ZERO PROJECT CONFERENCE 2016:

Innovative Policies and Practices on Inclusive Education and ICT

10–12th February 2016
United Nations Headquarters in Vienna, Austria

INVITED SPEAKERS, CHAIRS AND EXPERTS:

JavedAbidi, Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI), India

ShadiAbou-Zahra, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), France

Constance Agyeman,Nesta, United Kingdom Representative of VAVE

HRH Prince Mired RaadZeid Al-Hussein of Jordan

Ivor Ambrose, European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT), Belgium

Natalia Amelina, UNESCO IITE, Russia

Silvia Balmas, European Foundation Centre, Belgium

Louise Banham, Global Partnership for Education, UK (tbc)

José Batanero, International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Switzerland

Javier Blazquez,Fundación ONCE, Spain

Jane Buchanan, Human Rights Watch, USA

Erwin Buchinger, Disability Ombudsman, Austria

Miguel Angel Cabra de Luna,Fundacion ONCE and EESC, Spain

Caroline Casey, The Ability Awards, Ireland

Michelle Damiani,Syracuse University, United States of America

Brent Elder, Syracuse University, United States of America

Helga Fasching, University of Vienna, Austria

Michael Fembek, Essl Foundation, Austria

Luis Gallegos, Chair of G3ict and former Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UNO at Geneva

Martin Gould, G3ICT, USA

Sonja Grabner, Austrian Development Agency, Austria

Tamara Grundstein, Independent Living Austria (tbc)

Sara Gustafsson, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Norway (tbc)

Patrick D´Haese, MED-EL (tbc)

Ingrid Heindorf, World Future Council, Switzerland

Judy Heumann, Special Advisor for International Disability Rights, U.S Department of State, United States of America

Frank Hoffmann, Discovering Hands, Germany

Catherine Howgego, Department for International Development (Dfid), United Kingdom (tbc)

Rudolf Hundstorfer, Federal Minister of Labour Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, Austria

Helene Jarmer, Member of Parliament, Austria

Karin Jestin, Strategic Philanthropy Advisor, Switzerland

WilfriedKainz, Zero Project, Austria

Samuel Koch, Member of the State Theatre Darmstadt, Germany

Rana Kotan,SabanciVakfi Foundation, Turkey

Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Foreign Minister (tbc)

Klaus Lachwitz, Inclusion Europe, Germany

SylvanaLakkis, DPI Arab World, Lebanon

Axel Leblois, G3ict, USA

Janet E. Lord, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, USA

Lenín Voltaire Moreno, UN Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility, Ecuador(tbc)

Dmitri Mariyassin, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Istanbul Regional Hub, Turkey (tbc)

Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, World Bank, United States of America

Gopal Mitra, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United States of America

Georgette Mulheir, Lumos Foundation, United Kingdom

Benson O. Oswago, Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Kenya

Viktor Panisch, VAVE, Austria (tbc)

YetnebershNigussie, Light for the World, Ethiopia

Marie-Anne Paraskevas, European Commission, Belgium

NevenaPeneva, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Austria

Jyrki Pinomaa, Aspa Foundation, Finland

Diane Richler, former Inclusion International, Canada

Marie Ringler, Ashoka, Austria

Kaitlin Roh, USAID, USA (tbc)

Amelie Saupe, Essl Foundation, Japan

Bernhard Schmid, Lebenshilfe Wien, Austria

Christian Schober, NPO Competence Centre, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

Susan Scott-Parker, Business Disability International, United Kingdom

Andrea Simonits, Open Society Foundations, Hungary

Jan Siska, Government of Finland (tbc)

Michael Snaprud, University of Agder, Norway

Erwin Stahl,Bonventure (tbc)

Christine Stix-Hackl, Permanent Mission of Austria at the UN in Vienna

Stefan Trömel, International LabourOrganisation, Switzerland

Isabelle Turmaine, International Association of Universities (IAU)

Jakob von Uexkull, World Future Council, United Kingdom

LukZelderloo, European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)

INVITED PRESENTERS OF INNOVATIVE POLICIES

David Capozzi, Access Board, United States of America

Karen Ruth Chesterton Khayat, Massey University, New Zealand and Iraq

Raffaele Ciambrone, Ministry of Education, Italy

Laura Davison, Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, Switzerland

Antônio José do Nascimento Ferreira, Secretariat of Human Rights of the Presidency, Brazil

James Hubbard, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, National Disability Authority of Ireland

KadrinKergand, Archimedes Foundation, Estonia

MadaiLinkimer, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) & International LabourOrganisation (ILO), Costa Rica

John McLaughlin, New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Canada

Auberon JeleelOdoom, Inclusion Ghana

JelenaPerovic, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Montenegro

Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, European Commission, DG Justice, Belgium

INVITED PRESENTERS OF INNOVATIVE PRACTICES

Anjlee Agarwal, SAMARTHYAN Centre for Accessible Environments, India

Ghadeer M. Al Hares, Higher Council for Affairs of Persons with Disabilities (HCD), Jordan

EbengoMuzaliwa Angelo, Initiative for Refugees living with Disability (IRD), Rwanda (tbc)

