Proposal

APrIGF 2023 Session Proposal Submission Form
Part 1 - Lead Organizer
Contact Person
Ms. sagarika Wickramasekera
Email
Organization / Affiliation (Please state "Individual" if appropriate) *
Lanka School on Internet Governence
Designation
Director
Gender
Female
Economy of Residence
Sri Lanka
Primary Stakeholder Group
Technical Community
List Your Organizing Partners (if any)
Ms.Manique Gunarathn,manique.g@gmail.com - LKSIG
Mr. Kasun Tharaka Wickramarathna, kasuntw@gmail.com LKSIG
Mr.Kajan Subash - kajansubash@gmail.com LKSIG
Part 2 - Session Proposal
Session Title
Be Safe Project
Session Format
Showcase (20 minutes)
Where do you plan to organize your session?
Onsite at the venue (with online moderator for questions and comments from remote participants)
Specific Issues for Discussion
Be Safe is project is indented to provide helpline women with disabilities through mobile app. It was designed to send text and voice messages to provided numbers through the app where human support team will be operates at the back of the helpline 24x365. This concepts was born because many of the disaster situations person with disabilities were left behind where they have less abilities cry for help. Be safe app is still in the transition period where we need more technical support to developed the support line. This will be time to showcase this product and look for more support and comments.
Describe the Relevance of Your Session to APrIGF
Since the APrIGF is the platform to discuss to access and inclusion it will be a better place to talk and get the feed back from the concept which would lead to drive in to the next step of the project.
Methodology / Agenda (Please add rows by clicking "+" on the right)
Time frame (e.g. 5 minutes, 20 minutes, should add up to 60 minutes) Description
30 min presentation about the product for 10 min and open for discussion with the participants
Moderators & Speakers Info (Please complete where possible)

  • Moderator (Primary)

    • Name: sagarika wickramasekea
    • Organization: apsig
    • Designation: secretary
    • Gender: female
    • Economy / Country of Residence: srilanka
    • Stakeholder Group: Technical Community
    • Expected Presence: Select One
    • Status of Confirmation: Select One

  • Moderator (Facilitator)

    • Stakeholder Group: Select One
    • Expected Presence: Select One
    • Status of Confirmation: Select One

  • Speaker 1

    • Name: Maniq Gunarathna
    • Organization: LKSIG
    • Designation: Director
    • Gender: female
    • Economy / Country of Residence: Sri Lanka
    • Stakeholder Group: Technical Community
    • Expected Presence: Select One
    • Status of Confirmation: Select One

  • Speaker 2

    • Name: sagarika wickramasekea
    • Organization: apsig
    • Designation: secretary
    • Gender: female
    • Economy / Country of Residence: srilanka
    • Stakeholder Group: Select One
    • Expected Presence: Select One
    • Status of Confirmation: Select One

  • Speaker 3

    • Stakeholder Group: Select One
    • Expected Presence: Select One
    • Status of Confirmation: Select One

  • Speaker 4

    • Stakeholder Group: Select One
    • Expected Presence: Select One
    • Status of Confirmation: Select One
Please explain the rationale for choosing each of the above contributors to the session.
Each of the speakers are project contributors of be safe project. Also both of them have high level experience and expertise in accessibility and inclusion field.

Sagarika wickramasekera - Ranaviru sevana project, Beyond the reach project - project leader of both project, technical consultant be safe project
Manique Gunarathna - Be safe project - team lead. Member of Beyond the reach project

All these project are meant to provide capacity building for person with disabilities.
Please declare if you have any potential conflict of interest with the Program Committee 2023.
No
Are you or other session contributors planning to apply for the APrIGF Fellowship Program 2023?
Yes
APrIGF offers live transcript in English for all sessions. Do you need any other translation support or any disability related requests for your session? APrIGF makes every effort to be a fully inclusive and accessible event, and will do the best to fulfill your needs.
we do need sign languge interpretation support
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    Gender Balance in Moderators/Speakers (Please fill in numbers)
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