Program

Tuesday 20th August 9:30-10:30

INAUGURAL SESSION

Welcome Speech / Roles of BA for Persons with Disabilities.

• Amgad Elgohary (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

Keynote : Moving Towards Inclusive Information Society.

• Dipendra Manocha (WIPO Accessible Books Consortium)

Tuesday 20th August 11:00-13:15

SESSION 1. Rights to Read: Principles of CRPD and Marrakesh Treaty

1. Accessible Libraries: A Human Rights Perspective, Anne Sieberns (German Institute for Human Rights)
2. The Right to Read, the Marrakesh Treaty, and People with Intellectual Disabilities. Sue Swenson (Inclusion International)
3. DAISY at the National Library of Egypt: Challenges and Opportunities. Hesham Azmi (National Library and Archives of Egypt)
4. Contribution of Egyptian Marrakesh Treaty Ratification on Education Sector in Egypt. Hany Helal (Cairo University)
5. Advocating the Right to Read: Position of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Yoshifumi Omura (JICA)

• Moderator : Hiroshi Kawamura (Assistive Technology Development Organization/JICA)

Tuesday 20th August 14:30-16:00

SESSION 2. Accessible Books Publishing / Production

1. Why Standards Matter? Makoto Murata (University of Keio)
2. Accessible Book Publishing, a Dutch Model. Maarten Verboom (Dedicon)
3. Accessible Publishing: Influencing the Creation of Born Accessible Books. Lisa Wadors and Brad Turner (Bookshare)

• Moderator : Kirsi Ylänne (CELIA)

Wednesday 21st August 9:00-10:00

SESSION 3. Global Sharing of Alternative Accessible Books

1. ABC Global Sharing Services, Dipendra Manocha (ABC)
2. US point of view. Karen Keninger (Library of Congress)

• Moderator : Misako Nomura (Japan DAISY Consortium/JICA)

Wednesday 21st August 10:30-12:30

SESSION 4. Good Practices from Around the World

1. Sapie: A Japanese National Online Library Services for Persons with Print Disabilities. Naoki Jin (National Association of Institutions of Information Service for Visually Impaired Persons)
2. Korean National Library Services to Persons with Print Disabilities. Ji-Hye Song (National Library for the Disabled)
3. Production of Accessible Reading Materials for the Students with Visual and Print Dsability of Grade-I to Grade-X through DAISY Standard. Vashkar Bhattachearjee (Young Power in Social Actions)
4. Born Accessible Children Books. to be announced (Kalimat Group)
5. The Lost Generation Found in Classrooms. Mohamad Rakan (Literacy Initiative, Habibat AlKhair)
6. Work of IFLA/LSN: Misako Nomura (Japan DAISY Consortium/JICA)

• Moderator : Maarten Verboom (Dedicon)

Wednesday 21st August 13:00 - 14:15

SESSION 5. Way Forward : Presentations to be followed by interactive panel discussion

Presentations:

1. DAISY Project in Egypt. Abeer Farouk Shakweer (MCIT)
2. Progress Requires Needs (of Displaced People with Print Disabilities). Lokman Ayva (Turkish Beyazay Association)

Panelists:

• Dipendra Manocha
• Sue Swenson
• Maaten Verboom
• Kirsi Ylänne

Moderator:

• Hiroshi Kawamura (Assistive Technology Development Organization/JICA)

Wednesday 21st August 14:15 - 14:30

CLOSING REMARKS

• Mostafa El Feki, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (tbc)