Jakob Von Uexkuell Founder of the World Future Council

Zero Project Conference on Accessibility

Innovative Policies and Innovative Practices for Persons with Disabilities 27 – 28th February 2014 at UN Vienna, Austria Most of the one billion people around the world who live with disabilities are excluded from equitable access to education, employment, healthcare and other resources. Barriers in the built environment, transport, information and communication, including ICTs, as well as inaccessible products and services, prevent them enjoying the same rights as others. One cannot enjoy a human right to which one does not have access. Innovative and effective solutions that actively promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities are needed. And those that do exist need to spread to other countries and regions of the world. “We do not need to reinvent the wheel”. The Zero Project researched 69 innovative solutions from around the world: existing and successful policies and practices that overcome the conditions that act as barriers to persons with disabilities enjoying their basic human rights. To discuss and promote these solutions, the Essl Foundation, the World Future Council and European Foundation Centre have joined forces, once again, to convene an international conference in Vienna. The conference seeks to strengthen the commitment of all stakeholders to protect, respect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities, especially in times of crisis.

Jakob von Uexkuell – Founder of the World Future Council

Martin Essl – Founder of the Essl Foundation

Gerry Salole – CEO of the European Foundation Centre

www.zeroproject.org Invited speakers include: Keynote speakers and panellists  Mukhtar AlShibani - Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES)  Ivor Ambrose - European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT)  Virginia Atkinson - International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)  Barbara Berninger - Barrier-free Cities for All, EUROCITIES  Albert Brandstätter - Lebenshilfe Österreich (Inclusion Austria)  Miguel Á. Cabra de Luna - European Consortium of Foundations on Human Rights & Disability  Álex Camacho V. - Technical Secretariat of Disabilities, Ecuador  Kevin Carey - Royal National Institute of the Blind People (RNIB)  Caroline Casey - Kanchi Network  Shuaib Chalklen - UN Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Development  Knut Magne Ellingsen - European Federation of Hard of Hearing (EFHOH)  Walburga Fröhlich - atempo  Luis Gallegos - Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UNO at Geneva & G3ict  Alexandra Gaspari, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)  Jeannette Giorsetti - Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)  Jorge Glas Espinel - Vice President of Ecuador (tbc)  Martin Gould - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict)  Arni Hole - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights  Franz Joseph Huainigg - Member of the Austrian Parliament  Rudolf Hundstorfer - Federal Minister of Labour Social Affairs a. Consumer Protection, Austria (tbc)  Amal Kharbichi - International Telecommunications Union (ITU)  Monika Klenovec - Design for All  Ádám Kósa MEP - Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament  Rana Kotan - Sabanci Foundation  Anna Lawson - University of Leeds  Valérie Lebaux - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)  Sulaiman Madada K., Minister of State for Gender, Labour & Social Development, Uganda  Johanna Mang - Light for the World  Thomas Marka - atempo  Barbara Mayoral - Corporate Social Responsibility and Disability Network (CSR+D)  Ron McCallum - Vice Chair of the CRPD Committee (per video)  Gopal Mitra, UNICEF

