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Programme

Conference Language: The language of the conference will be English.

Real-time captioning will be available. 

Conference Venue: Radisson Blu Seaside, Ruoholahdenranta 3, 00180 Helsinki, Finland

 

 

Wednesday 11th October 2023

16:00-19:00

Pre-registrations for the conference                                                                                             

Location: Radisson Blu Seaside Hotel

 

Thursday 12th October 2023

  08:00 - 08:45

Registrations                                                                                

  08:45 - 09:30

Welcoming Remarks

  • Jim Crowe, EASPD 
  • Kirsi Konola, KVPS 
  • Otso Laxenius, Self-Advocate
 
 09:30 - 10:00                               

Disability Rights and UN CRPD: what does it mean for support service providers?

Moderator: Thomas Bignal, EASPD 

  • Martyna Balciunaite, Human Rights and Disability Unit of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
 
  10:00 - 11:15

1st Panel: Social Innovation in Support Services: One Study & Two Practices

Moderator: Reetta Mietola, Senior Research Fellow at University of Helsinki

  • Gabriela Munares, Kveloce
  • Pep Solé, Support Girona
  • Ludmila Malcoci, Keystone Moldova

 11:15 - 11:45

Coffee Break & Networking corners

 11:45 - 12:45

Workshops on Creating an Enabling Environment for Support Services to Innovate

1. Co-Production of Social Innovation with Persons with Disabilities

2. User-centred Funding Models: What impact on social innovation?

Moderator: Fabiana Scarano, EASPD

  • Simon Duffy, Citizens Network  
  • Karin Astegger, Lebenshilfe Salzburg 
  • Petra Rantamäki, KVPS

3. Facilitating environment : Regulatory sandboxes (DE) & Piloting Innovation (IS)  

Moderator: James Churchill, EASPD

  • Franz Wolfmayr,  Zentrum für Sozialwirtschaft
  • Sigal Vax, JDC Israel-Unlimited

4. Research to foster innovation in disability services

Moderator: Renaud Scheuer, EASPD

  • Klaus Niederlander, former Director AAL Funding Programme
  • Maarit Aalto, M.A. Education Survey
  • Johannes Schaedler, Siegen University
  • Eléonore Segard, Univeristé La Sorbonne/Paris Nord

5. EU Funds: How can they facilitate Social Innovation? 

Moderator: Lilith Alink, EASPD

  • Freddy Jussien, EASPD
  • Caroline Meyers, Flemish Managing Authority of ESF+ 
  • Maisa Kosola, KVPS
  • Daniele Bregoli, Social Services Europe
 

 12:45 - 14:15

Lunch Break

  14:15 - 15:15

2nd Panel:  Future design, Foresight & Innovation

Moderator: Soile Kuitunen, Miina Sillanpää Foundation

  • Minna Koskelo, 11Helsinki Oy
  • Rajkumar Sabanadesan, SABANA Ltd
  • Wilfrid Kainz, Zero Project 
 
  15:15-16:00

Innovation Awards Ceremony

Moderator: James Crowe, EASPD

  16:00      End of Day 1
  19:30

Conference Dinner 

Location: Restaurant Bank, Unioninkatu 20, 00130 Helsinki

Friday 13th October 2023

09:00 - 09:45                  

Keynote Speech  

Moderator: Timothy Ghilain, EASPD

  • Gregory Wellems, Keystone
 

09:45 - 11:00                  

3rd Panel: Developing Organisational Models that Facilitate Innovation

Moderator: Miguel Buitrago, EASPD

  • Aisling Duffy, Certitude - Leadership
  • Ophir Peleg, Shekulo Tov - Intrapreneurship
  • Eleonore Ségard, FIRAH  - Transferability of Innovation
  • Martin Konrad, Nueva Network  - Co-Production
 

 11:00 - 11:30           

 Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:00   

Workshops:

6. Leadership and Organisational Structures for Innovation (Speed Dating)

Moderator: Rachel Vaughan, EASPD

7.  Redefining care and support (Speed Dating) 

Moderator: Petra Rantamäki,KVPS (TBC)

8. Impact Measurement (Speed Dating) 

  • Katja Anoschkin, ARVO  – the Finnish Association of Social Enterprises

9. Uptake of digital technologies

Moderator: Omor Ahmed, EASPD

  • Sarah Boland, Saint John of God Community Services, Liffey Services
  • Patrick Fitzgerald, RightToConnect Now Project
  • Gregory Wellems, Keystone
  • Klaus Hockner, AccessibleEU (TBC) 

10. EASPD Award Winners Workshops

Moderator: Nina Kozlowitz and Ivana Davidovska, EASPD

 13:00 - 14:30

Lunch Break

 14:30 - 15:30

Open Discussion: Commitments, Inspiration and, Next Steps

Moderator: Thomas Bignal, EASPD

  • James Crowe, EASPD 
  • Kirsi Konola, KVPS
  • Tuija Åstedt, Deaconess Foundation 
  • Timo Heiskala, Autism Foundation Finland CEO
 
15:30 - 15:45

Concluding Remarks

  • Jim Crowe, EASPD President 
  • Kirsi Konola, KVPS CEO 
 
  15:45End of Day 2