Speakers List

Keynote speakers, moderators and panellists

• Javed Abidi, Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI), India
• Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), France
• Constance Agyeman, Nesta, United Kingdom Representative of VAVE
• HRH Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein, Higher Council for Affairs of Persons with Disabilities, Jordan
• HHP Latifa Bent Thinian Bin Mohamed Al-Saud, Saudi Association for People with a Disability, Saudi Arabia
• Ivor Ambrose, European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT), Belgium
• Natalia Amelina, UNESCO IITE, Russia
• Silvia Balmas, European Foundation Centre, Belgium
• Masahito Kawamori, International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Switzerland
• Javier Blazquez, Fundación ONCE, Spain
• Jane Buchanan, Human Rights Watch, USA
• Erwin Buchinger, Disability Ombudsman, Austria
• Aline Buysschaert, Kois Invest, Belgium
• Miguel Angel Cabra de Luna, Fundacion ONCE and EESC, Spain
• Caroline Casey, The Ability Awards, Ireland
• Shuaib Chalklen, African Disability Forum, South Africa
• Gerald Craddock, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, 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, Zero Project/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)
• Patrick D´Haese, MED-EL
• Ingrid Heindorf, Zero Project/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
• Rudolf Hundstorfer, former Federal Minister of Labour Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, Austria
• Helene Jarmer, Member of Parliament, Austria
• Karin Jestin, Strategic Philanthropy Advisor, Switzerland
• Wilfried Kainz, Zero Project/Essl Foundation, Austria
• Samuel Koch, Member of the State Theatre Darmstadt, Germany
• Rana Kotan, Sabanci Vakfi Foundation, Turkey
• Klaus Lachwitz, Inclusion Europe, Germany
• Sylvana Lakkis, DPI Arab World, Lebanon
• Axel Leblois, G3ict, USA
• Panagiota (Betty) Leotsakou, ICEVI-Europe and former Ministry of Education, Greece
• Michael Longhino, Chance B, Austria
• Janet E. Lord, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, USA
• 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
• Viktor Panisch, VAVE, Austria
• Yetnebersh Nigussie, Light for the World, Ethiopia
• Nevena Peneva, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Austria
• Jyrki Pinomaa, Aspa Foundation, Finland
• Irena Radinovic, Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit, Serbia
• Dominika Raditsch, Federal Ministry of Education and Women’s Affairs, Austria (tbc)
• Diane Richler, former Inclusion International, Canada
• Marie Ringler, Ashoka, Austria
• Kaitlin Roh, USAID, USA (tbc)
• Amelie Saupe, Zero Project/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
• Terry Skehan, Swedish Agency for Participation, Sweden
• Andrea Simonits, Open Society Foundations, Hungary
• Michael Snaprud, University of Agder, Norway
• Erwin Stahl, Bonventure, Germany
• Christine Stix-Hackl, Permanent Mission of Austria at the UN in Vienna
• Stefan Trömel, International Labour Organisation, Switzerland
• Isabelle Turmaine, International Association of Universities (IAU)
• Jakob von Uexkull, World Future Council, United Kingdom
• Jan Wulf-Schnabel, Drachensee Stiftung, Germany
• Luk Zelderloo, European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)

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
• Kadrin Kergand, Archimedes Foundation, Estonia
• Madai Linkimer, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) & International Labour Organisation (ILO), Costa Rica
• John McLaughlin, New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Canada
• Auberon Jeleel Odoom, Inclusion Ghana
• Jelena Perovic, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Montenegro
• Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, European Commission, DG Justice, Belgium

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
• Mukhtar Al-Shibani, Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES), Saudi Arabia
• Angelo Ebengo Muzaliwa, 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
• 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
• Tsitsi Chataika, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
• Weiqin Chen, Oslo and Akershus University, Norway
• Tom De Moor, VCLB Gent, Belgium
• Gregor Demblin, Disability Performance Austria
• Koen Deweer, Konekt vzw, Belgium
• Sarah Driver-Jowitt, Uhambo Foundation, South Africa
• Laura Duncan, Special Olympics Arizona, USA
• Thuy Nguyen, Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam (MCNV), Vietnam
• Catherine Elliott, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Australia (tbc)
• Antonia Eggeling, Antonia Eggeling Social Design
• 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
• Friederike Gadow, Centre for Disability Studies, Australia
• Alejandra García Frank, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• Benjamin Freese, PIKSL in der Gemeinde leben gGmbH, Germany
• 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
• Caroline Carswell, 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
• Elena Jenkin, Deakin University, Australia
• 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
• Christopher M. Lee, AMAC, USA (tbc)
• Thi van Nga Le, Nhat Hong Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Vietnam
• Jonas Atugonza Lubago, Tanzania League of the Blind, Tanzania
• Anneke Maarse, Light for the World, East Africa
• Setareki Macanawai, Pacific Disability Forum, Australia
• Geert Malfliet, VCLB Gent, Belgium
• Tobias Marczinzik, PIKSL in der Gemeinde leben gGmbH, Germany
• Julia McGeown, Handicap International, Togo
• Amihai Miron, User1st, Israel
• Michelle Moloney, St. Michael’s House, Ireland
• 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
• Birendra Raj Pokharel, Action on Disability Rights and Development (ADRAD), Nepal
• Sabina Lobato, ONCE Foundation, Spain
• Jaco Rademeyer, ADJ Electronics, South Africa
• Robin Ribback, VerbaVoice, Germany
• Richard Rieser, World of Inclusion Ltd, UK
• Hervé Roqueplan, Krousar Thmey, Cambodia
• Birgit Rothenberg, Dortmund Center for Disability, Germany
• Ana Isabel Ruiz Lopez, Fundacion ONCE, Spain
• Wilson Ruvere, Jairos Jiri Association, Zimbabwe
• Artemi Sakellariadis, Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE), United Kingdom
• Denis Sandwidi, Ocades Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
• Isaac Sanft, Special Olympics Arizona, USA
• Claudia Schweinzer,, signtime, Austria
• Wolfgang Scheid, Caritas, Austria
• 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
• Paula Toukonen, Aspa Foundation, Finland
• Kathryn Townsend, Barclays Bank, United Kingdom
• Barbara Trader, TASH, USA (270)
• Elisabeth Udl, Ninlil, Austria
• Johannes Ungar, Innovia, Tirol
• Hugo Van de Veire, VCLB Gent, Belgium
• 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
• Christoph Wiche, PIKSL in der Gemeinde leben gGmbH, Germany