{"id":4723,"date":"2025-05-21T16:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verwaltungsgestaltung.de\/notizen\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2025-05-21T16:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:02:43","slug":"meetup-accessible-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verwaltungsgestaltung.de\/notizen\/2025\/05\/21\/meetup-accessible-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Meetup: Accessible for everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a>, 15 May, we hosted the 10th edition of the \u00d6ffentliches Gestalten meetup<\/a>. As a fitting topic, we discussed \u2018accessible for everyone\u2019 and 2 talks with 3 speakers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event was hosted at the DigitalService office in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Some 45 people attended the meetup in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event description said the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Public sector services need to work for everyone. Unlike private sector businesses, public organisations cannot exclude anyone or focus on a narrow user group. German accessibility law, the Basic Law \u2013 also known as Grundgesetz \u2013 and EU legislation demand this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Various public sector organisations have been building significant capacity and capability in-house. In our May meetup, we want to hear from representatives of several public sector organisations about their efforts to design and develop the most inclusive products and services.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The first speaker was Danny Koppenhagen. He is a Web Development Expert at Deutsche Bahn\u2019s DB Systel. Danny shared his work on guiding sightless journeys, explaining how DB Wegbegleitung assists visually impaired travellers to stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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