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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Please find below the proposed programme of our conference, planned for November 23-25, online using the ZOOM platform. This programme may be subject to minor changes over the next few weeks and will be updated accordingly.

The times of the conference are all Easter European Time.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 - COMMUNICATION

13.50 – 14.00

Instructions for participants, connection issues and summary of the day 

14.00 – 14.30

Andrea Hathazi, PhD
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Special Education Department, Romania
The Use of Reflection Based Approach in the Development of Communication Skills in Deafblindness

14.30 – 15.00

Rebecca Liddiard
Head of Sense Specialist Services for Children and Young People Sense UK
Supporting Children who are Deafblind in a Virtual World

15.00 – 15.30

Paul Hart
Head of Research and Practice Sense Scotland
Communication at a Distance – Getting Over the Hurdles Presented by COVID-19

15.30 – 16.00

Mihaela Adriana Moldovan, PhD
Special Education Teacher, School Centre for Inclusive Education Cristal Oradea, Romania
Online Psycho-pedagogical Interventions with Multisensory Impaired Children - the Trials of a Special Education Teacher during the Emergency State Generated by COVID-19

16.00 – 16.30

BREAK

16.30 – 17.00

Lise Weggersen, Elin Huslende
Interpreters and consultants at the Norwegian Assistive Technology Center, Norway
How to Handle Closeness during a Worldwide Pandemic?

17.00 – 18.00

WORKSHOP

Rashmi Becker, PhD, Founder Step Change Studios
Dance, Disability and  Wellbeing: The Impact of Dance on Quality of Life

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 - TECHNOLOGY

13.50 – 14.00

Instructions for participants, connection issues and summary of the day

14.00 – 14.30

Julia Mayorova, Director
Alina Khokhlova, Psychologist
Deafblind Support Resource Center in Moscow
Con-nection Moscow, Russia
Digital Educational Technologies for Deafblind Children, Families and Professionals

14.30 – 15.00

Cristian Buică-Belciu, PhD
Associate Professor of Special Education, Chair of the Department of Special Psycho-pedagogy (Special Education), the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest, Romania
From Communication in the Community, to Community in Communication: an Essay on the Inclusion of People with Deafblindness in the Society

15.00 – 15.30

Denis Kuleshov
Director Sensor-Tech Laboratories Russia
Technologies for People with Visual and Hearing Impairments: Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and More

15.30 – 16.00

Dan Patzelt
President Association for Urban Development, Romania
Tactile Images: The Missing Link between Spatial Education and Remote Teaching

16.00 – 16.30

BREAK

16.30 – 17.00

Uttam Kumar
Satchin Rizal
Sense International India
Using Technology to reach out to Deafblind people during Covid-19 in India, Bangladesh and Nepal

17.00 – 18.00

WORKSHOP

Amalia Fodor, Director Orange Foundation Romania
Olivia Vereha, COO Code for Romania
Etelka Czondi,
Director Sense International Romania

e-Sense* -  the Software for the Education of Children with Deafblindness

*Project funded by Orange Foundation through the programme The World through Colour and Sound.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

13.50 – 14.00

Instructions for participants, connection issues and summary of the day

14.00 – 14.30

Frank Kat
President Deafblind International
Within the Challenge Lays the Opportunity: a View on How to Look at the Effects that the COVID-19 Pandemic has on People who are Deafblind

14.30 – 15.00

Dr. Andrew Blaikie
St. Andrews University, Scotland
Helen St. Clair Tracy
CVI Scotland
Optimising Family Support

15.00 – 15.30

Jonathan Monk
Director of Operations Sense UK
Risks, Resilience, Challenges and Opportunities – the Experience of a Social Care Organisation during the Pandemic

15.30 – 16.00

Veslemøy Ytrestøyl
Signo Foundation, Norway
Maintaining Focus on Meaningful Activities and Social Interactions in Everyday Life

16.00 – 16.30

BREAK

16.30 – 17.30

WORKSHOP

Mădălina Simion, volunteer Sense International Romania
Viorel Micu, member on the Board of Directors Sense International Romania
Ramona Antonie, Programmes Manager Sense International Romania

Views on Life during the Pandemic: With and About People!

Short programme

You can now download the pocket-size programme of the conference.

There will be 3 full days, with presentations and workshops both interesting and extremely relevant for the times we are all going through. Once again, we thank the guests who have generously accepted the invitation to present!

Registration

You can still register to attend our conference on November 23-25, 2020, by filling in the registration form in the link below.

Donations

We kindly remind you that the participation is free of charge for a limited number of participants.

However, any donation received from participants is welcomed and will have a decisive contribution to supporting children and young people with deafblindness and to organising similar events in the future.