{"id":8950,"date":"2024-11-27T12:58:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T12:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/?p=8950"},"modified":"2024-11-27T17:25:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:25:42","slug":"dr-mick-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/dr-mick-ukraine","title":{"rendered":"Dr Mick Donegan presents at Ukraine conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8951\" src=\"https:\/\/specialeff-d2p02.sites.urbanelement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mick-ukr-01a.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of the presentation's title screen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mick-ukr-01a.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mick-ukr-01a-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mick-ukr-01a-700x395.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mick-ukr-01a-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mick-ukr-01a-120x68.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our CEO Dr Mick Donegan was recently invited by the United Nations Development Programme to give an online presentation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undp.org\/ukraine\/press-releases\/tech4life-international-congress-empowering-lives-through-innovation\">TECH4Life International Congress<\/a> in Lviv, Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The theme of the conference was <em>Empowering Lives Through Innovation<\/em> and it was intended as a showcase for innovative assistive technologies that are transforming lives. The event was attended by several Government Ministers, as well as leading experts, companies, civil society organizations and professional communities.<\/p>\n<p>We were honoured to take part in the event and share our knowledge and expertise with delegates, especially given the significant increase in the number of people now requiring accessibility solutions in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Next year our specialist therapists will be presenting about gaming accessibility at the <a href=\"https:\/\/skvot.io\/uk\/course\/new-game-plus\">New Game +<\/a> digital conference, organised by Skvot, one of Ukraine\u2019s leading creative skills schools.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"515\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8952\" src=\"https:\/\/specialeff-d2p02.sites.urbanelement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mick-ukr-02.jpg\" alt=\"Man speaks to an audience at the conference\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mick-ukr-02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mick-ukr-02-250x67.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mick-ukr-02-700x188.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mick-ukr-02-768x206.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mick-ukr-02-1536x412.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mick-ukr-02-120x32.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Top image: Screenshot from Mick&#8217;s presentation. Lower image: The TECH4Life conference under way<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our CEO Dr Mick Donegan was recently invited by the United Nations Development Programme to give an online presentation at the TECH4Life International Congress in Lviv, Ukraine. The theme of the conference was Empowering Lives Through Innovation and it was intended as a showcase for innovative assistive technologies that are transforming lives. 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