Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Thursday, 11/Sept/2025 | |||||||||
| 8:00am - 3:15pm |
Registration Day 2: Registration Thursday Location: Registration desk - EUC main Entrance |
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| 8:30am - 10:30am |
Th.T1.M1: STS on ICT to Support Inclusive Education – Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Location: Track 1 - Room 107 Chair: Marion Hersh |
Th.T2.M1: STS on AT Outcome and Impact Measurement 2 Location: Track 2 - Room 116 Chair: Natasha Layton Chair: Luc de Witte |
Th.T3.M1: STS on Innovations in Mobility and Participation 1 Location: Track 3 - Room 105 Chair: Krista Best Chair: François Routhier |
Th.T4.M1: STS on Embracing Change: Aging, Digitalisation, and the Future of Care 3 | TA on Assistive technology in the Healthcare sector Location: Track 4 - Room 112 Chair: John Dinsmore Chair: Julie Doyle |
ES Th.M1.1: Making Online Images Accessible: Beyond Pragmatic Image Descriptions Location: Inclusion Forum: Educational Sessions 1 - Room 113 Chair: Uta Roentgen Chair: Karin Slegers Proposers: Karin Slegers, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences Uta Roentgen, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences Emiel van Miltenburg, Tilburg University |
ΕS Th.M1.2: Adoption of Technology; How to Support Innovation Readiness of Care Organizations? Location: Inclusion Forum: Educational Sessions 2 - Room 115 Chair: Ramon Daniels Proposers: Ramon Daniëls, Research Centre on Assistive Technology in Care, Zuyd University, Heerlen, the Netherlands; Maastricht University, Living Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care |
PS Th.M1: Promoting Policies for integrating Universal Design and Accessibility into Higher Education Curricula: From a position paper to a declaration Location: Inclusion Forum: Policy Sessions - Room 122 Chair: Katerina Mavrou Chair: Eleni Theodorou Chair: Roberta Lulli With: Kamil Goungor, European Network on Independent Living Prof. Panayiotis Zaphiris, Rector, Cyprus University of Technology Susanna Laurin, G3ict and IAAP Representative to the EU Gottfried Zimmermann, AccessibleEU Expert and Teach-Access Europe Representative Proposers: AAATE, EUC, EDF, JKU (ATHENA Project), AccessibleEU, IAAP EU, Teach-Access |
IA Th.M1: Innovation Area - Thursday Morning 1 Location: Inclusion Forum: Innovation Area - Room 118 Showcasing of new products, prototypes or service innovations. Each presentation is chaired by their presenters |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break 3: Coffee Break Location: Coffee Area - EUC Cafeteria |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Th.T1.M2: STS on Advanced Technologies for Inclusion and Participation in Education and Labour 2 Location: Track 1 - Room 107 Chair: Susanne Dirks |
Th.T2.M2: STS on AT Outcome and Impact Measurement 3 Location: Track 2 - Room 116 Chair: Natasha Layton Chair: Luc de Witte |
Th.T3.M2: TA on Rehabilitation technologies, Measurements and Functionality Location: Track 3 - Room 105 Chair: Manuel Lagos Rodríguez |
Th.T4.M2: STS on Embracing Change: Aging, Digitalisation, and the Future of Care 4 Location: Track 4 - Room 112 Chair: John Dinsmore Chair: Julie Doyle |
Th.T5.M2: TA on AT and Accessibility in Hearing Impairment | TA on Accessibility in digital spaces Location: Track 5 - Room 103 Chair: Dominique Archambault |
ES Th.M2.1: Assessment of learning process and facilitating understanding of how to use an AT: guidance for applying the ALP-tool Location: Inclusion Forum: Educational Sessions 2 - Room 115 Chair: Lisbeth Nilsson |
PS Th.M2: Crisis response and its implications for AT regarding persons with disabilities (Zero Project and Zero Project nominees 2025) Location: Inclusion Forum: Policy Sessions - Room 122 Chair: Wilfried Kainz Crisis response is a set of humanitarian actions taken to support those affected by disaster or conflict. The UN CRPD embeds crisis response through several key articles and principles--specifically Article 11--ensuring that the rights and needs of persons with disabilities are protected before, during, and after crises. During the session, we will highlight innovations that ensure that persons with disabilities, with the support from AT, are able to overcome these unforeseen, extreme situations. With: -Wilfried Kainz (chair) (Zero Project-Essl Foundation) -Prof. Michael Ashley Stein (Harvard University) -Mariam Gelashvili (Consort Georgia) -Ehab El Khatib (Momentum Wheels for Humanity) -Tone Øderud (Sintef)
