The Economist 3rd CSR Conference. People with Disability and the Right to Inclusion: What is the Role of Anthropocentric Companies?
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Athens, Greece. 27 September 2011. The Economist magazine, in association with the National Confederation of Disabled People in Greece, organises the 3rd Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, addressing themes of Employment, Regional Development, Tourism, Information Technologies, Sports...
Athens, Greece. 27 September 2011.
The Economist magazine, in association with the National Confederation of Disabled People in Greece, organises the 3rd Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, addressing themes of Employment, Regional Development, Tourism, Information Technologies, Sports...
Updated Final Agenda now attached and shown below (26.9.2011)
Background
Inclusion of people with disability and the right to prosperity is a vital issue not only for Greece but for all European countries.
Economist Conferences in association with the National Confederation of Disabled People in Greece are pleased to announce the organisation of the Third CSR Conference entitled “People with disability and the right to inclusion: what is the role of anthropocentric companies?”, which shall focus on fields that play a significant role in everyday lives of people with disability:
- How could the life of people with disabilities in Europe be improved by the implementation of disability policies?
- What is the gap between established Greek policies and the new European Disability Strategy?
- The “Kallikratis” plan as a tool for the revision of disability policies
- Employing people with disabilities
- Tourism for people with disabilities: a real challenge
- IT: new technologies turn disabilities into abilities
- Businesses socially responsible
- Reaching the top.
Final Programme (updated 26/9/2011)
Download the Programme in Greek from the right-hand panel (PDF document).
08:00
Registration and refreshments
08:50 Welcome by the Conference Chairman
John Andrews, Consultant Editor, The Economist
09:00 Disabled, One of the Vulnerable Groups of Society: How does the Greek State promote Their Rights Through the Crisis?
Ioannis Vardakastanis
President, National Confederation of Persons with Disabilities
Chairman, European Disability Forum
09:20 Discussion
09:40 The Kallikratis Plan as a Tool for the Revision of Disability Policies at a Regional Level
Paris Koukoulopoulos, Deputy Minister of Interior, Greece
Anna Papadimitriou, Vice Governor, Attica Region, Greece
Giorgos Kaminis, Mayor of Athens, Greece
Giorgis Marinakis, Mayor of Rethymnon, Greece
10.20 Discussion
10:50 Break
11:10 Employment, Social Insurance and Protection in the Midst of the Financial Crisis
George Koutroumanis, Minister of Labour and Social Security,
Greece Nikos Skorinis, Vice President, Economic and Social Council of Greece (OKE)
Lila Dimitriadou, Member of the board & Secretary of the Department of Culture, General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), Greece
Thomas Klisiotis, First Vice-President, National Confederation of Disabled People in Greece
11:45 Discussion
12:10 Tourism for People with Disabilities: A Real Challenge
- Why has tourism been used as the Trojan Horse?
- Impact of “Tourism for All” on the country’s economic development
- How accessible is tourism in Greece both to Greeks and foreign visitors with disabilities?
Constantina Bei, Secretary General, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Greece
Marily Christofi, Engineer, Accessibility Expert, Collaborator on accessibility issues, National Confederation of Disabled People in Greece
Yiannis Retsos, President, Hellenic Hotel Federation, First Vice-president, Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises
Ivor Ambrose, Managing Director, European Network for Accessible Tourism
Download the slide presentation in PDF format from the right-hand panel.
12:40 Discussion
13:00 Break (Coffee and snacks)
13:20 IT: New Technologies Turn Disabilities Into Abilities
- Achievements in mobile telephony and broadband services
- New employment opportunities
Pantelis Tzortzakis, Deputy Minister for Administrative Reform and E-government, Greece
Constantine Stephanidis, Professor, University of Crete, Director, Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece
Konstantinos Gargalis, Treasurer, National Confederation of Disabled People in Greece
Isidoros Sideridis, Business Development Manager, SiEBEN
14:30 Discussion
14:50 The Greek Business Sector Responds: How Socially Responsible?
- Evaluation of CSR business initiatives
- Figures and statistics
Nikos Analytis, President, Hellenic Network for CSR
Nafsika Zevgoli, Corporate Responsibility Professional, Vodafone Greece
Evgenia Lianou, Head of Total Quality and Human Resources, COCO-MAT
- From Customer-centric to Anthropo-centric company culture
John Kalogerakis, CEO, JMK– Anthropocentric Corporate Training & Development
14:50 Discussion
15.20 Conclusions and End of Conference
Registration (closed 22.9.2011)
Standard registration fee: 500 E + 23% VAT / person
For 2 delegates: 400 E + 23% VAT / person
For ESAmeA members: 300 E + 23% VAT / person
Corporate table ( 7 persons): 2500 E +23 % VAT
To register, please contact us by email at:
registrations [at] hazliseconomist.com
Or by telephone:
Tel. (30) 210 94 08 750
Further information
This preliminary programme is registered to the Economist Conferences for Greece & Cyprus / Hazlis & Rivas Co. Ltd.
We reserve the right of amendments.
Visit the webpage of The Economist Conferences: 3rd CSR Conference, Athens 2011