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Eyra Abraham (she/her)

Founder & CEO, Lisnen

Eyra Abraham is the Founder of Lisnen, a startup changing the landscape of adaptive technologies for people with hearing loss using AI. Her mission is to leverage tech to positively impact people with a disability to gain equal access at home, at work, and in our community.

Eyra is one of several committee members to advance the inclusion of people with disabilities at both the federal and provincial levels and a steering committee member for Start Access, an initiative on AI equity with the American Association of People with Disabilities. Her impact has garnered attention for her work, winning Canada’s Top 100 Black Women to Watch 2019. Eyra has a M.Sc. from Bournemouth University and a B.Sc. from McGill University.

Sessions

Experiments, sandboxes, and pushing back against the waterfall

November 2, 2023  5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
How to help learnings at the edge flow upstream to policymakers and legislators by overcoming technology fears, while ensuring that you don't run afoul of ethical and legal risks. See more.
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