Accessible Europe 2018

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

08:30 - 10:00Registration and Networking9:00 - 10:00 Welcome coffee offered by Essl Foundation
10:00 - 10:45Opening Ceremony Addresses• International Telecommunication Union
• European Commission
• United Nations Office Vienna
• European Disability Forum

Key Note: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Opening Ceremony Addresses
Mr Jaroslaw Ponder
Head of the ITU Office for Europe
ITU

Biography
Mrs Marianne Thyssen
European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
European Commission
Mr Charles Havekost
Chief of the Information Technology Service
UN Vienna

Biography
Mr Max Rubisch
Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection
Austria
Mr Rodolfo Cattani
Executive Committee Member
European Disability Forum

Key Note Address
Ms Daniela Bas
Director
Division for Inclusive Social Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

Biography

10:45 - 11:15Exhibition Opening and Group Photo
11:15 - 12:15Session 1: International, Europe region and European Union vision, targets and actions and key resources to support in ICT AccessibilityFocus: ITU actions & challenges; EC actions & challenges; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the accessibility of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), Implementation and Facilitation

Moderation
Mr Jaroslaw Ponder
Head of ITU Office for Europe
ITU

Biography

Panelist
Ms Roxana Widmer-Iliescu
Senior Programme Officer, Digital Inclusion Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
ITU

Biography
Ms Inmaculada Placencia Porrero
Senior Expert, Disability and Inclusion Unit, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
European Commission

Presentation
Dr László Lovászy
CRPD Committee Member
Hungary

Biography
Mr Michael Jungwirth
Director Governmental Affairs
Vodafone
Ms Elizabeth Olivieri
Chairperson
Foundation for Information Technology Accessibility (FITA)
Malta

Presentation
Biography

12:15 - 14:00Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00Session 2: Examples of Accessibility Legislation/Regulations/Standards in EU Member States and outside EuropeFocus: EU Disability Act, EU priorities in implementation of ICT Accessibility, European Country Case Studies

Moderator
Ms Inmaculada Placencia Porrero
European Commission

Panelist
Mr Jorge Fernandes
Ministry of Education and Science
Portugal

Presentation
Amela Odobasic
Head of Public Affairs
Communications Regulatory Agency (RAK)
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Presentation
Biography
Mr Sigrid Skavlid
Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir)
Norway

Presentation
Biography
Ms Francesca Cesa Bianchi
Vice-President, Institutional Relations
G3ICT

Presentation
Biography
Professor Jutta Treviranus
Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC),
OCAD University Toronto
Canada

Presentation
Biography

15:00 - 16:00Session 3: Stocktaking Implementation of accessibility and assistive technology in EuropeFocus: Implementation of ICT accessibility, programmes, projects, solutions

Moderator
Mr Alejandro Moledo
European Disability Forum

Panelist
Mr Klaus Peter Wegge
Head of the Siemens Accessibility competence Center
Siemens

Presentation
Biography
Mr Richard Moreton
Samsung Electronics Research Institute

Presentation
Biography
Mr Miguel Angel Valero Duboy
Director
CEAPAT-IMSERSO
Spain

Presentation
Biography
Mr Klaus Höckner
CEO
Austrian Association for Blind and Visually Impaired (Hilfsgemeinschaft)

Biography
Ms Monica Desai
Director
Global Connectivity and Access Policy, Facebook

Presentation
Biography
Ms Dorothee Ritz
General Manager
Microsoft Austria

Biography

16:00 - 17:00Session 4: Web Accessibility: Regulation/Standards/ResourcesFocus: Role of Governments in providing accessible public information and websites; Private sector benefits in providing accessible public information; New trends on web accessibility; User perspective and role of Academia in promoting web accessibility; ITU key resources: National Programme in ICT Accessibility (“Web for ALL”)

Moderator
Ms Roxana Widmer-Iliescu
Senior Programme Officer
Digital Inclusion Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU

Biography

Panelist
Ms Gudrun Stock
Deputy Head of Unit, Accessibility, Multilingualism and Safer Internet Unit
DG Connect

Presentation
Biography
Mr Shadi Abou-Zahra
Strategy Technology Specialist Web Accessibility Initiative
World Wide Web Consortium W3C/WAI

Presentation
Biography
Mr Stein Erik Skotkjerra
Head of Accessibility Relations
Siteimprove

Presentation
Biography
Mr Mikael H. Snaprud
CEO Dr. Techn
TINGTUN
Norway

Presentation
Biography
Mr David Adi
Founder & CEO
MAKE SENSE
Israel

Presentation
Biography
Ms Monica Duhem
ITU Consultant in Web Accessibility

Presentation
Biography

17:00 - 19:00Innovative Digital Solutions for an Accessible EuropeReception and Ceremony announcing Competition Winner/s

Thursday, 13 December 2018

08:30 - 09:00Welcome
09:00 - 10:00Session 5: Audio-visual media services, TV and video programmingFocus: Broadcasters, Content producers; Emerging technologies; Consumers perspective; Implementation in Europe

Moderator
Mr David Wood
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Presentation
Biography