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IA Th.M2: Innovation Area - Thursday Morning 2 Location: Inclusion Forum: Innovation Area - Room 118 Showcasing of new products, prototypes or service innovations. Each presentation is chaired by their presenters |
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| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch 2: Lunch Break Location: Lunch Area - EUC Cafeteria |
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| 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
Plenary II: Second Keynote Location: Plenary - EUC Cultural Centre Chair: Pedro Encarnação Keynote Speaker: Professor Serenella Besio, University of Bergamo |
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| 3:15pm - 4:45pm |
Th.T1.A1: STS on Advanced Technologies for Inclusion and Participation in Education and Labour 3 Location: Track 1 - Room 107 Chair: Susanne Dirks |
Th.T2.A1: STS on Including Accessibility and AT into Mainstream Curricula 2 Location: Track 2 - Room 116 Chair: Katerina Mavrou Chair: Maria Papazachariou-Christoforou |
Th.T3.A1: TA on User-Centered AT Co-Design 2 Location: Track 3 - Room 105 Chair: François Routhier |
Th.T4.A1: STS on Effective AT Provision Models Location: Track 4 - Room 112 Chair: Rosalie van der Vaart Chair: Luc de Witte |
Th.T5.A1: STS on An Overview of Canadian Strategies to improve the Usability of Rehabilitation Technologies Location: Track 5 - Room 103 Chair: Claudine Auger |
ES Th.A1.1: AI-Driven Inclusive Practices: Empowering Differentiated Teaching for Educational Equity Location: Inclusion Forum: Educational Sessions 1 - Room 113 Chair: Anastasia Vlachou Chair: Smaragdi Tsirantonaki |
ES Th.A1.2: Harnessing the Potential of Technology in Education: Promoting Inclusion and Participation Location: Inclusion Forum: Educational Sessions 2 - Room 115 Chair: Larissa Van der Leek Proposers: Claire Huijnen, PhD, Research Centre on Assistive Technology in Care, Zuyd University, Heerlen, the Netherlands; Living Lab in Assistive Technology for Independency; Living lab for educational opportunities and inclusion Nardie Fanchamps, PhD, Assistant Professor, Research Group Lead Educational Robotics, Computational Thinking & STEM-learning, Educational Sciences, Technology Enhanced Learning Innovations TELI, Open University The Netherlands Heike Gerger, PhD, Assistant Professor Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Faculty of Psychology , Open University of the Netherlands Larissa van der Leek, student at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences Lisa Bosgoed, PhD candidate, Policy advisor education and quality, Berkenschutse, the Netherlands |
PS Th.A1: Vulnerability Vs Sustainability of Assistive Technology Policy and Provision: A Global Debate on the Best Way Forward Location: Inclusion Forum: Policy Sessions - Room 122 Chair: Rosemary Joan Gowran With: -Rosemary J Gowran (Chair) (BeWheelWell Centre of Education and Research for –Mac MacLachlan (Assisted Living and Learning (ALL) Institute, Maynooth University) –Satish Mishra (ATscale, Global Partnership for Assistive Technology) –Marie Abou Saab (SESOBEL Lebanon, International Society of Wheelchair Professionals) –Alex Kamadu (International Society of Wheelchair Professionals – ISWP) –Natasha Layton (ARATA) –Luc De Witte (Global Alliance of Assistive Technology Organizations – GAATO) –Jamie Danemayer (GDI Hub) |
IA Th.A1: Innovation Area - Thursday Afternoon Location: Inclusion Forum: Innovation Area - Room 118 Showcasing of new products, prototypes or service innovations. Each presentation is chaired by their presenters |
| 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
GA: General Assembly Location: Plenary - EUC Cultural Centre Chair: Pedro Encarnação |
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