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