Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: Plenary - EUC Cultural Centre
North Blocks - 1st Floor
Date: Wednesday, 10/Sept/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
Plenary I: Conference Opening and Opening Keynote
Location: Plenary - EUC Cultural Centre
Chair: Katerina Mavrou
Chair: Pedro Encarnação

Opening: 

Dr. Pedro Encarnação, AAATE President 

Prof. Andreas Efstathiou, Rector, European University Cyprus.

Keynote SpeakerKamil Goungor, Policy and Movement Support Officer, European Network on Independent Living (ENIL)

Date: Thursday, 11/Sept/2025
2:00pm
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3:00pm
Plenary II: Second Keynote
Location: Plenary - EUC Cultural Centre
Chair: Pedro Encarnação

Keynote SpeakerProfessor Serenella BesioUniversity of Bergamo

5:00pm
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7:00pm
GA: General Assembly
Location: Plenary - EUC Cultural Centre
Chair: Pedro Encarnação
Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025
12:30pm
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2:00pm
Plenary III: Panel and Conference Closing
Location: Plenary - EUC Cultural Centre
Chair: Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf
Chair: Dominique Archambault
Chair: Georgios Kouroupetroglou

Round Table Discussion: From Legacy to Leadership: Rethinking AT (and the role of AAATE) for the Next 30 Years

Chair: Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf, AAATE Secretary General, AIAS Bologna, Italy

Panelists:

  • Luc de Witte, Global Alliance of Assistive Technology Organizations, The Hague University of Applied Science
  • Christakis Nicolaides, Pancyprian Organisation of the Blind
  • Alex Kamadu, International Society of Wheelchair Professionals
  • Sari Merilampi, Satakunta University

Awards ceremony

  • AAATE Diamond Award – announced by: Georgios Kouroupetroglou, AAATE Past-President, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Tone Øderud, SINTEF Digital, Norway
  • Best paper award – announced by: Silvio Pagliara, University of Cagliari, Italy

Conference Closing

Concluding Remarks: Dominique Archambault, University Paris 8-Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France