www.zeroproject.org  Josélia Neves – iACT  Stéphanie Oueda, L’Oréal  Katerina Papamichail - European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT)  Dan Pescod - Royal National Institute of the Blind People (RNIB)  Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero - European Commission, DG Justice  Marie Ringler - Ashoka Austria  Ramón Sanmartín Sola - European Commission, DG Connect  Susan Scott-Parker - Business Disability Forum  Martina Sindelar - European Commission, DG Entreprise  Martha Stickings - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights  Christine Stix-Hackl - Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations Vienna  Mirko Tomassoni, former MP of San Marino and member of Inter-parliamentary Union  Bettina Urbanek - VCÖ. Mobilität mit Zukunft  Ioannis Vardakastanis - International Disability Alliance (IDA)  Michelle Woods - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)  Luc Zelderloo - European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)  Innovative Policies  David Banes - Mada Center, Qatar  Dalilah Bee Abdullah (Chn'g Gaik Bee) - Kuala Lumpur City Hall Training Institute, Malaysia  Kam-yuen Allen Chan - Hong Kong Federation of Handicapped Youth, Hong Kong SAR, China  Gerald Craddock and James Hubbard - Centre for Excellence in Universal Design/National Disability Authority, Ireland  Guy Davies - Disability Solution, Cape Town, South Africa  Gerd Grenner - Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, Berlin, Germany  Jesús Hernández-Galán - Fundación ONCE, Spain  Satoshi Kose - Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, Japan  Rosemary McKay - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia  Maria Carolina Hoyos Turbay - Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies, Colombia  Apollo Mukasa - Uganda National Action on Physical Disability (UNAPD), Uganda  Pranesh Prakash - Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India  Sunarman Sukamto - CBR DTC Solo, Indonesia  Mark Todd - Consultant and former Accessibility Manager at London 2012, United Kingdom  Berit Vegheim - Civil Rights Foundation Stop Discrimination, Norway

www.zeroproject.org Innovative Practices  Daniela Alburquerque - Corporacion CETRAM, Chile  Francesc Aragall - Design for all Foundation, Spain  Sergio Fernández Balaguer - EMT Madrid, Spain  Werner Bischof - FH-Joanneum GmbH, Austria  Tamara Blagojevic - Ecumenical Humanitarian Organisation, Serbia  Javier Blázquez - Fundación ONCE, Spain  Barry Buckley - Muscular Dystrophy Ireland  Joyce Burns - Changing Places Consortium, United Kingdom  Wai Chan - Centre for Accessible Environments, City Bridge Trust, United Kingdom  Heinrich Hoffer - Forschungskonsortium Barriere Informationssystem, Austria  Elmar Fürst and Christian Vogelauer - Vienna University of Economics, Austria  Isabel Gimenes - RIOinclui, Brazil  Emrah Gürer and Baris Temur - TAV Istanbul, Turkey  Gustavo Alberto Hincapie Corrales - Alianza por la Inclusión, Colombia  Klaus Höckner - Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen, Austria  Andrew Holman & Richard West - Inspired Services Publishing, United Kingdom  Siam Imm Goh & Jwu Yih Tan - Building and Construction Authority, Singapore  Helene Jarmer - ÖGSbarrierefrei, Austria  Hiroshi Kawamura - Assistive Technology Development Organization, Japan  Raul Krauthausen - Sozialhelden, Germany  Vladimir Lazovski - Open the Windows, Macedonia  Jean-Luc Le Goaller - SCOP le messageur, France  Petra Letavayova - Inclusion Europe aisbl, Belgium  Cesar Mauri - Confederación ASPACE & Mari Satur Torre - Vodafone Foundation Spain  Carrie McGee - The Museum of Modern Art, USA  Peter Milbradt - easy entrance, Austria  Michaela Nachtrab - Verba Voice, Germany  Miguel Neiva - ColorADD, Portugal  Yetnebersh Nigussie - Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD), Ethiopia  Pranesh Prakash - Centre for Internet and Society, India  Tanja Reichl - hörwelt, Austria  Françoise Reynette - ARTESENS, France  Erwin Schauer - Bank Austria, Austria  David Sindall - ATOC Ltd, United Kingdom

www.zeroproject.org  Sam Sportun & Christopher Dean - Manchester Museum, United Kingdom  Kathryn Townsend - Barclays Bank, United Kingdom  Marina Vujačić - Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro  Diana Walters & Michèle Taylor - Cultural Heritage without Borders, Sweden  Wolfgang Wasserburger & Julia Neuschmid - CEIT Alanova, Austria  Claudia Werneck - Escola de Gente, Brazil  Fanny Yde - Intro vzw, Belgium

