Date
31 March 2023, 9:30 – 17:30
Venue
The conference will be held at the Quality Hotel Globe, Room “Galaxen” in Stockholm, Sweden and online via Zoom.
Anyone is welcome to participate in the conference online. However, in-person participation is limited, and in-person participation is by invite only.
Lunch will be provided for in-person conference attendees.
Description
Accessibility, is one of the general principles in the The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), ratified by 186 states, including every EU member state and the European Union. The strict application of Universal Design to all new technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), is needed to ensure full, equal, and unrestricted access for persons with disabilities in society.
Welcome to a conference hosted by the Swedish Disability Rights Federation (Funktionsrätt Sverige) in collaboration with the European Disability Forum on Disability Rights, Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence on March 31, 2023 at the Quality Hotel Globe in Stockholm or online. The hybrid conference will highlight equality and disability rights in current EU legislative and policy issues.
The conference is co-funded by the Swedish Ministry of Health & Social Affairs and the Swedish Post & Telecom Authority.
The event will contain a series of sessions to discuss paramount topics impacting persons with disabilities in the European Union today, including ways to implement and respect Disability Rights. Conference sessions will also cover topics related to the new AccessibleEU Center and ways accessibility regulations impact regional and local communities. The afternoon sessions will explore digitalization and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of disability rights to ensure full, equal, and unrestricted access for persons with disabilities in society.
Accessibility
We will provide international sign interpretation and real-time captioning in English.
The event is open for online participation (a link will be sent separately by email to those who register for the online event). The online event will include international sign interpretation and real-time captioning in English.
For any questions, please contact Raquel Riaza
Social Media
Participate in the conversation on social media by using #InclusiveAi and identifying the organisers:
- European Disability Forum – Twitter: @MyEDF; Facebook: @europeandisabilityforum; Instagram: myedf_europe; LinkedIn: europeandisabilityforum
- Funktionsrätt – Twitter: @funkratt_se; Facebook: funkratt.se; Instagram: funktionsratt_se; LinkedIn: funktionsratt
If you need some help participating in the conversation, we suggest giving your opinion on the following questions:
- Panel 1:What are the top priorities to ensure #DisabilityRights in Europe?
- Panel 2: How can EU and the AccessibleEU Centre support national and local implementation of European legislation and #AccessibilityAct to create an accessible society?
- Afternoon panels: How can #DisabilityRights be protected in AI systems?
Agenda
08h45 Registration of Participants
09h30 Official Opening
General Moderator: Lotta Håkansson – Board member the Swedish Disability Rights Federation
- Helena Dalli – EU Commissioner for Equality, European Commission
- Camilla Waltersson Grönvall – Minister of Social Services, Sweden
- Nicklas Mårtensson – President, Swedish Disability Rights Federation
- Pat Clarke – Vice-president, European Disability Forum
10h00 Disability Rights in Europe – the Way Forward
Moderator: Fredrik Malmberg, Director – Swedish National Human Rights Institute
- Gerard Quinn (online) – Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations
- Katarina Ivankovic-Knezevic – Director of DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, European Commission
- Abir Al-Sahlani – Member of the European Parliament, Sweden
- Alejandro Moledo – Deputy Director, European Disability Forum
11h00 Coffee Break
11h30 Accessible EU – Reaching Local Communities
Moderator: Humberto Insolera – Executive Committee Member, European Disability Forum
- Inmaculada Placencia Porrero – Senior Expert on Disability, European Commission
- Anna Quarnström – President, Disability Rights Stockholm City
- Jesús Hernández Galán (online) – Accessibility Director, ONCE Foundation
12h30 Lunch Break
14h00 Who Makes Decisions About your Life – the Human or the Algorithm?
Moderators: Catherine Naughton – Director, European Disability Forum; Elias Tebibel – Chair of the Youth Committee, European Disability Forum
- Jutta Treviranus (Online) – Professor, Faculty of Design, OCAD University
- Gerard Quinn – Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations
- Kave Noori – Artificial Intelligence Officer, European Disability Forum
14h50 Coffee Break
15h30 Artificial Intelligence Act – Legal Protection of Rights
Moderator: Stefan Larsson – Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change, Department of Technology and Society, Lund University
- Brando Benifei (video) – Member of the European Parliament, Italy
- Karolina Iwanska (online) – Digital Civic Space Advisor, European Center for Not-For-Profit Law ECNL
- Maureen Piggot – Executive Committee member, European Disability Forum
16h30 Break
16h45 Sustainable Artificial Intelligence – Leaving No One Behind
- Stefan Larsson – Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change, Department of Technology and Society, Lund University
- Anna Felländer – Founder and CEO, anch.AI
- Jutta Treviranus (Online) – Professor, Faculty of Design, OCAD University
17h15 Conclusion & Closing Session
- European Disability Forum Resolution
- Gunta Anca – Vice-president, European Disability Forum
- Nora Bednarski – Cabinet member for European Commissioner for Equality