Alberto Argueles / Claudia Werneck, WVA Editoria, Brazil

Swaraj Paul Barooah, IDIA Charitable Trust, India

Vashkar Bhattacharjee, GAATES, Bangladesh

Stanley Bawden, The Living Link, South Africa

Vera Blazek, Caritas, Austria

Jamie Bolling, ENIL – European Network on Independent Living, Sweden

Daniela Boscolo, Istituto Tecnico Economico di Porto Viro, Italy

Martha Jo Braycich, Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia, Turkey

Robert Bu, Open the Windows, Macedonia

Lawrence F. Campbell, International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI), India

TsitsiChataika, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Weiqin Chen, Oslo and Akershus University, Norway (tbc)

Tom De Moor, VCLB Gent, Belgium (tbc)

GregorDemblin, Disability Performance Austria

Koen Deweer, Konektvzw, Belgium

Sarah Driver-Jowitt, Uhambo Foundation, South Africa

Laura Duncan, Special Olympics Arizona, USA

Pham Dung, Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam (MCNV), Vietnam

Catherine Elliott, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Australia (tbc)

Joseph Mburu Evans, Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Afghanistan

Ugo Falace, Centro Leonardo Education, Italy

Johannes Fellinger, Health Centre for the Deaf of the Hospital of St. John of God, Linz, Austria

FriederikeGadow, Centre for Disability Studies, Australia

Alejandra García Frank, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Gopal Garg, Youth4Jobs Foundation, India

Georgina Gaskell, Leonard Cheshire Disability, Bangladesh

Eva Gyarmathy, GNW Ltd, Hungary

Susan L. Hardie, The Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (CCDS), Canada/Ukraine

Klaus Hoeckner, Austrian Association supporting the blind and visually impaired, Austria

David Hofer, LIFEtool gemeinnützige GmbH, Austria

Louise Honck, Sound Advice, Ireland

Eileen Hopkins, Access Innovation Media, Australia

Hubert Huber, Tageszeitung Kurier, Austria

Monirul Islam, Plan International, Bangladesh

Eduardo Jauregui, Irisbond, Spain

Makkiya Jawed,doctHErs, Pakistan

Manfred Kastner, Vision Education, Austria

Mathew Kawogo, Add International, Tanzania (tbc)

Svetlana Kekić, School for Elementary and Secondary Education “Milan Petrović”, Serbia

Elisabeth Krön,Specialisterne Austria

Ahmet Kryeziu, Save the Children International, Kosovo

Mirjana Lazor, School for Elementary and Secondary Education “Milan Petrović”, Serbia

Vladimir Lazovski, Open the Windows, Macedonia

Christopher M. Lee, AMAC, USA (tbc)

Thi van NgaLe, Nhat Hong Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Vietnam

Jonas AtugonzaLubago, Tanzania League of the Blind, Tanzania

Anneke Maarse, Light for the World, East Africa

Setareki Macanawai, Pacific Disability Forum, Australia

Tobias Marczinzik, In der Gemeinde leben gGmbH, Germany

Julia McGeown, Handicap International, Togo (tbc)

Amihai Miron, User1st, Israel

Maria Liliana Mor, The Trust For The Americas, USA

Mariagiulia Morlacchi, Scuola Primaria Via dei Boschi, Italy

Rosalina Flores Obando, ASOPIECAD, Nicaragua

Sar-el Oren Ohana, Access Israel, Israel

Joni Oyserman, Signhands, Netherlands

Katherine Payne, Wayfindr, UK

Denis Pelsy, La Fondation des Amis de l’Atelier, France (tbc)

Birendra Raj Pokharel, Action on Disability Rights and Development (ADRAD), Nepal

Sabina Lobato, ONCE Foundation, Spain

JacoRademeyer, ADJ Electronics, South Africa

Robin Ribback, VerbaVoice, Germany

Richard Rieser, World of Inclusion Ltd, UK

HervéRoqueplan,KrousarThmey, Cambodia

Birgit Rothenberg, Dortmund Center for Disability, Germany

Ana Isabel Ruiz Lopez, Fundacion ONCE, Spain

Dominika Raditsch,Federal Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs, Austria (tbc)

Wilson Ruvere,Jairos Jiri Association, Zimbabwe

ArtemiSakellariadis, Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE), United Kingdom

Christina Salmivalli, University of Turku, Finland, Finland (tbc)

Abbé DenisSandwidi, OcadesTenkodogo, Burkina Faso

Isaac Sanft, Special Olympics Arizona, USA

Jan Wulf Schnabel, Drachensee Stiftung, Germany

Umesh Sharma, Krongold Centre, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia

Andreas Stainer-Hochgatter, Health and Environment Department, AIT, Austrian Institute of Technology

Jennifer Stonemeier, TASH, USA

Susanna Tadevosyan, Bridge of Hope, Armenia

Ana Tamez, Universidad Tecnológica Santa Catarina, Mexico

Bob Topping, GAATES, Canada

Paula Toukonen, Aspa Foundation, Finland

Kathryn Townsend, Barclays Bank, United Kingdom

Elisabeth Udl, Ninlil, Austria

Johannes Ungar,Innovia, Tirol

Hugo Van de Veire, VCLB Gent, Belgium (tbc)

Agnes van Wijnen, Dutch Association for Disabled Children (NSGK), Netherlands

Christoph Veigl, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria

Yves Veulliet, IBM, Belgium

Germain Weber, University Vienna, Austria

BeateWohlschlager, signtime, Austria