Opening Session and Opening Keynote

Conference Day 1 – Wednesday 08/30 – 09:00-10:30

Opening session

• Georgios Kouroupetroglou (President of AAATE, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
• Gérard Uzan (Président of IFRATH, University Paris 8-Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France)
• Isis Truck (Director of CHArt Laboratory, University Paris 8-Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France)
• Dominique Archambault (University Paris 8-Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France)

Keynote

• Tiago Guerreiro (LASIGE – Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
  Designing Inclusive Technologies that Promote Collaboration, Playfulness, and Self-Efficacy (see Tiago’s abstract and bio)

Second plenary session

Conference Day 2 – Thursday 08/31 – 14:00-15:00

Keynote

• Salvatore Anzalone (CHArt Laboratory – University Paris 8-Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France)
  Social Artificial Agents for Neurodevelopmental Deficits (see Salvo’s abstract and bio)

Final session

Conference Day 3 – Friday 09/01 – 12:30-13:30

Round table: Assuring universal access to AT. The way forward and priorities for the global AT agenda.

Introductory keynote by Pascal Bijleveld (CEO ATScale) (See Pascal’s short bio)

• Kylie Shae (Team lead “Access to Assistive Technology” (ATA), World Health Organization)
• Luc de Witte (President Global Alliance of Assistive Technology Organizations, The Hague University of Applied Science)
• Annalu Waller (University of Dundee and AAATE National Contact Person for the UK)
• Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf (Secretary-General of AAATE, AIAS Bologna, Italy)

Chair: Emma Smith (Maynooth University)

Closing ceremony

Awards ceremony

• AAATE Diamond Award – announced by: Georgios Kouroupetroglou (President of AAATE, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
• Best paper award – announced by: Pedro Encarnação (President-elect of AAATE, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal)

Closing of the conference

• Dominique Archambault (University Paris 8-Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France)