Zero Project Conference on Inclusive Education and Icts

Zero Project Conference on Inclusive Education and ICTs:

Innovative Policies and Practices

for Persons with Disabilities

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

INVITED SPEAKERS, CHAIRS AND EXPERTS:

JavedAbidi, Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI), India

Constance Agyeman,Nesta, United KingdomRepresentative of VAVE (tbc)

Silvia Balmas, European Foundation Centre, Belgium

Louise Banham, Global Partnership for Education (tbc)

Daniela Bas, Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD), UN DESA Focal Point on Disability, USA (via video)

José Batanero, International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Switzerland

Shanta Barriga Rau, Human Rights Watch, USA (tbc)

Albert Brandstätter, Inclusion Austria, Austria (tbc)

Rosangela Berman-Bieler, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Jamie Bolling, European Network on Independent Living, Sweden

Erwin Buchinger, Disability Ombudsman, Austria (tbc)

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

Caroline Casey, Kanchi Network, Ireland

Shuaib Chalklen, Chairman of the African Disability Forum and Councillor of the World Future Council, South Africa

Facundo Chavez Penillas, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Switzerland

Madeleine Clarke, Genio Trust, Ireland (tbc)

WalburgaFröhlich, atempo, Austria (tbc)

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

Martin Gould, G3ICT, USA (tbc)

Patrick D´Haese, MED-EL (tbc)

Ingrid Heindorf, World Future Council, United Kingdom/Switzerland

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

David Hofer, Lifetool, Austria

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 (tbc)

Rana Kotan,SabanciVakfi Foundation, Turkey

Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Foreign Minister (tbc)

Diane Richler, former Inclusion International, Canada (tbc)

Klaus Lachwitz, Inclusion Europe, Germany

Janet E. Lord, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, USA (tbc)

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

N.N,Austrian Development Agency, Austria (tbc)

N.N, USAIS, USA (tbc)

Marie-Anne Paraskevas, European Commission, Belgium

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

InmaculadaPlacencia-Porrero, European Commission, DG Justice, Belgium

Marie Ringler, Ashoka, Austria

Anne Rosken, Diversity and Disability Studies, FH Kärnten, Austria (tbc)

Amelie Saupe,Essl Foundation, Japan

Valerie Scherrer, CBM (tbc)

Susan Scott-Parker, Business Disability International, United Kingdom

Andrea Simonits, Open Society Foundations, Hungary

Stefan Trömel, International LabourOrganisation, Switzerland

Isabelle Turmaine, International Association of Universities (IAU)

Jakobvon uexkull, World Future Council, United Kingdom

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

INVITED PRESENTERS OF INNOVATIVE POLICIES

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

Dean Brooks/ Laura Davison, Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (tbc)

Raffaele Ciambrone, Ministry of Education, Italy (tbc)

David Capozzi,Access Board, United States of America

MartinhaClarete Dutra dos Santos, Ministry of Education / Antônio José Do NascimentoFerreira, Secretariat for Human Rights, Brazil (tbc)

Brent Elder, Syracuse University, United States of America

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

Antônio José doNascimento Ferreira, Secretariat of Human Rights of the Presidency, Brazil (tbc)

KadrinKergand,Archimedes Foundation, Estonia

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

Auberon JeleelOdoom, Inclusion Ghana

Benjamin Perks, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Montenegro (tbc)

Thomas Patrick Otaah, Ghana Education Service, Ghana (tbc)

ImmaculadaPlacencia-Porrero, European Commission, Belgium(tbc)

Donal Rice, Nui Galway, IrelandRepresentative of G3ict (tbc)

INVITED PRESENTERS OF INNOVATIVE PRACTICES

Tony Abrahams, Access Innovation Media, Australia (tbc)

Alberto Argueles /Claudia Werneck, WVA Editoria, Brazil

MeldahTumukundeAtukwatse, Light for the World, East Africa (tbc)