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Thursday, February 27

www.zeroproject.org Registration, Coffee and Tea 8.30 - 10.00

Welcome 10.00 – 10.50  Valérie Lebaux, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) The Zero Project hosts, the international disability  H.E. Ambassador Christine Stix-Hackl, movement, the Office of the Permanent Representative of Austria High Commissioner for Human to the United Nations Vienna Rights and the European  Martin Essl, Essl Foundation Commission will warmly  Jakob von Uexküll, World Future welcome all participants. Council  Maria Orejas, European Consortium of Foundations on Human Rights and Disability  Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, European Commission  Ioannis Vardakastanis, International Disability Alliance Moderator: Caroline Casey, Kanchi

Plenary Session: What is 10.55 - 11.55  H.E. Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Accessibility? Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UNO at Geneva Accessibility is a complex issue. This session aims to explore:  Mukhtar AlShibani, Global Alliance on What does “accessibility for all” Accessible Technologies and or “universal design” mean? Environments (GAATES) Which areas accessibility  Guy Davies, Disability Solutions touches upon?  Martin Gould, Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict)  Yetnebersh Nigussie, Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD)  Thomas Marka, atempo  Knut Magne Ellingsen, European Federation of Hard of Hearing (EFHOH) Moderator: Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, DG Justice, European Commission

Plenary Session: The Zero 12.00 - 12.30  Innovative Practices: Michael Fembek, Project’s work – Results Essl Foundation After highlighting some of the  Innovative Policies: Ingrid Heindorf, most important findings from

www.zeroproject.org this year’s Zero Project Report, World Future Council the session will provide  Zero Project Indicators: Maria Orejas, everyone with an overview of European Foundation Centre our plans for 2014: Which next topic will we focus on? Which  Taking the Zero Project one step further: Albert Brandstätter, events are in the pipeline? Lebenshilfe Österreich Which opportunities for collaborations? Moderator: Martin Habacher, Zero Project Social Media

Parallel Breakout Sessions 1 13.00 – 14.00

- Accessibility in the market:  Gerald Craddock and James Hubbard, Products and services Centre for Excellence in Universal Design: Ireland’s Standard SWiFT This session will showcase 9:2012 Universal Design for energy innovations promoting suppliers (Innovative Policy 2014) accessibility and access to products and services. It will  Kathryn Townsend, Barclays Bank also highlight the business case (Innovative Practice 2014) of accessibility and the need for  Erwin Schauer, Bank Austria accessible products and (Innovative Practice 2014) services to promote  Javier Blázquez, Fundación ONCE fundamental rights. (Innovative Practice 2014)  Tanja Reichl, hörwelt (Innovative Practice 2014) Moderators: Luc Zelderloo, EASPD, and Martina Sindelar, DG Enterprise, European Commission

www.zeroproject.org - Online maps  Heinrich Hoffer, Forschungskonsortium Barriere Informationssystem Preparing a trip, getting to know (Innovative Practice 2014) a new city or place while still at home and planning a visit to  Wolfgang Wasserburger and Julia various points of interest and Neuschmid, CEIT Alanova (Innovative locations helps to improve Practice 2014) social participation of persons  Raul Krauthausen, Sozialhelden with limited mobility and visual (Innovative Practice 2014) impairments. This session  David Sindall, ATOC Ltd (Innovative grants insights into online maps Practice 2014) that have been developed through crowd sourcing and Moderator: Ramón Sanmartín Sola, DG through further developing Connect, European Commission existing Geo-data. The idea is to learn from each other and to build partnerships for further improvements.

- How legal reform is  Rosemary McKay, Department of delivered is just as crucial Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia as the law itself  Andreas Reinalter, Federal Ministry of How do we ensure that the Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer process of creating and Protection (BMASK), Austria implementing disability rights  Dr. Álex Camacho V., Technical related regulation is managed in Secretary of Disabilities of Ecuador such a way that the law is  Martin Gould, Global Initiative for reinforces the desired societal Inclusive ICTs (G3ict) change? Our discussion will explore the legal reform process Moderator: Susan Scott-Parker, Business from ‘end to end’ - from Disability Forum describing the change new regulation is intended to promote and communicating the rationale for new law, to the drafting, to the consultation with key stakeholders, to educating society about the law and why it was needed, so as to create a climate where everyone seeks to work the spirit, not the minimal compliance.

www.zeroproject.org Parallel Breakout Sessions 2 14.10 – 15.10

- New solutions for financing  Frank Hoffmann, Discovering Hands social innovations:  Steen Thygesen, Specialisterne opportunities and challenges  Michael Altrichter, Speed Investments Moderator: Marie Ringler, Ashoka Austria

- Translation tools  Klaus Höckner, Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Making an appointment on the (Innovative Practice 2014) telephone, studying at university or following a conference or  Jean-Luc Le Goaller, SCOP Le meeting often causes barriers messageur (Innovative Practice 2014) for persons with hearing or  Michaela Nachtrab, VerbaVoice visual impairments. In order to (Innovative Practice 2014) enable equal participation in  Pranesh Prakash, Center for Internet everyday life different and Society, eSpeak, (Innovative approaches to translating Practice 2014) information are required. Different speakers from different  Helene Jarmer, ÖGSbarrierefrei (Innovative Practice 2014) parts of the world give insights into their Innovative Practices Moderator: Josélia Neves, iACT and offer ground for further discussions.

- Accessibility and design  Roberto Torena (Technosite) for all, contributing to  Stéphanie Oueda (L’Oréal) smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (I)  Gregor Demblin (Winner of the 2013 Edition – European Award for Social This breakout session shows, Entrepreneurship and Disability) through different and Moderator: Maria Tussy (Fundación complementary perspectives, ONCE) that accessibility and design for all can contribute to reach the objective of the EU 2020 strategy for a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

- Promoting successfully  Dalilah Bee Abdullah (Chn’g Gaik accessibility in the built Bee), Kuala Lumpur City Hall Training environment Institute: Access Auditing under the Accessibility Action Plan of 2010 The access to the built (Innovative Policy 2014) environment was the one of the first areas to be standardised.  Gerd Grenner, City of Berlin: Berlin’s instruments on accessibility in the built However, the implementation of environment (Innovative Policy 2014) such standards is slow, due to many different factors, amongst  Kam-yuen Allen Chan, Hong Kong them lack of expertise, lack of SAR: Access Co-ordinator and Access auditors and lack of sanctions. Officer Scheme and Barrier-free This session will explore some Access and Facilities Retrofitting of the recent innovative actions Programme of 2010 (Innovative Policy that advance successful 2014) implementation.  Siam Imm Goh & Jwu Yih Tan, BCA Singapore (Innovative Practice 2014)  Satoshi Kose, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture: Japan’s Housing Mortgage Scheme for the Ageing Society (Innovative Policy 2014)  Peter Milbradt, easy entrance (Innovative Practice 2014) Moderators: Mukhtar AlShibani and Betty Dion, Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES)

www.zeroproject.org - Accessibility and design  Roberto Torena (Technosite) for all, contributing to  Stéphanie Oueda (L’Oréal) smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (II)  Gregor Demblin (Winner of the 2013 Edition – European Award for Social This breakout session shows, Entrepreneurship and Disability) through different and Moderator: Maria Tussy (Fundación complementary perspectives, ONCE) that accessibility and design for all can contribute to reach the objective of the EU 2020 strategy for a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

- Accessibility and beyond  Miguel Neiva, ColorADD (Innovative Practice 2014) Enabling accessibility can be achieved in many different  Claudia Werneck, Escola de Gente ways. This session offers (Innovative Practice 2014) valuable insights into a wide  Petra Letavayova, Inclusion Europe spectrum of different aisbl (Innovative Practice 2014) approaches. What all projects  Hiroshi Kawamura, Assistive have in common is the Technology Development Organization importance of training, capacity Japan (Innovative Practice 2014) building and advocacy for their specific beneficiaries and  Andrew Holman & Richard West, families. We invite you for a Inspired Services Publishing (Innovative Practice 2014) journey through various aspects of accessibility.  Daniela Alburquerque, Corporacion CETRAM, Chile (Innovative Practice 2014)  Barry Buckley, Muscular Dystrophy Ireland (Innovative Practice 2014) Moderator: Walburga Fröhlich, atempo

Plenary session: Let’s go 16.45 – 18.00 Keynote: Barbara Berninger, Chair of accessible: in tourism, in city Barrier-free Cities for All, EUROCITIES life  Jesús Hernández Galán, Fundación The overall aim of the session is ONCE to highlight the potential and the  Magnus Berglund, Scandic Hotels opportunities of accessible (Innovative Practice 2014) tourism within the cities

www.zeroproject.org themselves. Furthermore, it  Joyce Burns, Changing Places serves to raise awareness of Consortium, UK (Innovative Practice everyone’s right to equal access 2014) to tourism services and  Francesc Aragall, Design for all destinations and to present Foundation (Innovative Practice 2014) some success factors and  Stefania Coni, Fondazione CRT and lessons for from best practices Alessandro Redavide, Turismabile in the field. (The League of Accessible and Historical Cities)  Kristina Körnung, City of Göteborg (Winner of the European Commission’s Access City Award 2014) Moderator: Ivor Ambrose, European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT)

Light Dinner and Showroom 18.00 – 20.00 After an intense day of discussions, we warmly invite you to a light dinner in the UN building, where everyone can switch to “relax mode” and networking with people from all around the world. For those with additional energy, the showroom will provide the basis to explore innovations worldwide and to get in touch with the people behind.

www.zeroproject.org Friday, February 28

Registration, Coffee and Tea 8.00 – 9.00

Plenary session: 9.00 – 10.30  Ron McCallum, Vice Chair of the CRPD Committee (via video) International cooperation leveraging accessibility and  Rosemary McKay, Department of disability-inclusive Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia: development Australia’s disability-inclusive development strategy, Development Most of the one billion people for All 2009-2014 (Innovative Policy with disabilities live in the 2014) Global South. This solutions-  Hon. Sulaiman Madada Kyebakoze, oriented roundtable will be held Minister of State for Gender, Labour in the context of the and Social Development (Disability international debate on the and Elderly Affairs): Uganda’s post-2015 development Accessibility Standards of 2010 agenda. Steps towards a (Innovative Policy 2014) successful leverage for the inclusion of persons with  Sunarman Sukamto, CBR DTC: Solo’s Standard of Accessibility of Public disabilities will be discussed. Transportation, Information and We will assess mainstreaming Communication (Innovative Policy of disability into development 2014) programming and national innovation on accessibility in the  Yetnebersh Nigussie, Ethiopian Global South as a valid twin- Center for Disability and Development track approach. (Innovative Practice 2014)  Isabel Gimenes, RIOinclui (Innovative Practice 2014)  Dolorence Naswa Were, Uganda Society for Disabled Children (Innovative Practice 2014) Moderator: Johanna Mang, Light for the World

- Accessible Events  Mark Todd, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and The Olympics and Paralympics Paralympic Games: LOCOG’s are among the world’s most Accessibility Policy of 2009-2013 spectacular sporting events and (Innovative Policy 2014) represent a massive potential to spread a message to a vast  Fanny Yde, Intro vzw (Innovative Practice 2014) audience. How is the situation of accessibility? What it means  Katerina Papamichail, European to organize a fully accessible Network for Accessible Tourism event? Which legacy leaves  Denise Roza, Perspektiva such an event in terms of accessibility? Moderator: Ivor Ambrose, European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT)

