29. Realising the dream •Recognising and researching the issues • Collaborating across disciplines to find solutions • Co-design and leadership of disabled people at every stage • Develop new models of practice & coherent framework for Disability Innovation • Work with new partners to refine our vision and method • Being bold and unafraid of failure or criticism
- 30. It will takeall of us working together as hard as we can to make this happen
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- 32. Panel Discussion • ProfessorNora Groce, Leonard Cheshire Disability & Inclusive Development Centre, UCL • Kamran Mallick, Disability Rights UK • Michael Vermeersch, Microsoft • Julian Walker, Development Planning Unit, UCL • Vicki Austin, GDI Hub
Editor's Notes
- #3 Good Timing and good idea
- #4 1826 The history of UCL and where it was build back in 1826
- #5 Introduce the partnership and the board
- #6 2. Personal reflection. Silo activity. Transport. Medical. If everyone thinks someone else will do something then complex problems don’t get fixed. 2. The role of disabled people’s organisations is incredibly important. We need to attack the social inequality in a multitude of ways. There is a need to fight and aa need for a space where we all work together towards solutions. We see GDI Hub as being just that a place for co-created solutions which are only possible because of the hard work of DPO’s 2. We look forward to working together to create a movment.
- #7 2. Personal reflection. Silo activity. Transport. Medical. If everyone thinks someone else will do something then complex problems don’t get fixed. 2. The role of disabled people’s organisations is incredibly important. We need to attack the social inequality in a multitude of ways. There is a need to fight and aa need for a space where we all work together towards solutions. We see GDI Hub as being just that a place for co-created solutions which are only possible because of the hard work of DPO’s 2. We look forward to working together to create a movment.
- #11 The bad news ….
- #14 Building a movement not an organisation The outcome is a fairer world. We know disability and poverty are inextricably linked and poor disabled women are some of the most disavantaged people in the planet.
- #15 << example of disability innovation>> versus technology developed without disabled people involved
- #16 The 3 pillars of GDI Hub
- #19 Huge thank you to Snowdon Trust for 3 studentships 1 x gold level includes 15k for living expenses in addition to fees being covered 2 x silver covers full UK fees They are available to UK students
- #20 Street rehab - mapping + social justice Bring out differences between UK (mapping/ journey planner) and INdia( social justice tool)
- #22 ICRC as a buyer Bottom of the pyramid innovation
- #23 Great example of revolutionary innovation 1 hour fitting remouldable requires basic tools - can be fit in the field