AT@WORK:
Intelligent Assistive Technologies
for Enabling Workplace Inclusion

Motivation

Digital Assistive Technologies (AT) have been widely used to support people with disabilities at work. However, many existing systems, interfaces, and tools remain inaccessible or insufficiently adaptable to the wide range of human abilities. In the workshop AT@Work: Intelligent Assistive Technologies for Enabling Workplace Inclusion, we want to bring together a diverse community of researchers, designers, developers, practitioners, and individuals with lived experience to critically examine the role of digital ATs in advancing workplace inclusion for individuals with disabilities.

Intended Audience & Submissions

We invite a diverse community of researchers, designers, developers, practitioners, and individuals with lived experience to critically explore the role of digital assistive technologies in fostering workplace inclusion. Submissions of various types that contribute to the workshop's topics and discussions are welcome, including but not limited to:

• Reports from ongoing or completed projects
• Findings from scientific studies
• Insights from case studies
• Conceptual or theoretical frameworks
• Design methods or speculative approaches
• Personal experiences

Submissions should be written using the ASSETS conference template, with a preferred length of 1–4 pages including references, and submitted via e-mail to mario.heinz@th-owl.de. Please include the authors’ names and affiliations, short biographies, and a brief statement of your interest in participating in the workshop. We will review submissions to ensure a balanced representation of topics, geographic regions, and communities. Accepted contributions will be made available to all participants prior to the workshop and will also be published in a dedicated post-workshop proceedings volume.

Workshop Topics

We invite contributions that address the following questions:

Important Dates

Registration Policy

At least one author of each accepted position paper or workshop artifact must attend the workshop, and all participants must register for the workshop.

Organizers

Mario
Heinz-Jakobs

OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany

Sinem
Görmez

OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany

Hailey L.
Johnson

University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

Jens
Gerken

TU Dortmund University, Germany

Max
Pascher

TU Dortmund University, Germany

Giulia
Barbareschi

University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Saminda
Sundeepa Balasuriya

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Laurianne
Sitbon

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Carsten
Röcker

OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany