Presentation by Santiago Valasquez
Amazing speaker Santiago Velasquez spoke at Braille House about the importance of braille.
Santiago has been inspired by his vision impairment and electrical engineering expertise to invent solutions to make this world more inclusive.
He founded two companies, EyeSyght and Hailo, to solve accessibility issues in transport, navigation, business, education, and employment.
National and international transport agencies, governments, and tech companies are currently in discussions to implement his inventions.
Santiago has won excellence awards, presented TED talks, keynote addresses, and shared his passion for innovative inventions during the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations in 2019 and 2020. He is a 27-year-old bilingual Australian who immigrated from Colombia and is the first blind electrical engineering student in the Southern hemisphere.
Santiago does not believe that barriers should stop anyone from achieving their dreams.
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