Birmingham Digital Gateways

We will begin by introducing WeiPoint (Wei’s vision when he set up the company, the ideals behind it) and our work (each intern will present their work over the summer, Wei will talk about the work he has done previously). Our work includes our digital books, our online calendars and community outreach.

The main body of our event will be focused on the ‘gateways’ element of our work – our foreign-language work that aims to improve the accessibility of Birmingham for international students and the wider international community. We will talk about how we have worked with translators, why we have chosen the books (Atlas series) that we have and how we aim to support the international community in the future.

We would also like to talk about working digitally – the ‘digital’ aspect of our title – and how we have adapted to working fully online. We will talk about why we think that digital resources are the best way forward for our international community and about how working digitally has allowed us to alter our business focus during this difficult time for businesses.

Birmingham Tech Week is run in association with:

Speakers

Lydia Buffery
Content Creator
WeiPoint

Charlotte Goodger
Social Media Manager
WeiPoint

Harriet Mepham
Student
University of Birmingham

Dr Wei Wu
Founder
WeiPoint

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