Christopher Patnoe, Head of Accessibility and Disability Inclusion for EMEA at Google, will open the 2021-22 academic year at the FTI
The Faculty of Translation and Interpretation at the UAB will celebrate the start of the academic year on Wednesday 13 October at 1pm in Room 004, in an event chaired by UAB’s Rector. Christopher Patnoe, Head of Accessibility for EMEA at Google, will give the inaugural talk and there will be a musical performance by the soprano Anabel Real.
27/09/2021
A new academic year is always cause for celebration, especially this year, when both lecturers and students can finally meet in person in the corridors and classrooms of the Faculty. The opening ceremony for the academic year 2021-22 will also be special, as Christopher Patnoe, head of accessibility for EMEA at Google, will give the opening talk, along with a musical performance by soprano Anabel Real, an FTI student.
Patnoe’s talk is titled “Augmented realities: The intersection of technology and communication”, and you can address questions to him in advance via this Twitter feed from the Faculty account or by using the form below. We encourage you to pose questions of interest related to accessibility as this is a unique opportunity.
The event will be held on Thursday 13 October in Room 004 at the Faculty of Translation and Interpretation. Registration is required, as there are a limited number of seats, in compliance with current health regulations. Interpreting and live subtitling will be offered during the event.
Registration form for the opening ceremony of the 2021-22 academic year of the FTI
After Patnoe's lecture, there will be a performance by the soprano Anabel Real, a student of the Faculty, which will include works by Antonín Dvořák, Giacomo Puccini and Franz Léhar.
Christopher Patnoe is the Head of Accessibility and Disability Inclusion for EMEA at Google. He leads Google's efforts concerning the accessibility of products, focusing on people – both Google creators and end users. He has more than 25 years’ experience in technologies, having worked at companies like Apple, Sony Ericsson and Disney where he has developed hardware, software, and services. His current passion is accessibility in immersive technologies and technology for end users. He is the chair for the Immersive Captions Community Group with the W3C, co-Chair of the XR Association Accessibility Working Group and sits on the Board of Trustees for the American Foundation for the Blind and the GAAD Foundation. Christopher has a degree in Music from UC Berkeley.
Soprano Anabel Real studied singing with Enedina Lloris at the ESMUC conservatory. Recently, she formed a duo with the harpist Esther Pinyol, with whom she took part in the Jardí dels Tarongers cycle, at the Nit dels amics del Liceu, and went on a concert tour organized by Joventuts Musicals de Catalunya.
Among others, Anabel has received the Extraordinary Prize for the best Catalan singer and the Audience Award at the 50th edition of the Francisco Viñas International Competition. She was also awarded the Bruno-Frey-Musikpreis 2016 (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) and First Prize of the 9th Germans Pla Singing Competition, Balaguer.