JOINT SEMINAR EUROPEAN UNION OF THE DEAF & AUSTRIAN DEAF ASSOCIATION (ÖGLB) Overcoming barriers together – Austrian Best practices for Europe Date: 5th OctoBer 2018 Venue: Courtyard By Marriott Vienna Prater/Messe, Trabrennstraße 4, 1020 Vienna Languages: Austrian Sign Language, International Sign and English (spoken) 08:30 Arrival and Registration 09:00 Welcome & Introduction of Austrian Government Representatives President of the Austrian National Association of the Deaf: Helene Jarmer - Federal President of Austria: Alexander Van der Bellen and wife Doris Schmidauer - President of the European Union of the Deaf: Markku Jokinen - District Director of the 2nd district of Vienna: Uschi Lichtenegger - Member of the European Disability Forum Executive Committee: HumBerto Insolera - President of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters: Ivana Bucko - Representative of the Federal Minister of Social Affairs: Manfred Pallinger - President of the European Network of Sign Language Teachers: Luigi Lerose - Board Member of the European Union of the Deaf Youth: Ludwig HerB - President of the European Deaf Sports Organisation: Bjørn Røine 10:00 Successful Best Practice Projects in Austria (part 1) - Zero Project Austria: Martin Essl - ESC 2015 in Austria/ORF: Delil Yilmaz - Work and Perspectives of Ombudsman Board: Günter Kräuter 11:00 Break 11:30 Successful Best Practice Projects in Austria (part 2) - Representative of the Disability Ombudsman: Aaron Banovics - Bimodal Bilingual Education in Europe. An Overview: Verena Krausneker - Service models for deaf individuals over the lifespan: Johannes Fellinger 13:15 Lunch 15:00 Successful Best Practice Projects in Austria (part 3) - Austrian Sign Language as UNESCO world cultural heritage: Helene Jarmer - 30 years sign language in the parliament of the European Union: Markku Jokinen - LOGO! Deaf Interpreters in the German-speaking realm: Reinhard Grobbauer - Short film screening documentary “Seeing Voices“ and discussion: Dariusz Vidok 17:00 Closing & Awards President of the Austrian National Association of the Deaf: Helene Jarmer .