Presentations – Thursday 20th February
Room M1
Keynote: Jody Heymann
Jody Heymann, World Policy Analysis Center, United States
Making higher education programmes accessible for people with intellectual disabilities
Tom Butcher, Essl Foundation, United States, Chair – not using slides
Amanda Duell-Ferguson, University of Sydney, Australia
John Dodson and Aaron Markovits, Taft College Foundation, United States
Benjamin Hozmi, Beit Issie Shapiro, Israel
Bryan Dague, University of Vermont, United States
This session is one of our participatory sessions. You can find additional preparation material here: YouTube videos of presentations for participatory sessions at #ZeroCon20
Individual school models
Susanne Schwab, University of Vienna, Austria, Chair – presentation pending
Adoración Juárez Sánchez , Fundación Dales la Palabra, Spain
Sabah Al-Zraiqat, Arab Episcopal School Irbid, Jordan
Betül Olgun, Tohum Autism Foundation, Turkey
Noor Al-Sawalha and Amal Kawar, Alliance Academy Jordan, Jordan
Ozlem Ceylan, Living with Allergy Association, Turkey
Walter Mayrhofer, Nikolaus Lenau Schule, Austria
Vocational studies in higher education settings for people with intellectual disabilities
Gesa Kobs and Samuel Wunsch, Institut für Inclusive Bildung, Germany, Chairs – not using slides
Wolfgang Plaute, Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg, Austria
Sue Moraska and Sandra Pierce, Houston Community College, United States
Victoria Parker, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile
Antonio-Luis Martinez-Pujalte, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
This session is one of our participatory sessions. You can find additional preparation material here: YouTube videos of presentations for participatory sessions at #ZeroCon20
Innovations in inclusive education in low and middle income countries
Joshua Josa, USAID, United States, Chair
Deborah Tigere, Christoffel-Blindenmission Deutschland e.V. (CBM), Zimbabwe
Said Juma and Maryam Ismail, The State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania
Thomas Knapp, Kindern Eine Chance – A Chance For Children, Uganda
Assistive technology in schools and universities
Ricardo Garcia Bahamonde, Consultant, Spain, Chair
Wajdi Wazzan, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Abeer Shakweer, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt
Room M2
Start-up and Social Business Forum
Georg Tschare and Claudia Schweinzer, SignTime , Austria
Eduardo Jauregui, Irisbond, Spain
Christof Götz, MyMind, Austria
Rebecca Gill, VR Therapies, United Kingdom
The Inclusive IT Academy – a role model
Pat Romzek, Three Talents, United States
Farsheed Tari, Cisco Systems, Germany
Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals and Data
Jody Heymann, World Policy Analysis Center, United States, Chair
Anna Cristina D’Addio, Global Education Monitoring Report (UNESCO), France
Claudia Cappa and Suguru Mizunoya, UNICEF, United States
Policy-Maker Forum
Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, European Commission, Belgium, Chair – not using slides
Alexander Miklautz, Ministry of Social Affairs, Austria
Rasmata Ouedraogo, Ministry of Education, Burkina Faso
Gaby Admon-Rick, Ministry of Justice, Israel
Kathryn Johnson, St. Cloud University, United States
Shelly Nordheim, Ministry of Labour and Welfare, Israel
Geni Julius Migeha, President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, Tanzania – Mr. Migeha was unable to attend but has given permission for his presentation to be shared.
Room M3
Vocational education and training
Christine Hofmann, International Labour Organization, Switzerland, Chair – not using slides
Janet Brown, Office of Disability Employment Policy, United States
Ayesha Husaini, Manzil Center, United Arab Emirates
Frank Hoffmann, Discovering Hands, Germany
Inclusive education programmes in museums and cultural institutions
Doris Rothauer, Bureau for Transfer, Austria, Chair – not using slides
Rotraut Krall, Sigrid Kundela, Sabine Gruber and Thomas Köck, KHM-Museumsverband, Austria, Presenter
Roni Ankori, AKIM Israel, Israel
Nils Wöbke and Felix Jedlink, capito Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Friederike Lassy-Beelitz, Albertina and Victoria Mühlegger, Akademie für Altersforschung, Austria
Early childhood and pre-school programmes
Nafisa Baboo, Light for the World, South Africa
Carla Mauch, Mais Diferenças and Daniela de Avilez Demôro, Volkswagen Foundation, Brazil
Veronica Stapleton, Sightsavers, United Kingdom and Betty Moses, Sightsavers, Malawi
Poonum Wilkhu, The Action Foundation, Kenya
Rajeshwaran Senthilnathan, Amar Seva Sangam, India
Susanna Tadevosyan , Bridge of Hope, Armenia
Annie Mazagobian, Al Hussein Society/Jordan Center, Jordan
Teaching digital skills
James Lee, City Bridge Trust, United Kingdom – not using slides
Adriana Gomes Alves and Regina Celia Linhares Hostins, Univali – University of Itajai Valley, Brazil
Vassilis Giannakopoulos, SciFY – SCIENCE FOR YOU NPC, Greece
Phia Damsma, Sonokids Australia, Australia – unable to share for data protection reasons
Teaching Universal Design
Weiqin Chen, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Ksenija Lalovic and Filip Petrović, University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture, Serbia
Kavita Murugkar, Universal Design Center, BNCA, India
Post-secondary education transition programmes
Jim Crowe, EASPD, Belgium, Chair – not using slides
Jamie Rutherford and Ashley Ryan, ENABLE Scotland, United Kingdom
David Marcu and Margalit Piller, Israel Elwyn, Israel
Petra Rantamäki, KVPS, Finland