ZERO PROJECT CONFERENCE 2016:
Innovative Policies and Practices on Inclusive
Education and ICT
10–12th February 2016
United Nations Headquarters in Vienna, Austria
INVITED SPEAKERS, CHAIRS AND EXPERTS:
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 of Jordan
HHP Latifa Bent Thinian Bin Mohamed Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia
Ivor Ambrose, European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT),
Belgium
Natalia Amelina, UNESCO IITE, Russia
Silvia Balmas, European Foundation Centre, Belgium
José Batanero, International Telecommunications Union (ITU),
Switzerland
Javier Blazquez, Fundación ONCE, Spain
Jane Buchanan, Human Rights Watch, USA
Erwin Buchinger, Disability Ombudsman, Austria
Miguel Angel Cabra de Luna, Fundacion ONCE and EESC, Spain
Caroline Casey, The Ability Awards, Ireland
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 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
Benson O. Oswago, Ministry of Education Science and Technology,
Kenya
Viktor Panisch, VAVE, Austria
Yetnebersh Nigussie, Light for the World, Ethiopia
Marie-Anne Paraskevas, European Commission, Belgium
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)
INVITED 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
INVITED 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
Ebengo Muzaliwa Angelo, 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
Vera Blazek, Caritas, Austria
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
Pham Dung, Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam (MCNV), Vietnam
Catherine Elliott, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Australia (tbc)
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
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
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
Vladimir Lazovski, Open the Windows, Macedonia
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, In der Gemeinde leben gGmbH, Germany
Julia McGeown, Handicap International, Togo
Amihai Miron, User1st, Israel
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
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
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
Beate Wohlschlager, signtime, Austria