European Accessibility Summit 2022: From Policy into Practice
This event will be livestreamed
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The conference will be fully accessible for persons with disabilities. All sessions will include international sign language interpretation and live subtitling in an accessible online environment. Please find below all the links to follow it live.
Join the EU Accessibility Summit
- Day one: 31st of May
Main session of the EU Accessibility Summit
Breakout room 1: Accessible ICT in Emergency Situations
Breakout room 2: Accessible Gaming
- Day two: 1st of June
Main session of the EU Accessibility Summit
Join us also on Twitter with the hashtag #EUAccessibility!
Agenda
Want to know all the sessions and speakers for both days? Check out the agenda below or download it.
European Accessibility Summit 2022 – Agenda (Word document)
Day: 1st of June
10:00-10:10 |
Welcome Esa Kaunistola, Director, Microsoft |
10:10-10:25 |
Introductory remarks “Accessibility driving innovation” Michael Fembek, Director, Zero Project |
10:25 – 10:50 |
In-conversation “EU – US in comparison: what are the technological and policy developments?” Rylin Rodgers, Accessibility Policy Advisor, Microsoft and Alejandro Moledo, Head of Policy, EDF |
10:50 – 11:00 |
Break |
11:00-12:30 |
Panel: Application of the EAA Sabine Lobnig, Director of Communications, Mobile Wireless Forum Moderated by: Catherine Naughton, Director, EDF |
12:30-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
14:00- 14:15 |
Presentation: AI for Accessibility Ioana Tanase, Engagement Strategy Program Manager, Microsoft |
14:15-15:00 |
Panel: Smart Cities James Thurston, Vice President, G3ict Moderated by: Antonio De Palmas, Vice President Global Market Development, Microsoft |
15:00-15:15 |
Windows Accessibility Carolina Hernandez, Principal PM Manager, Microsoft |
15:15 -15:30 |
Closing remarks Catherine Naughton, Director, EDF |
Day: 31st of May
10:00-10:05 |
Welcome Esa Kaunistola, Director, Microsoft |
10:05-10:15 |
Introductory remarks Yannis Vardakastanis, President, EDF |
10:20-10:30 |
Welcoming remarks Commissioner Helena Dalli, European Commission |
10:30-11:20 |
Scene-setting: Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, European Commission Panel “Making the EAA a reality at national level” Sami Virtanen, Advisor on Accessibility and Digital Service, Finnish Disability Forum Moderated by: Catherine Naughton, Director, EDF |
11:20-11:40 |
Break |
11:40-12:10 |
Fireside chat Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft and Marijke Schroos, Public Sector Lead, Microsoft Belgium |
12:10-13:00 |
In-person breakout: AT Innovation Christoph Mueller, Co-President, DAT Europe Moderated by: Nadia Hadad, Board Member, European Network of Independent Living |
Online breakout 1: Accessible ICT in emergency situations Cristina Lumbreras, Technical Director, European Emergency Number Association Moderated by: Rylin Rodgers, Accessibility Policy Advisor, Microsoft |
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Online breakout 2: Gaming Xander Ashwell, Director of Accessibility & User Experience, Xbox/Rare Moderated by: Jeremy Rollison, Senior Director, Microsoft |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch break |
14:00-15:00 |
Panel “AccessibleEU center & international perspective” Katrin Langensiepen, Member of the European Parliament Moderated by: Rylin Rodgers, Accessibility Policy Advisor, Microsoft |
15:00-15:10 |
Closing remarks Catherine Naughton, Director, EDF |