- Universal accessibility in  Guy Davies, Disability Solutions: The transport Universal Access Policy of the MyCiTi transport system in Cape Town of Travelling from one place to 2009, South Africa (Innovative Policy another, within a city or across 2014) a country, is often accompanied by various barriers. To facilitate  Elmar Fürst and Christian Vogelauer, Vienna University of Economics the use of public transportation (Innovative Practice 2014) in a safe and independent way is the common goal of the  Sergio Fernández Balaguer, EMT speakers in this session. Learn Madrid (Innovative Practice 2014) more about how they contribute  Werner Bischof, FH-Joanneum GmbH making traveling with airplane, (Innovative Practice 2014) railway or bus accessible.  Marina Vujačić, Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro (Innovative Practice 2014)  David Sindall, ATOC Ltd (Innovative Practice 2014)  Emrah Gürer and Barış Temur, TAV Istanbul (Innovative Practice 2014) Moderator: Bettina Urbanek, VCÖ - Mobilität mit Zukunft

www.zeroproject.org - Breaking down the voting  Martha Stickings, European Union barriers for persons with Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) disabilities  Virginia Atkinson, International In May, the elections to the Foundation for Electoral Systems European Parliament will be an (IFES) opportunity for millions of  Mirko Tomassoni, former MP of San Europeans to have their say in Marino and member of Inter- how Europe should be run. parliamentary Union However, many people with Moderator: Arni Hole, European Union disabilities face barriers in Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) exercising this basic right. In this workshop, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights will present the results of its indicators on the political participation of persons with disabilities.

Parallel Breakout Sessions 5 11.50 – 12.50

- Advancing ICT  Martin Gould, Global Initiative for accessibility through Inclusive ICTs (G3ict) public policy: best  Alexandra Gaspari, International practices to leverage ICT Telecommunications Union (ITU) accessibility through  Kevin Carey, Royal National Institute national policies and of the Blind People (RNIB) regulatory frameworks  Ramón Sanmartín Sola, DG Connect, The use of information and European Commission communication technologies (ICTs) is essential to promote Moderator: Amal Kharbichi, International the social and economic Telecommunications Union (ITU) inclusion of persons with disability. This session will discuss how public policies and regulation play a determinant role to ensure the widespread availability and affordability of accessible ICTs.

www.zeroproject.org - Museums: Art beyond  Sam Sportun & Christopher Dean, sight (I) Manchester Museum (Innovative Practice 2014) Museum artefacts are usually displayed behind glass or are  Carrie McGee, The Museum of often too fragile, small, heavy or Modern Art (Innovative Practice 2014) valuable to handle physically  Diana Walters & Michèle Taylor, and to touch. To offer cultural Cultural Heritage without Borders education about past times and (Innovative Practice 2014) an understanding about  Françoise Reynette, ARTESENS precious art pieces various (Innovative Practice 2014) senses can be addressed. Get an insight about how this is  Rotraut Krall, Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) being done: Interactive plays, 3- D art pieces, technological Moderator: Jeannette Giorsetti, Stavros innovations and touchable Niarchos Foundation (SNF) artefacts are only a few options.

- Copyright & the Marrakesh  Pranesh Prakash, Center for Internet Treaty: opportunities and and Society: India’s Copyright challenges Amendment Act 2012 (Innovative Policy 2014) The session aims to reflect on the opportunities and  Michelle Woods, World Intellectual challenges of copyright laws Property Organization (WIPO) and the recent adoption of the  Markus Wolf, President of the Austrian international “Marrakesh Treaty Federation of the Blind and Partially to Facilitate Access to Sighted (BSVÖ) Published Works for Persons Moderator: Dan Pescod, Royal Who Are Blind, Visually National Institute of Blind People Impaired, or Otherwise Print (RNIB) Disabled”. What is needed so that persons with disabilities can gain access to information and that accessible formats are made available to them?

- Universal design through  Berit Vegheim, Civil Rights Foundation antidiscrimination and Stop Discrimination: Norway’s public procurement Antidiscrimination and Accessibility Act of 2008 (Innovative Policy 2014) This session focuses on ways in which accessibility standards,  Monika Klenovec, Design for All incorporating principles of  Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, DG universal design, can be given Justice, European Commission teeth by anti-discrimination and  Marie Denninghaus, European procurement laws and policies. Disability Forum (EDF) It draws on examples of good practice at the national level Moderator: Anna Lawson, University of and also considers how EU Leeds level initiatives can help.

