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In this world of technology, things are ever changing, rearranging.
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You need someone to help you out. I know someone
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Come and take a journey with me.
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As we go through the.
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Land of technology.
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You'll never be alone.
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You'll be with Pall.
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I'm an dance laying in the tech Zone.
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Take a little trip with me and hopefully you can
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see how the hood, suburbs and mainStreet are all connected
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no respect can I mean we network.
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Across the globe because it's the global.
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Market in case, shoot it and know.
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And since we all.
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About information flow, let me be the first one to
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welcome you to Tech Zone with Paul Amma Dave Slane.
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Let's talk tech because technology changing the game. It's so
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good in the hood, it's everywhere. Now let's get into
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the show because we yeah.
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Hello and welcome to this edition of the Tech Zona
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to meet Paul Amadea Slane. Last day here at CEES
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twenty twenty five, and it has been a fantastic ride.
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We got a chance to see some amazing innovation, talk
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to some amazing people and it's one of those conferences
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that when you start on day one, you're like, man,
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this is pretty awesome, and then you blink and then
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it's over and done and it's our last day here.
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So what is the best way that we can end
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CES and our coverage here is to be joined by
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an amazing individual you know who he is, the executive
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director of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation, My good friends
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to you, yol. I'm gonna welcome him on in one second.
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But what has been your I guess the best thing
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you've heard about CES twenty twenty five. Did you see
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some innovation out there on TikTok on ig on all
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social media? If so, share it with us. Let us
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know what you saw that was one of those mind
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blowing movements, because we want to know. But without any
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further delay, let's bring him on right now, my good
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friend Steve. You'll the executive director of the Consumer Technology
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Association Foundation. Sir Steve, what's going on, buddy?
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Hey Paul, It's great to see you, and even better
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when I can actually see you in person here. So
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we have had an incredible week at CEES twenty twenty five,
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and I can't wait to uh, well, I can't wait
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to get a little sweep after all this, but I
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really can't wait to talk to you.
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No, Steve, I hear you remember because you and I
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talk about maybe five or six times throughout the year virtually,
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and to finally see each other face to face, it
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is really really awesome. And and Steve, you're like the
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hardest working man in the accessibility business. You bring a
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lot of us together to talk about some pretty amazing things.
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And what is this CEES twenty twenty five been like
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for you? What has been some of the takeaways and
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what are some things out there you would like for
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us to know?
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Absolutely well? What I love is the theme around accessibility
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and age tech has continued to grow at CEES. We've
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seen incredible exhibits across the entire show for that are
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talking about accessibility, talking about usability. And then we've seen
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the interest in the programs that we've had here at CEES,
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things like the fact that we do this accessibility roundtable
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that I know you were able to be at at
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the beginning of the show this year. You know, this
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event started as like half a dozen people sitting around
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talking about, you know, what's working with accessibility, what's not.
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This year we had over one hundred and twenty people
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in the room. So this is just showing the interest
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and it was big global brands, it was small startups,
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disability advocates from across the entire disability spectrum. So it
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really showcases this is an opportunity for us to bring
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the world of technology together here at the show, have
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incredible discussions and build from that to create the products
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that all of us want to use and showcase.
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And Steve, I can remember when this wasn't even a
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reality for us here and I remember hearing about, you know,
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the small group meeting that you would have here to
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see where it's at today, we're morphed into this amazing,
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thought provoking conversations that we have in our community. Is
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pretty pretty amazing. And Steve, to get us where we're
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at today, to get all these big groups together, was it?
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What was it challenges to.
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Kind of do that?
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Yeah, it's been I mean I've been at this, just
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had my thirteenth anniversary anniversary. I appreciate that. I appreciate that.
