Accessible EU: Your role in making Higher Education more accessible and inclusive
AAATE Conference Centre, Campus Condorcet, Paris. (Photo Dominique Archambault)
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Pre-conference event by AccessibleEU Resource Centre, at AAATE, Paris, 29 August 2023.
AccessibleEU, within the framework of the 17th International Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE) has organised a workshop that aims to be a space for exchanging knowledge and good practices to advance the implementation of accessibility in Higher Education.
Specifically, the workshop organised jointly between AccessibleEU and AAATE will provide the different actors within the educational institutions with the required tools and knowledge to comply with the fundamental principles of Design for All (Universal Design) required by European rules.
The goal of the Workshop is to enable educators to train future representatives of society on how to address the challenges people with disabilities may face in their professional activities.
Venue: Campus Condorcet, Centre de Colloques, Place du Front Populaire,
93322 Aubervilliers cedex
Date: 29th August 2023
Duration: 4 hours Format: Hybrid
Registration form: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/AAATE
More information about the AAATE conference at Conference Website
Draft Agenda
Opening session 9.30 - Introduction to AccessibleEU Centre and its role in promoting accessibility in Higher Education at European level
Chair: Jesus Hernández. AccessibleEU Director
- Inmaculada Placencia. Senior Expert in Disability and Inclusion. European Commission.
- Georgios Kouroupetroglou. AAATE President. Greece
- Pierre Crescenzo. APACHES President. France
Panels
10.00 - Panel 1: Ensuring inclusive education for all
Chair: Katerina Mavrou. European University of Cyprus.Cyprus.
- Marie- Pierre Toubhans. Institut national supérieur de formation et de recherche pour l'éducation des jeunes handicapés et les enseignements adaptés (INS HEA). France.
- Alice Ribeiro. Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (FLUP). Head of Inclusion Office. Portugal.
11.00 - Coffee break
11.30 - Panel 2: Accessibility in university institutions. Good practices
Chair: Dominique Archambault. University Paris 8. Paris
- Gerald Craddock and Donal Fitzpatrick. Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD). Ireland.
- Boris Janča. MUNI TEIRESIÁS . Support Centre for Students with Special Needs. Czech Republic.
- Pierre Crescenzo. APACHES . Vicepresident of University Nice-Cote d'Azur. France.
12.30 - Panel 3: Implementing accessibility in university curricula
Chair: Klaus Miesenberger. ATHENA Project. Johannes Kepler Universität Linz. Austria
- Silvio Pagliara. AAATE. Warwick University. England. Cesare Sangiorgi. University of Bologna (UNIBO). Italy.
- Richard Manton. Registrar at Professional Body for Engineers in Ireland. Ireland.
13.30 - Lunch (Close).
Further information about AccessibleEU Resource Centre
