ICE Bristol City Club: inclusive design workshop

Overview

Human nature means we can sometimes we can be inadvertently egocentric. It is easier often to assume that everyone’s world is the same as our own.

Join ICE South West Future Leaders Meg Ginsberg and Alex Buley as they challenge your perspective around inclusion and what inclusive design means.

Experience life through a different lens. Through a series of simulations, experience what the world is like for people who through either physical, or neurological differences have very different world experiences to your own.

Explore the ethical and moral obligations engineers have towards inclusive design and society. Discuss how engineers can design and build spaces against often conflicting inclusive requirements.

A thought-provoking workshop around accessibility, inclusion, and equity.

The workshop will include:

• A discussion around what inclusive design and infrastructure is
• Examples of bad and good inclusive infrastructure
• A discussion about lived experiences
• A practical session getting people to simulate various situations which many people face, (lack of sight, wheelchair use, lack of hearing, neurodivergent etc)
• Exploration of the ethical and moral obligations engineers have towards society

Catering

Refreshments will be made available during the event. Any dietary requirements, please contact the Bristol City Club co-chair - Phoebe Clayson-Lavelle – [email protected] 

Accessibility

There is a lift to the 4th floor and access to disabled toilets. There is a lift to 4Z013 and disabled access toilets beside the lift on the 4th floor.

Getting there

This event is in-person and being hosted at University of West England’s School of Engineering, located at the Frenchay Campus. It is easily accessible from Bristol City Centre via the metrobus, car or bike.

By Bus

From Bristol City Centre, you can reach the campus via the M4, M3 or M1 metrobuses from The Centre to Frenchay Campus. From the bus stop it is approximately a 10-minute walk to the School of Engineering Building.

By car

The campus is approximately 20-minute drive from city centre via the M32. Parking information is available below.

By bike

The campus is approximately a 30-minute cycle via Romney Avenue or the Bristol to Bath Railway Path. There is cycle parking is available on campus.

Car Parking

The venue has 25 parking spaces available to attendees in the visitor parking area. Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8DCu9zQiDriDG2DG7. From the car park, it is approximately a 5-minute walk to the School of Engineering Building.

To book a parking space, please send over your registration number to [email protected]  by 5pm on Monday 25 November.

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