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It's hard to believe it's been thirteen years, but it's
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been a a I'd like to say, a slow build,
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but it's been a build over time. You know, it's
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a matter of we weren't able to just flip the
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light switch and make everything happen. But we've been able
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to bring in partners, we've been able to build the conversation,
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You've been able to help share that conversation out through
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your show. But it's been every year we try to
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do a little bit more. This year we did far
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more than we've ever done at the show, and it's
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really catching on. We're seeing companies, and what I love
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is it's not the companies that we necessarily have, you know,
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we've brought out here and to showcase. It's other companies
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that are a show at the show, picking up on
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the theme of accessibility in age tech and really running
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with it and being able to showcase it. But you know,
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we had just several incredible programs this year. I know
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we've talked in the past about our Eureka Park Accessibility winners,
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and I met with them this morning. All of them
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had really incredible stories about you know, deals closed and
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opportunities to get in front of different media, different investors,
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others along those lines. So I always look forward to
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seeing the exciting build of those startups as they continue
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to grow. We did two different types of pitch competitions
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this year, so I've talked to you in the past
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about our big Pitch competition, which this year was focused
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on AI and we had nine companies pitching different aspects
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of AI and the ways that they could benefit either
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older adults or people with disabilities. It was an incredible
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show standing room only as always, and you know, we
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had a winner Make makes Sense that technology, which has
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an incredible basically came for the blind replacement. That was
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our grand prize winner. We had a company called sign
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Speak that was showcasing their sign language product. So both
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of those actually happened to be Eureka Park Accessibility Contest
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winners as well, but this is a completely different contest,
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but they were the runner up. And then our audience
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choice was a company out of Korea called Voynosis that
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does a voice technology, so that was really incredible. And
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then this year, for the first time, it was kind
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of a combination of roundtable and pitch event before the
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show started, and it was focused specifically on the intellectual
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and developmental disability community. We worked with several different organizations
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around the country, but here in Las Vegas we worked
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with Opportunity Village, which is a great nonprofit that works
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with the idd community. So they brought a number of
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their members over to the show, met with several different
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companies that were our finalists, and then four of those
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companies pitched and we have a company called on Screen
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that walked away with the grand prize there and a
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company called map Habit that got the runner up prize.
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building those connections to the community and then ultimately what
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those will lead to as far as you know, getting
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these products out there, you know, continuing to improve. And
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I can't wait to see how some of these companies
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that participated in that take the feedback from the I
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d D community and continue to make their products better.
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companies in front of the tech world and and ones
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who can really give them some constructive feedback into too,
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making their their innovation truly something that can be used
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by by by the community. And Steve, one thing that
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I thought was fascinating too this year, all the accessibility talks.
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The sets was on opening day which was Tuesday. That
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was pretty awesome. Well, tell us about the mindset of
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the the conference advisory board team that which I am
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a part of, but I had nothing to do with
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putting everything on that on the first day, but but
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that was pretty amazing to give spotlight to the accessibility community.
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I assumed that was you that did that. Now, we
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have an incredible conference team at CTA that puts together
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you know, everything from the keynotes that we had here
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that really kind of raised the bar this year, along
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with all the different other panels and sessions that happened
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throughout the week, so you know, they really wanted to
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look at how we could best highlight the you know,
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the accessibility tracks. We had more panels this year around
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accessibility than I think we've ever had, and from what
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I've heard, they've been really well attended. I'll admit that's
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the one challenge is haven't had a chance to sit
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in on any of them yet. But good news, they're
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all recorded, they're all going to be up on the
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CEES website. So once I get home, I'm looking forward
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to catching up on a lot of great sessions. Yeah
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that's me too, Steve.
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You know, broadcasting from here, it's kind of hard to
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get out and see the show floor, but we saw
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a little bit of it and later on the day,
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we're gonna go check out some pretty cool accessibility tech
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out there and to give a shout out to the community.
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biggest takeaway from this SEES twenty twenty five. Was there
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a moment, Was there something that you witnessed to kind
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of give you that affirmation to say, hey, we're on
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the right track when it comes to highlighting accessibility for
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the assistive and adaptive technology and also the Asian adult
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population and the disabled population as well.