Panelist
H.E. Mr Dejan Maslikovic
Assistant Minister
Ministry of Culture and Media
Serbia

Biography
Ms Pilar Orero
University of Barcelona
Spain

Presentation
Biography
Ms Karen Peltz Strauss
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
United States

Presentation
Biography
Mr Nigel Megitt
Chair of W3C & EBU group on TTML system IMSC
BBC

Presentation
Biography
Mr Paulo Valente
Cable Europe

Presentation

10:00 - 11:00Session 6: Procurement of Accessible ICTs and Universal DesignFocus: EU Legislation and regulation; Standards on public procurement and accessibility; Resources

Moderator
Ms Roxana Widmer-Iliescu
Senior Programme Officer
Digital Inclusion Division, ITU

Biography

Panelist
Ms Inmaculada Placencia Porrero
Senior Expert
European Commission

Presentation
Mr Donal Rice
ITU Consultant in Public Procurement

Presentation
Biography
Mr Andreas Richter
Senior Adviser
Swedish Post and Telecom Authority

Presentation
Biography
Mr Roberto Scano
Web Accessibility Expert
Italy

Presentation
Biography
Ms Mia Ahlgren
Policy Officer
Swedish Disability Federation

Presentation
Biography

11:00 - 12:00Session 7: Implementation of Equal Access in TelecomFocus: Emerging issues; Accessible emergency services; Inclusive smart cities

Moderator
Ms Rosheen Awotar-Mauree
Programme Officer
ITU

Biography

Panelist
Mr Stefan Lechler
Head of Electronic Communications Policy Unit
DG Connect, European Commission

Presentation
Biography
Mr Michal Milligan
Secretary General
Mobile & Wireless Forum

Presentation
Ms Barbara Operschall
Chief Executive Officer
Speech Code
Austria

Presentation
Dr Tom Pey
RBSC
United Kingdom

Biography
Mr Wolfgang Kampichler
Chair of EENA Technical and Operations Committee
European Emergency Number Association, EENA112

Presentation
Biography

12:00 - 12:10Special address: Mr Jorge Araya
12:10 - 14:00Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00Session 8: Telecom relay services: Practical experiences, challenges and opportunities in EuropeFocus: 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. This session will focus on its implementation status in Europe, challenges and opportunities.

Moderator
Ms Andrea J. Saks
Chairman
ITU-T JCA-AHF

Panelist
Mr Masahito Kawamori
ITU-T Q26/16 Rapporteur
Keio University
Japan

Presentation
Ms Monique Mai
Director Operational Marketing, Partnerships & Public affairs, Communication, Standardization Accessibility Group Department
Orange

Presentation
Mr Beat Kleeb
Procom
Switzerland

Presentation
Biography
Mr Seth Bravin
Director of Strategic Alliances
Sprint Accessibility
United States

Presentation
Biography
Ms Lidia Smolarek-Best
Vice-President
European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH)

Presentation
Biography

15:00 - 16:00Session 9: Innovation and good practices in implementing ICT Accessibility products and services for PwDFocus: Funding opportunities; Innovative products and services for PwD

Moderator
Ms Rosheen Awotar-Mauree
Programme Officer
ITU Office for Europe, ITU

Biography

Panelist
Dr Michael Fembeck
Director and Chief Executive
Zero Project, Essl Foundation

Presentation
Biography
Ms Rosemary Kayess
UNSW Director
Disability Innovation Institute
Mr Anthony Giannoumis
Oslomet

Presentation
Biography
Ms Ayse Zoodsma-Sungur
DeNederlandscheBank

Presentation
Biography
Mr Einar Myreng
Founder & CEO
Next Signal

Presentation
Biography
Mr Turhan Muluk
Regional Manager
Intel

Presentation
Biography

16:00 - 16:50Beyond Accessible Europe: Interactive discussion and Main conclusion

Moderator
Ms Rosheen Awotar-Mauree
Programme Officer
ITU

Biography
Ms Inmaculada Placencia Porrero
EC

Panelist
Ms Vera Zanetti
Senior Program Officer
ITU

Presentation
Amela Odobasic
ITU Consultant on ICT Accessibility

Presentation
Biography

16:50 - 17:00Closing of the Main Programme of Accessible Europe • International Telecommunication Union
• European Commission

Closing
Mr Jaroslaw Ponder
Head of the ITU Office for Europe
ITU

Biography
Ms Inmaculada Placencia Porrero
European Commission

Friday, 14 December 2018

09:00 - 09:30Welcome and Networking
09:30 - 10:30Session 10: PROJECT LABORATORY of the ITU Regional Initiative for Europe on Accessibility, Affordability, and Skills Development for All to Ensure Digital Inclusion and Sustainable DevelopmentFocus: Identification of concrete regional, sub-regional and national projects advancing implementation of the ITU Regional Initiative; Setting up of winning Programmes; Discussion on other actions planned or proposed for 2019-2021
10:30 - 12:15Session 11: BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERSNote: Stakeholders are kindly requested to express their interest in holding bilateral meeting by sending e-mail to EURregion@itu.int
12:15 - 12:30Closing of Accessible Europe Event