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e-Inclusion Lisbon 2007 :: Programme

Ministerial Debate on European e-Inclusion Policy
Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal on 2nd and 3rd December 2007.

Provisional Programme (as at 27th November 2007)

 

Sunday, 2nd December 2007

13:30 Registration Opens
14:00 Living e-Inclusion exhibition opens

16:00

Welcome and Opening  - Almada Negreiros (S6)

16:00 Welcome and Opening Statement
  Minister José Mariano Gago, Minister José Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
16:15 The European e-Inclusion Initiative
  Commissioner Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media
16:20 Rodolfo Cattani, European Disability Forum

16:30

Panel Debate and Audience Questions - Almada Negreiros (S6)

  facilitated by Margaret Doyle, Contributing Editor, Economist Conferences
  Sustainable and Inclusive Design - What do people really think?
  Rodolfo Cattani, European Disability Forum
  e-Inclusion is Good Business, not just a social responsibility
  Veli Sundbäck, Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Responsibility, Nokia
  e-Accessibility legislation: help or hindrance?
  Mark McGann, Director General, EICTA
  The Fourth World economy: e-Inclusion for Social Change
  Luc Soete, Professor MERIT / UNU Maastricht
17:30 Exhibition Tour and Exhibitor workshops
19:30 Dinner

Monday, 3rd December 2007

09:00 - 10:30

Parallel Sessions PS1: ICT & Disability  - Almada Negreiros (S6)

  The challenges of ensuring that technology is designed for all including disabled people, and contributes to achieving greater independence, improving quality of life, empowerment and active involvement in society and the economy
  Chair: Professor Gerard Quinn, National University of Ireland 
09:05 Mind the gap - disability and the digital divide
  Dan Pescod, International Campaigns Manager, Royal National Institute of Blind People
09:15 Three educational strategies for Higher Education: Design for all education, assistive technology training and Rehabilitation Engineering Education
  Professor Francisco Godinho, Professor at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Engineering Department
09:25 The Italian experience: key success factors for an eAccessibility
  Steven Sintini, eAccessibility expert, National Centre for Informatics in Public Administration (CNIPA)
09:35 Accessibility of digital TV, or how can accessibility problems be solved by users and industry
  Renaud Di Francesco, Chairman, EICTA Broadcast Cluster Group
09:45 Q&A
10:15 Close
 

Parallel Sessions PS2: ICT in support of Active ageing and employment - Luis de Freitas Branco (S1)

  In a world with an ageing population, how ICT can help older people continue to work productively for longer and live more independent lives.
  Chair: Susan Scott-Parker, Employers'Forum on Disability
09:05 Active Aging at work
  Kurt Vogler-Ludwig; Director, Economix Research & Consulting
09:15 The added value of older workers
  Anne-Sophie Parent, Director, AGE - the European Older People's Platform
09:25 Next Generation working practices
  Dermot Honan, Intel Information Technology
09:35 Better Work, Better Life
  Professor Christian Roßnagel, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Jacobs Centre on Lifelong Learning, Jacobs University Bremen
09:45 Q&A
10:15 Close
10:15 Coffee

11:00 - 12:30

Parallel Sessions PS3: Digital Literacy & Competencies - Almada Negreiros (S6)

  Challenges and steps to take for digital literacy and competences as core enablers for everyone  to fully take part in the economy and have an active role in society.
  Chair: Prof. Dr. Valerie Frissen, Senior strategist/Professor TNO ICT
10:45 EC Digital Literacy Review
  Emilie Normann, Chief Consultant, Danish Technology Institute
10:55 Social integration (via ICT) of immigrants and ethnical minorities
  Mr Bernado Sousa, Director, High Commission for Integration and Inter-Cultural Dialogue
11:05 Do partnerships work? The role of multi-stakeholder partnerships in delivering Digital literacy &competences
  Elena Bonfiglioli, Director Corporate Citizenship, Microsoft Europe Middle East and Africa
11:15 The new Digital literacy: is the gap narrowing or broadening?
  Prof. Tapio Varis, University of Tampere Finland and Unesco Chair in global e-learning
11:25 Q&A
12:00 Close

