Panel discussion: The Future of AI & Sign Language is Here

Join us for an exclusive panel discussion featuring Signapse, a Sign Language translation software company, and Richard Bowden, a leading voice behind SignGPT.

• Can AI truly understand sign language?

• Will it support or replace human interpreters?

• What does this mean for accessibility and inclusion?

This is your chance to hear directly from the innovators shaping the future.

Free, booking essential.

The Basement, The Auditorium

BSL: Yes

Lipspoken: Yes

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About Richard Bowden

Richard Bowden is Professor of Computer Vision and Machine Learning within the Centre for Vision Speech and Signal Processing at the University of Surrey. He is also co-founder of Signapse. His research centres on the use of computer vision to locate, track, and understand humans with a specific interest and focus on sign languages. Having worked on many areas of computer vision, including robotics, autonomous vehicles and the tracking and analysis of humans. He has been developing computational approaches to sign language recognition and translation for over 30 years. Over the last few years Richard has refocused his entire research group on Sign Language Translation, with recent funding including a large grant from Google to reduce the cost of translation through AI, SignGPT, which aims to develop the next generation of AI tools for sign languages and UMCS (Understanding Multilingual Communication Spaces) which will look at how Deaf people communicate in conversational settings.

About Signapse

Signapse is a translation software company that uses Generative AI to generate Sign Language to provide greater accessibility for the Deaf community.