- How to scale up ICT  Maria Carolina Hoyos Turbay, Ministry accessibility: of Information and Communication Recommendations to Technologies: Colombia’s Plan Vive replicate and scale up Digital of 2010 (Innovative Policy good practices and 2014) policies at the national  David Banes, Mada Center: Qatar’s level eAccessibility Policy 2011 (Innovative Policy 2014) Building on the previous session on ICT accessibility,  Cesar Mauri, Confederación ASPACE, this workshop will showcase and Mari Satur Torre, Vodafone innovative policies and Foundation Spain (Innovative Practice practices that advance ICT 2014) accessibility. The panel will  Gustavo Alberto Hincapie Corrales, reflect on how these examples Alianza por la Inclusión, Colombia can inspire the formulation and (Innovative Practice 2014) implementation of national  Alexandra Gaspari, International policies and practices, and Telecommunications Union (ITU) discuss how to promote inter- sectorial collaboration to Moderators: Amal Kharbichi, International achieve ICT accessibility in the Telecommunication Union (ITU), and Global South. Martin Gould, Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict)

www.zeroproject.org - Museums: Art beyond  Sam Sportun & Christopher Dean, sight (II) Manchester Museum (Innovative Practice 2014) Museum artefacts are usually displayed behind glass or are  Carrie McGee, The Museum of often too fragile, small, heavy or Modern Art (Innovative Practice 2014) valuable to handle physically  Diana Walters & Michèle Taylor, and to touch. To offer cultural Cultural Heritage without Borders education about past times and (Innovative Practice 2014) an understanding about  Francoise Reynette, ARTESENS precious art pieces various (Innovative Practice 2014) senses can be addressed. Get an insight about how this is  Rotraut Krall, Kunsthistorisches Museum being done: Interactive plays, 3- D art pieces, technological Moderator: Jeannette Giorsetti, Stavros innovations and touchable Niarchos Foundation (SNF) artefacts are only a few options.

Plenary session: Benefits and 14.15 – 15.15  Jesús Hernández-Galán, Fundación challenges of Public-Private ONCE: (Innovative Policy 2014) Partnerships (PPP): Lessons  Wai Chan, Centre for Accessible from the field Environments, City Bridge Trust The session aims to reflect on (Innovative Practice 2014) the benefits and challenges of  Tamara Blagojevic & Vladimir Public-Private Partnerships. Lazovski, EHO & Open the Windows These partnerships strives to (Innovative Practice 2014) create alliances to more  Madeleine Clarke, Genio Ireland efficiently advance the way in which support and services are Moderator: Rana Kotan, Sabancı transformed to improve the Foundation outcomes for people with disabilities.

www.zeroproject.org Final Plenary: What do we 15.15 – 16.00  H.E. Jorge Glas Espinel, Vice take home? President of Ecuador (tbc) After two inspiring days of  Shuaib Chalklen, UN Special conversations, discussions, Rapporteur on Disability of the presentations, videos - What Commission for Social Development should we take home from this  Ádám Kósa, MEP, Disability year's Zero Project Conference Intergroup of the European Parliament 2014? Which are the most  Franz Joseph Huainigg, Member of important lessons out of what the Austrian Parliament has been discussed? And which tools we have to continue our  Gopal Mitra, UNICEF travel towards universal Moderator: H.E. Ambassador Christine accessibility together? Stix-Hackl, Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations Vienna

Invitation to all participants to 17.00 – 18.00 Cocktail Reception: Feeling Art Vienna’s Museum on the History of Arts Venue: Kunsthistorisches Museum Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (KHM) offers visually-impaired and Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Vienna blind visitors a totally new way of experiencing paintings. Specially-developed technology has made it possible to transpose a painting into a 3-D relief that visually-impaired visitors can touch and feel.

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