Programme

Conference Language: The language of the conference will be English with interpretation into Greek.

Real-time captioning will be available.

Conference Venue: Royal Olympic Hotel, Athanasiou Diakou 28, Athens 117 43, Greece

Please note that this is a preliminary conference programme and changes may still be made.

14:00 - 16:00

COM-IN Closing Conference:

Enhancing communication skills for children and adolescents with intellectual developmental difficulties

08:00 - 08:45	Registrations
08:45 - 09:30	Welcoming Remarks
09:30 - 10:00	Keynote Speech Moderator: Konstantina Leventi, EASPD
10:00 - 11:00	Panel 1: What do businesses need to do to be more inclusive? Moderator: Kamil Koungor, ENIL Thereza Shearer, Enable Scotland (TBC) Véronique Willems, SMEunited (TBC) Wilfried Kainz, Zero Project
11:00-11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:45	Panel 2: What support do persons with disabilities need to work on the open labour market? Moderator: Esmeralda Micallef Zarafa, Lino Spiteri Foundation Albin Falkmer, Samhall (TBC)
12:45 - 14:15	Lunch Break
14:15 - 15:30	Workshops: 1) Accessing and retaining employment in the open labour market Moderator: Representative of EASPD 2) Strengthening capacities of employment and integration services Moderator: Monika Chaba, European Commission (TBC) Laurens Hoedaert, Actiris (TBC) 3) Ensuring reasonable accommodation at work Moderator: Carmen Hilario, EASPD (TBC) 4) Boosting hiring and combating stereotypes Moderator: Representative of EASPD Javier Guemes, Fundacion ONCE 5) Sustaining employment through vocational rehabilitation schemes Moderator: Representative of EASPD Stef de Cock, Maatwerk
15:30	End of Day 1
19:30	Conference Dinner Please be advised that the dress code is formal or cocktail attire. This excludes casual clothes such as T-shirts, shorts, jeans, trainers, flip-flops, and casual shoes.

09:00 - 09:45	Morning Huddle
09:50 - 11:00	Workshops on Enabling Legal Frameworks 6) Leveraging state aid to enhance employment opportunities for persons with disabilities Moderator: Representative of EASPD Matthias Maucher, SSE 7) Creating jobs: the role of public procurement Moderator: Miguel Buirtago, EASPD Olivier Wendling, Relais 2D (TBC) Alexandra Barbier, Service public de Wallonie (TBC) 8) Enabling Vocational Education and Training for open labour market employment Ingrid Pammer, BBRZ (TBC) 9) Supported employment legislation and promising practices 10) Navigating the Greek Legal System
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00	Supporting different target groups to access the Open Labour Market Workshops 11) How to best support people with autism and intellectual disabilities? 12) How to best support people with visual and sensory disabilities? Moderator: Fabrizio Fea, Board Member of EASPD 13) European Sectoral Skills Strategy: B-WISE project 14) Speed Dating with Businesses 15) Research insights on making a more inclusive open labour market
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:10	Panel 3: Moving Forward: How to create jobs on the open labour market? Fabrizio Fea, Board Member of EASPD
15:10 - 15:30	Concluding Remarks
15:30	End of Day 2