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of a strange, it's just a vibe, Like I really
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just am getting an incredible positive vibe from people across
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the entire show. You know, I'm talking to vendors and
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exhibitors and they're really saying, how good of a show
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that they're having, and you know, the number of connections
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and the number of stories that get they're getting ridden
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about their products. So we're hearing a lot of really
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good things about that. And then actually last night, so
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we have several different leaders from different disability organizations that
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come to the show, and we had a dinner with
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them last night and they were just raving about some
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of the technologies that they were able to see on
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the show floor. So several of them have been multiple times.
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at is Okay, you've been you know, four times. How
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has it changed, how has it improved. I'm not saying
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we're perfect as far as accessibility goes. There's a lot
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more we can do. There's a lot more we can cover,
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but you know, seeing that continual progress that we can
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make in this space. So yeah, I'm just I'm getting
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a lot of positive feedback, you know, knock on wood.
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We got one day left to continue that. But things
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are looking really really positive here this year.
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Yeah, that's that's great news. Always positive when once come
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back to see the progress that has been made and
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give you that give you that feedback when it comes
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to accessibility and Steve, But before before we ditch you
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go and wrap this all up, is there anything else
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that you can tell us about the foundation? What's going
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on that we can look forward to when it comes
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to twenty twenty five and and what do you see
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as some potential roadblocks to maybe some of the progress
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that we have made and accessibility? Do you see those
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out there and them, So how can the community, how
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can the tech world, how can the media really just
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work together to make sure that we're continuing that that
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laser focus to their goal.
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many of your audience know. But the CTA Foundation is
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the charitable arm of the CTA, the group behind CEES,
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and we're focused in on how technology can improve the
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lives of older adults and people with disabilities. So we're
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excited for the opportunities in twenty twenty five. As with
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any time there's changes in administration and things along those lines,
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we're keeping an eye on that and seeing where there's
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opportunities for philanthropy to get engaged, where there's opportunities for
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us to continue to work with both the industry and
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the advocates to make sure that those products are reaching
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the people in need. We are deep in our grant
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cycle right now, so we're going to be watching some
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new organizations that we'll be able to support later the spring.
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So I can't wait to share those and ways that
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we can fund nonprofits that are really making a difference
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in the need of the community. One of the other
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things we did here at CES and we've been doing
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friend Steve, You'll and Steve, you will switch, you will
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switch that subject real quick and pointed to another direction. Somebody.
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I appreciate all your humility that you have. But really, man,
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population and the disabled community that we really appreciate what
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support services, philanthropy, media and across the board. There's so
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for helping me level up a lot in my career
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and my side hustle as an accessibility consultant and and
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really being able to use my voice you know when
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it comes to change and everything has really been an
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amazing ride. So Steve, do me a favor of my friends,
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Stay healthy, stay safe, and look forward to catching up
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and we'll we'll talk talk more about CTA Foundation CES
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and get your view after you get a chance to
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watch all the different panels that was here and get
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your feedback into what you thought about. You know where
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the conversation is going as well.
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Well. I appreciate you having me on and I look
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forward to many many future conversations with you. So thank you.
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That sounds good. That is my good friend, Steve Yule,
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the executive director of the Consumer Technology Association. You see
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how I did that the highest greed declaration flow and
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that's what I did. Thank you all so much for
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tuning in to our coverage here at CES twenty twenty five.
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It's really been amazing. Thank you so much for giving
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we look forward to talking to you more about tech.
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So stay healthy, stay safe, and remember I love you
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all the life. Take care.
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About information flow, let me be the first one to
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welcome you to Tech Zone with Paul Amma Dave Slane.
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Let's talk tech because technology changing the game. It's so
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good in the hood, it's everywhere. Now let's get into
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Hello and welcome to this edition of the Tech Zona
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to meet Paul Amadea Slane. Last day here at CEES
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twenty twenty five, and it has been a fantastic ride.
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We got a chance to see some amazing innovation, talk
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to some amazing people and it's one of those conferences
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that when you start on day one, you're like, man,
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this is pretty awesome, and then you blink and then
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So what is the best way that we can end
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CES and our coverage here is to be joined by
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an amazing individual you know who he is, the executive
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director of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation, My good friends
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to you, yol. I'm gonna welcome him on in one second.
