European Accessibility Summit 2022: From Policy into Practice

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Agenda

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European Accessibility Summit 2022 – Agenda (Word document)

Day: 1st of June

10:00-10:10

Welcome

Esa Kaunistola, Director, Microsoft
Catherine Naughton, Director, EDF

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
Ligia Fonseca, Senior Manager, External Affairs Europe, International Air Transport Association
Remy Cadic, CEO, Acapela Group
Roberta Capellini, Service Design Lead, Unicredit

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
Dorthe Nielson, Executive Director, Eurocities
Mikko Rusama, Chief Digital Officer, Digital Helsinki

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
Hector Minto, Accessibility Evangelist, Microsoft

 

Day: 31st of May

10:00-10:05

Welcome

Esa Kaunistola, Director, Microsoft
Catherine Naughton, Director, EDF

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
Carlo Stivala, Executive Head, FITA
Dr Anna Drabarz, Researcher and Human Rights Advocate and Board Member, Polish 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
Hansjörg Lienert, Owner, Drager Lienert
Cecily Morrison, Principal Research Manager, Microsoft

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
Stefanie Dannenmann-Di Palma, External Relations Officer, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Wouter Bolier, Policy Officer, Ieder(In)
Mark Wheatley, Executive Director, European Union of the Deaf

Moderated by: Rylin Rodgers, Accessibility Policy Advisor, Microsoft

Online breakout 2: Gaming

Xander Ashwell, Director of Accessibility & User Experience, Xbox/Rare
Stacey Jenkins, Accessibility Project Manager, Ubisoft
Courtney Craven, Captioning Project Manager, Epic Games
Ben Bayliss, Editor-In-Chief, Can I Play That?

Moderated by: Jeremy Rollison, Senior Director, Microsoft

13:00-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-15:00

Panel “AccessibleEU center & international perspective”

Katrin Langensiepen, Member of the European Parliament
Sachin Dev Pavithra, Executive Director, US Access Board
Susanna Laurin, Representative to the EU, the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP)
Alejandro Moledo, Head of Policy, EDF
Katarina Ivankovic-Knezevic, Director, European Commission

Moderated by: Rylin Rodgers, Accessibility Policy Advisor, Microsoft

15:00-15:10

Closing remarks

Catherine Naughton, Director, EDF
Hector Minto, Accessibility Evangelist, Microsoft