Presentations

• Hon. Anthony Agius Decelis, Parliamentary Secretary for Persons with Disability and Active Ageing, Government of Malta, Speech, Bio
• Ms. Ruth Sciberras, CEO, Agenzija Sapport, Government of Malta, Presentation, Bio
• ​Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of the ITU Office for Europe, ITU, B​io​​​​​​
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​Welcome Remarks ​

• Ms. Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, Senior Expert, Disability and Inclusion Unit, DG for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion, European Commission, Presentation, Bio​​
• Mr. Alejandro Moledo, Policy Coordinator, European Disability Forum, Presentation, Bio​
  
• Mr. Lászlo Lovaszy, Committee Member, UN CRPD, Presentation, Bio​
  

Key Note Address

• Ms. Jutta Treviranus, Director, Inclusive Research Design Centre, Presentation​, Bio​
  

OCAD University

Focus: Practical examples of implementing EU legislation related to Accessibility with European Country Case Studies; Future EU regulatory landscape for ICT Accessibility.

Moderator and Setting the context on EU Accessibility Act

• Ms. Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, Senior Expert, Disability and Inclusion Unit, DG for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion, European Commission, Presentation, Bio

Panelists

• Therese Hourigan, End-User Working Group Co-Chair, BEREC, Presentation, Bio
• Ms. Elena Munoz, Head of the Web Accessibility Observatory - Ministry of Territorial Policy and Civil Service, Spain, Presentation, Bio
• Mr. Nikola Ivanovic, Advisor to the Director, Agency for Electronic Media, Montenegro, Presentation​, Bio
• Dr. Joanna Spiteri, Chief Executive Officer, Broadcasting Authority, Malta, Presentation, Bio
  

Presentations and interactive discussion

Focus: Examples of impactful emerging assistive technologies and their application across Europe, including concrete examples of successful digital Assistive technologies and services; Funding opportunities for Innovative products and services for PwDs.

Moderator

• Mr. Stanley Debono, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for ICT Accessibility (FITA), Malta, Presentation, Bio

Panelists

• Ms. Gudrun Stock, Deputy Head of Unit, Accessibility, Multilingualism, and Safer Internet, European Commission, Presentation, Bio
• Mr. Dominique Archambault, Board Member, AAATE, Presentation, Bio
  
• Mr. Renzo Andrich, President, EASTIN, Presentation, Bio
• Mr. Christoph Jo Muller, Board President, BEH - Bundesfachverband Elektronische Hilfsmittel e.V., Presentation​​, Bio

Presentations and interactive discussion

Focus: Examples of ICT accessibility projects in learning and education; accessible books and accessible publishing.

Moderator

• Ms. Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, Senior Expert, Disability and Inclusion Unit, DG for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion, European Commission, Bio​

• Mr. Ricardo Garcia, ITU Consultant, ITU, Presentatioin, Bio
  

Panelists

• Mr. David Zanoletty, Chief of Accessible Technology Department, Fundación ONCE, Presentation, Bio
• Mr. Svatoslav Ondra, Professor, Masaryk University, Presentation, Bio
• Ms. Cristina Mussinelli, President, Fondazione LIA, Presentation, Bio
• Ms. Sharon Borg, Bio​ & Ms. May Agius, Bio, Senior Assistive Technology Consultants, Access to Communication and Technology Unit (ACTU), Aġenzija Sapport, Malta, Presentation​
  

Presentations and interactive discussion

Focus: Broadcasters, Content producers; Emerging technologies; Consumers perspective; Implementation in Europe.

Moderator

• Mr. David Wood, Co-Chair IRG-AVA - Intersector Rapporteur Group Audiovisual Media Accessibility, ITU, Presentation, Bio

Background & Setting the Context

• Mr. Dusan Caf, ITU Consultant, ITU, Presentation, Bio

Panelists

• Mr. Andy Quested, Chair ITU-R Working Party 6C, BBC, Presentation, Bio
• Mr. Gion Linder, Head of SWISS TXT AG & Chairman of the EBU Access Services Experts, EBU, Presentation, Bio
• Dr. Bernard Busuttil, Director – Investigations, Compliance & Enforcement, Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD), Malta, Presentation, Bio​​​
• Ms. Pilar Orero, Professor, University of Barcelona, Presentation​, Bio​

Presentations and interactive discussion

Focus: Telecommunications relay services are essential telecom services that enable persons who have hearing or speech disabilities and who otherwise would be unable to engage in voice telecommunications, to make voice telephone calls to other persons, using four common types of relay services: text relay; video relay; captioned telephone service relay; and speech-to-speech relay.

Moderator

• Ms. Andrea Saks, JCA-AHF Chairman, ITU, Presentation, Bio

Background & Setting Context

• Mr. Ruoting Chang, Counsellor, ITU-R SG 6, ITU, Presentation, Bio 

Panelists

• Mrs. Therese Hourigan, End-User Working Group Co-Chair, BEREC, Presentation, Bio
• Mr. Masahito Kawamori, ITU-T Q26/16 Rapporteur, Keio University, Presentation​, Bio 
• Mr. Mark Wheatley, President, European Union of the Deaf, Presentation, Bio​
• Mr. Michael Debattista, 112mt app Focus Group, Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD), Malta, Presentation​, Bio​
  

Presentations and interactive discussion

Focus: Existing and new partnerships to address current gaps and challenges in making Europe more accessible; Identification of concrete regional, sub-regional and national projects advancing implementation of the ITU Regional Initiative; Setting up of Twinning  Programmes; Discussion on other actions planned or proposed for 2020-2022. This session will set the framework for discussing new partnerships in the Project Laboratory to be held the following day.

Moderator

• Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of Regional Office for Europe, ITU, Bio​
  
  Panelists
• Mr. Nawar Alawa, Regional Advisor on Technology, ESCWA, Presentation, Bio
  
• Mr. Michael Fembek, Director, Zero project, Presentation, Bio​
  
• Ms. Francesca Cesa Bianchi, Vice President for Institutional Relations, G3ict, Presentation, Bio
  
• Ms. Sabine Lobnig, Deputy Director of Communications & Regulations, Mobile & Wireless Forum​, Presentation​, Bio
• Mr. Jorge Fernandes, Head of ACCESS Unit, Department for the Information Society, Presentation​
  

Focus: Participants are offered the opportunity to obtain ITU Certification based on short test requiring to prove the knowledge acquired over the course of Accessible Europe event. Successful candidates will receive the certificate in electronic version after the event.

Note: Stakeholders are kindly requested to express their interest in holding bilateral meetings by sending e-mail to EURregion@itu.int