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you've heard about CES twenty twenty five. Did you see
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some innovation out there on TikTok on ig on all
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social media? If so, share it with us. Let us
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know what you saw that was one of those mind
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blowing movements, because we want to know. But without any
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further delay, let's bring him on right now, my good
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friend Steve. You'll the executive director of the Consumer Technology
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Association Foundation. Sir Steve, what's going on, buddy?
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Hey Paul, It's great to see you, and even better
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when I can actually see you in person here. So
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we have had an incredible week at CEES twenty twenty five,
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and I can't wait to uh, well, I can't wait
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to get a little sweep after all this, but I
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talk about maybe five or six times throughout the year virtually,
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and to finally see each other face to face, it
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is really really awesome. And and Steve, you're like the
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hardest working man in the accessibility business. You bring a
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lot of us together to talk about some pretty amazing things.
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talking about accessibility, talking about usability. And then we've seen
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disability advocates from across the entire disability spectrum. So it
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thought provoking conversations that we have in our community. Is
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who can really give them some constructive feedback into too,
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making their their innovation truly something that can be used
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I assumed that was you that did that. Now, we
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that really kind of raised the bar this year, along
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throughout the week, so you know, they really wanted to
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look at how we could best highlight the you know,
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the accessibility tracks. We had more panels this year around
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accessibility than I think we've ever had, and from what
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I've heard, they've been really well attended. I'll admit that's
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the one challenge is haven't had a chance to sit
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in on any of them yet. But good news, they're
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all recorded, they're all going to be up on the
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CEES website. So once I get home, I'm looking forward
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to catching up on a lot of great sessions. Yeah
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that's me too, Steve.
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a little bit of it and later on the day,
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we're gonna go check out some pretty cool accessibility tech
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out there and to give a shout out to the community.
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biggest takeaway from this SEES twenty twenty five. Was there
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a moment, Was there something that you witnessed to kind
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of give you that affirmation to say, hey, we're on
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the right track when it comes to highlighting accessibility for
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the assistive and adaptive technology and also the Asian adult
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population and the disabled population as well.
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of a strange, it's just a vibe, Like I really
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just am getting an incredible positive vibe from people across
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the entire show. You know, I'm talking to vendors and
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exhibitors and they're really saying, how good of a show
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that they're having, and you know, the number of connections
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and the number of stories that get they're getting ridden
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about their products. So we're hearing a lot of really
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good things about that. And then actually last night, so
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we have several different leaders from different disability organizations that
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them last night and they were just raving about some
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of the technologies that they were able to see on
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the show floor. So several of them have been multiple times.
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at is Okay, you've been you know, four times. How
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has it changed, how has it improved. I'm not saying
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we're perfect as far as accessibility goes. There's a lot
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more we can do. There's a lot more we can cover,
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but you know, seeing that continual progress that we can
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make in this space. So yeah, I'm just I'm getting
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a lot of positive feedback, you know, knock on wood.
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We got one day left to continue that. But things
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are looking really really positive here this year.
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Yeah, that's that's great news. Always positive when once come
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back to see the progress that has been made and
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give you that give you that feedback when it comes
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to accessibility and Steve, But before before we ditch you
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go and wrap this all up, is there anything else
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that you can tell us about the foundation? What's going
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on that we can look forward to when it comes
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to twenty twenty five and and what do you see
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as some potential roadblocks to maybe some of the progress
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that we have made and accessibility? Do you see those
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out there and them, So how can the community, how
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can the tech world, how can the media really just
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work together to make sure that we're continuing that that
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laser focus to their goal.