11:00 - 12:30

Parallel Sessions PS4: e-Inclusion for economic growth - Luis de Freitas Branco (S1)

  Identifying how an inclusive information society can be - and should be - a major contribution to the Lisbon agenda for growth and competitiveness.
  Chair: Anabela Pedroso, President, AMA
10:45 The long tail of e-Inclusion
  Loris Di Pietrantonio, Policy Officer, ICT addressing Societal Challenges, Information Society and Media, European Commission
10:55 The economic value of e-Inclusion
  Cristiano Codagnone, University of Milan, Italy
11:05 The economic potentials of broadband enabled services
  George Hall, Member of the Board of the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), EU Public Affairs and Government Relations Consultant
11:15 Regions: the necessary, logical and opportune territorial scale for making eInclusion work
  Hervé Le Guyadier, Vice President of the Board of eris@, the European Regional Information Society Association
11:25 The social impact of e-inclusion
  Helen Milner, Managing Director, UK online centres
- see also the video
11:35 Q&A
12:00 Close

12:15

Keynote address - Almada Negreiros (S6)

  Cognitive Horizon - Are we including everyone?
  John D Kemp, Partner, Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, PC

12:30

Closing Plenary

  e-Inclusion Initiative for Portugal
  Luis Magalhães, President, UMIC Knowledge Society Agency, Portugal
  e-Inclusion 2008: Be a Part of it!
  Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director General, Information Society and Media, European Commission
  Minister José Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
  Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Slovenia
13:00 Close

 

Minister's Programme - Sunday 2nd December 2007

 

13:30 Registration Opens
14:00 Living e-Inclusion exhibition opens

09:30

Welcome and Opening

16:00 Welcome and Opening Statement
  Minister José Mariano Gago, Minister José Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
16:15 The European e-Inclusion Initiative
  Commissioner Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media
16:20 Rodolfo Cattani, European Disability Forum

16:45

Panel Debate and Audience Questions

  facilitated by Margaret Doyle, Contributing Editor, Economist Conferences
  Sustainable and Inclusive Design - What do people really think?
  Rodolfo Cattani, European Disability Forum
  e-Inclusion is Good Business, not just a social responsibility
  Veli Sundbäck, Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Responsibility, Nokia
  e-Accessibility legislation: help or hindrance?
  Mark McGann, Director General, EICTA
  The Fourth World economy: e-Inclusion for Social Change
  Luc Soete, Professor MERIT / UNU Maastricht
18:00 Refreshments
18:30 Ministers e-Inclusion Conversation Lounges
  Informal Conversation lounges will be attended by 8-10 Ministers and a number of experts.
  Economics of e-Inclusion: hosted by Commissioner Viviane Reding
  Realising the e-Accessibility agenda: hosted by Professor Gerard Quinn, National University of Ireland 
  Digital Literacy & Competences: hosted by Minister José Mariano Gago
  Active Ageing: hosted by Margaret Doyle
19:45 Press Conference
20:00 Ministers and VIP speakers dinner
  National Museum of Archaeology (including a visit to the exhibition Portuguese Traditional Gold jewellery – Viana do Castelo)

 

Ministers Programme - Monday 3rd December 2007

 

09:30

Ministerial Meeting

  Ministerial Meeting, chaired by Minister José Mariano Gago
  European e-Inclusion Policy
  Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director General, Information Society and Media, European Commission
  Member State Responses
  Initial Positions, plus intentions for 2008
  Presidency Conclusions,
  Minister José Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal

12:40

Closing Plenary

  e-Inclusion Initiative for Portugal
  Luis Magalhães, President, UMIC Knowledge Society Agency, Portugal
  e-Inclusion 2008: Be a Part of it!
  Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director General, Information Society and Media, European Commission
  Minister José Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
  Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Slovenia
13:30 Close