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Preliminary programme

The 1st EU-PaTe will take two days, with the first day (15th October) being conducted in German and the second day (16th October) in English.

Thursday, 15 October 2009:

Opening and Welcome
3rd Symposium on barrier free accessibility (German language) dealing with impact of the UN Convention on future activities (Moderation: Wolfgang Wessels)

Agenda
ZeitThema
10.30 UhrBegrüßung und Einführung (Welcome and Introduction)
Prof. Dr. Christian Bühler, Forschungsinstitut Technologie und Behinderung (FTB) der Evangelischen Stiftung Volmarstein
11.00 UhrUN-Konvention - Inhalt und Bedeutung (UN-Convention - Content and Relevance)
Rechtsanwalt Carl-Wilhelm Rössler, Zentrum für Selbstbestimmtes Leben Köln
11.30 Uhr Umsetzung in der Schule - Interview mit Sylvia Moser (Interview with Sylvia Moser)
Mutter eines integrativ beschulten behinderten Jugendlichen
11.50 UhrKaffeepause (Coffee Break)
12.10 UhrSituation in den Niederlanden (Situation in the Netherlands)
Interview mit Harry Knops, Next Generation for All (NG4ALL), Niederlande
12.30 UhrEuropäische Netzwerkaktivitäten (European Networking Activities)
Dr. Cecilia Sik-Lányi, Virtual Environments and Imaging Technologies Laboratory, Pannonische Universität, Ungarn Situation in Ungarn - Interview mit Cecilia Sik-Lányi
13.00 UhrUmsetzung der UN-Konvention in NRW (Implementation of the UN-Convention in NRW)
Andreas Burkert, Ministerium für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales NRW
14.00 UhrEnde der Veranstaltung (Closing)

Friday, 16 October 2009:

TimeTopic
10:00Opening and Welcome to day 2 (Paul Timmers, European Commission, Head of Unit eInclusion)
Workshops organised by European initiatives and projects will be held in the following order and will last about 90 minutes each
  • Network activities in Design for all (DfA) in ICT
    (Organised by DfA@eInclusion project and EDEAN)
  • Assistive technology in Europe
    (Organised by AAATE based on the Assistive Technology Federation Study)
  • The use of CEN guide 6 in Standardisation
    (Organised by Stand4All project)
  • User Empowerment in Standardisation
    (Organised by USEM project)
  • WCAG 2.0 - Reinventing Web Accessibility?
    (Organised by AbI project)
17:00Closing