Shamnad Basheer, IDIA Charitable Trust, India

Stanley Bawden, The Living Link, South Africa

VashkarBhattacharjee, GAATES, Bangladesh

Vera Blazek, Caritas, Austria

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

Daniela Boscolo, IstitutoTecnicoEconomico di Porto Viro, Italy

Martha Jo Braycich, Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia, Turkey

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

TsitsiChataika, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Manuel Poza Caparrós, ONCE Foundation, Spain

Enrico Capiozzo, VEASYT srl, Italy

Caroline Carswell, Sound Advice, Ireland

Tom De Moor, VCLB Gent, Belgium (tbc)

Manfred Kastner, Vision Education, Austria

Koen Deweer, Konekt vzw, Belgium

Gregor Demblin, Disability Performance Austria

Sarah Driver-Jowitt, Uhambo Foundation, South Africa

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

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

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

Ugo Falace, Centro Leonardo Education, Italy

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 (tbc)

Eva Gyarmathy, GNW Ltd, Hungary (tbc)

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

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

Mag. David Hofer, LIFEtool gemeinnützige GmbH, Austria

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

Hubert Huber, Tageszeitung Kurier, Austria (tbc)

Eduardo Jauregui, Irisbond, Spain

Mathew Kawogo, Add International, Tanzania (tbc)

Elisabeth Krön,Specialisterne Austria

Ahmet Kryeziu, Save the Children International, Kosovo

Svetlana Kekić, School for Elementary and Secondary Education "Milan Petrović", Serbia (tbc)

Vladimir Lazovski / Robert Bu, Open the Windows, Macedonia

Christopher M. Lee, AMAC, USA (tbc)

Ana Isabel Ruiz Lopez, Fundacion ONCE, Spain

Tobias Marczinzik, In der Gemeinde leben gGmbH, Germany

Dmitry Mariyasin, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Istanbul Regional Hub, Turkey (tbc)

Joseph Mburu Evans, Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Afghanistan

Julia McGeown, Handicap International, Togo (tbc)

AmihaiMiron, User1st, Israel

Michelle Moloney, St. Michael's House, Ireland (tbc)

MariagiuliaMorlacchi, ScuolaPrimariaViadeiBoschi, Italy

DolorenceNaswa Were, Uganda Society for Disabled Children, Uganda (tbc)

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

Rosalina Flores Obando, ASOPIECAD, Nicaragua

Sar-el Oren Ohana, Access Israel, Israel

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

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

JacoRademeyer, ADJ Electronics, South Africa

Felipe Ramos, The Trust for the Americas, USA

Miguel Quezada, Special Olympics Arizona, USA

Colin Rehel, KrousarThmey, Cambodia, Cambodia

Richard Rieser, World of Inclusion Ltd, UK (tbc)

Birgit Rothenberg, Dortmund Center for Disability, Germany (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

Jan Wulf Schnabel,DrachenseeStiftung, Germany

Jennifer Stonemeier, TASH, USA (tbc)

Kristin Snoddon, School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University, USA

Susanna Tadevosyan, Bridge of Hope, Armenia

Ana Tamez, Universidad Tecnológica Santa Catarina, Mexico

Paula Toukonen, RaijaMansikkamäki, Aspa Foundation, Finland

Kathryn Townsend, Barclays Bank, United Kingdom

Kristina Tsvetanova, BLITAB Technology, Austria

Maria Tussy,Fundación ONCE, Spain (tbc)

Elisabeth Udl, Ninlil, Austria

Johannes Ungar,Innovia, Tirol

Christoph Veigl, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria

Yves Veulliet, IBM, Belgium

Ulrike Waltsgott, VerbaVoice, Germany

Germain Weber, University Vienna, Austria

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

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

Beate Wohlschlager, signtime, Austria

Alia Zureikat, Higher Council for Affairs of Persons with Disabilities (HCD), Jordan