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Yeah, and I appreciate you asking that. So I think
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many of your audience know. But the CTA Foundation is
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the charitable arm of the CTA, the group behind CEES,
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and we're focused in on how technology can improve the
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lives of older adults and people with disabilities. So we're
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excited for the opportunities in twenty twenty five. As with
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any time there's changes in administration and things along those lines,
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we're keeping an eye on that and seeing where there's
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opportunities for philanthropy to get engaged, where there's opportunities for
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us to continue to work with both the industry and
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the advocates to make sure that those products are reaching
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the people in need. We are deep in our grant
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cycle right now, so we're going to be watching some
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new organizations that we'll be able to support later the spring.
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we can fund nonprofits that are really making a difference
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in the need of the community. One of the other
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things we did here at CES and we've been doing
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this for a couple of years. Is what we call
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our funders Tour, and this is other foundations that mostly
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we work with the grant makers in aging, so a
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lot of the foundations are focused on the aging side
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of our mission, but they come out every year and
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have a chance to see some of the trends technology
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because they may, you know, they're not vcs, they're not
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investing necessarily directly in the companies, but by knowing what's
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going on in technology, you're able to whether you're interested
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in food, housing, you know, social isolation, other issues that
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you know so much a philanthropy needs focus in on.
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Knowing what's going on in the tech world is just
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critical to being more effective. Being more efficient, so we're
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trying to build up a stronger coalition in that space,
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find ways we can partner better across different foundations and
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other types of funders as well. I'd just say if
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any of your audience is interested in learning more about
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the work that we're doing, they can look for us
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at CTA Foundation, dot tech it's dot T E c H,
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or look us up on all the various social media's.
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presence on most, if not all of them, so you know,
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encourage people to follow us and we'll certainly be promoting
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all the great work that's going on out there.
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Steve. One thing I appreciate you about you is your
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yeah humility. I know at our round table that we have,
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you know, someone will stand up and be like, hey,
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you'd like to give a shout out to our good
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friend Steve, You'll and Steve, you will switch, you will
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switch that subject real quick and pointed to another direction. Somebody.
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I appreciate all your humility that you have. But really, man,
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you know, you do a lot for our community and
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you open up so many conversations when it comes to
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a system and adaptive technologies for the aging and adult
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population and the disabled community that we really appreciate what
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Man, well, I appreciate that now. I'm I'm a big believer.
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You put a bunch of smart people in a room
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with a challenge, and it's incredible what comes out of that.
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And my main goal. Everyone's asked me, you know what
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is you know, are we writing white papers? Are we
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solving you know, world peace and all that kind of
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stuff in some of these sessions. And while I'd love
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to solve world peace and that, uh, you know, my
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main goal with a lot of these is just to
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get you know, person A to meet person B, because
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that way, next time there's an issue, they can go
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directly to each other. They can work it out. How
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we can build better partnerships, how we can better work together.
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support services, philanthropy, media and across the board. There's so
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much that we can do together. And you know, now
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is really a time that we as a have to
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come together.
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that's really critical word out about the works of these
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issues to the robertect world.
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Now. I appreciate Steve, and again, thank you so much
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for helping me level up a lot in my career
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and my side hustle as an accessibility consultant and and
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really being able to use my voice you know when
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it comes to change and everything has really been an
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amazing ride. So Steve, do me a favor of my friends,
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Stay healthy, stay safe, and look forward to catching up
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and we'll we'll talk talk more about CTA Foundation CES
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and get your view after you get a chance to
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watch all the different panels that was here and get
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your feedback into what you thought about. You know where
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the conversation is going as well.
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Well. I appreciate you having me on and I look
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forward to many many future conversations with you. So thank you.
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That sounds good. That is my good friend, Steve Yule,
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the executive director of the Consumer Technology Association. You see
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how I did that the highest greed declaration flow and
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that's what I did. Thank you all so much for
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tuning in to our coverage here at CES twenty twenty five.
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It's really been amazing. Thank you so much for giving
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us your feedback on a lot of our segments, and
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we look forward to talking to you more about tech.
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So stay healthy, stay safe, and remember I love you
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all the life. Take care.
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Everyone in this world of technology is ever changing, rearranging.
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You need someone to help you out.
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I know someone to have to be alone, You'll be
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with I'm gonna gay slaying in the text Zone
