AccessibleEU: Building community, connecting stakeholders

Register for Accessible EU's European networking event on 7 November to learn from, and connect with, key actors in accessibility.

AccessibleEU, relying on the in-depth knowledge of its network of National Experts, aims to strengthen contacts and connections between key players and main entities, both public, private, and non-profit, to foster common interests. With this, on 7th November, AccessibleEU will host a hybrid European networking event at Fundacion ONCE, Madrid, entitled 'AccessibleEU: Building community, connecting stakeholders'.

Objectives

To create a network that ensures the connection between all parties involved in accessibility across all sectors, and promotes the creation of alliances for the strategic development of actions in public-private collaborative networks that promote accessibility in environments, products, and services.
To facilitate a structured dialogue with leaders of industry sectors, representatives of essential public administrations and civil society involved in accessibility, and universities and professional associations to identify specific capacity-building and support needs.
To include all accessibility professionals at institutional and business levels and promote their participation to foster take-up of knowledge, skills and competences within the community, sharing successful experiences and methodologies for addressing the challenges they have faced.
To encourage dialogue on measures to enable the creation of incentives for the accelerated implementation of accessibility and innovation solutions in all EU countries in a scaled and weighted manner, fostering equitable engagement and promoting partnerships between stakeholders at a trans-European level.
To identify and promote commitment to best practices, supporting their replicability as a mechanism for creating synergies among all stakeholders, supporting their adoption and development over time as an enrichment strategy for all parties, and their dissemination to achieve a replicable effect in all countries.

Target audience

Policymakers, organisations, representatives of members of civil society, professional associations, providers.

Agenda

Venue: Fundacion ONCE, Madrid

Format: Hybrid

9:30 – 10:00	Institutional welcome European Commission Grupo Social Once Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad (CERMI) Gobierno de España
10:00 – 10:30	Achievements in the First Year of AccessibleEU European Commission Inmaculada Placencia AccessibleEU Jesús Hernández
10:30 – 11:30	Panel 1: Industry Mª Ángeles Asenjo, Vice-President, FIEC (European Construction Industry Federation) Cristina Lumbreras,Technical Director, EENA (The European Emergency Number Association) Vera Winthagen, NEB(New European Bauhaus) Chair: Victor Calvo-Sotelo, General Director, DigitalES
11:30 – 12:00	Coffee break
12:00 – 13:00	Panel 2: Accessibility networks Evert-Jean Hoogerwerf,EASPD (European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities) Pepetto di Bucchianico,EIDD (Design for All Europe) Wilfried Kainz,Head of Research, Zero Project(ESSL Foundation) Pedro Encarnaçao,President-elect, AAATE (Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe) Chair: Ivor Ambrose,Managing Director,ENAT (European Network for Accessible Tourism)
13:00 – 14:00	Panel 3: Education and Professional Associations Luis Fernández Sanz, CEPIS(The Council of European Professional Informatics Societies) Fionnuala Rogerson, UIA(International Union of Architects) Lorenzo Imbesi, CUMULUS(The Global Association of Art and Design Education and Research) Chair: Ángela Baldellou,Director Observatorio 2030, CSCAE (Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España)
14:00 – 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30	Panel 4: Civil Society Pilar Villarino, Executive Director, CERMI (Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad) Chiara Giovannini, ANEC(The European consumer voice in standardisation) Chair: Alejandro Moledo, Deputy Director & Head of Policy, EDF (European Disability Forum)
16:30 – 17:30	Panel 5: Public Administrations Sergi Morera Vizcaíno,Chair of the Eurocities Barrier-free City, EUROCITIES Noelia Cuenca,Accessibility General Director, Ayuntamiento de Madrid Detlev Fischer,Managing Director, DIAS GmbH Chair: Gerald M. Craddock, Chief Officer, CEUD (Centre for Excellence in Universal Design)
17:30	Closing remarks Jesús Hernández,Director European Accessibility Resource Centre, AccessibleEU

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