Abstracts, Bios ＆ Presentations
Tuesday 20th August 9:30-10:30
Welcome Speech / Roles of BA for Persons with Disabilities.
Welcome Speech / Roles of BA for Persons with Disabilities.
Keynote : Moving Towards Inclusive Information Society.
Keynote : Moving Towards Inclusive Information Society.
SESSION 1. Rights to Read: Principles of CRPD and Marrakesh Treaty
SESSION 1. Rights to Read: Principles of CRPD and Marrakesh Treaty
Tuesday 20th August 11:00-13:15
- Accessible Libraries: A Human Rights Perspective, Anne Sieberns (German Institute for Human Rights)
- The Right to Read, the Marrakesh Treaty, and People with Intellectual Disabilities. Sue Swenson (Inclusion International)
- DAISY at the National Library of Egypt: Challenges and Opportunities. Hesham Azmi (National Library and Archives of Egypt)
- Contribution of Egyptian Marrakesh Treaty Ratification on Education Sector in Egypt. Hany Helal (Cairo University)
- Advocating the Right to Read: Position of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Yoshifumi Omura (JICA)
SESSION 2. Accessible Books Publishing / Production
SESSION 2. Accessible Books Publishing / Production
Tuesday 20th August 14:30-16:00
SESSION 3. Global Sharing of Alternative Accessible Books
SESSION 3. Global Sharing of Alternative Accessible Books
Wednesday 21st August 9:00-10:00
SESSION 4. Good Practices from Around the World
SESSION 4. Good Practices from Around the World
Wednesday 21st August 10:30-12:30
- 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)
- Korean National Library Services to Persons with Print Disabilities. Ji-Hye Song (National Library for the Disabled)
- 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)
- Born Accessible Children Books. to be announced (Kalimat Group)
- The Lost Generation Found in Classrooms. Mohamad Rakan (Literacy Initiative, Habibat AlKhair)
- Work of IFLA/LSN: Misako Nomura (Japan DAISY Consortium/JICA)
- Moderator : Maarten Verboom (Dedicon)
SESSION 5. Way Forward : Presentations to be followed by interactive panel discussion
SESSION 5. Way Forward : Presentations to be followed by interactive panel discussion
Wednesday 21st August 13:00 - 14:15
Wednesday 21st August 14:15 - 14:30
* Following the conventions of the IFLA WLIC Program, all honorifics are omitted in the Program.