Upcoming Events
RI members gather annually to discuss RI policies and provide strategic direction for the organization.
April 15 -16, 2008, Mexico City, Mexico : RI Latin American Regional Conference on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Announcement: (English) (Text-only - English) (Spanish) (Text-only Spanish)
Contact: Andrés Balcázar: abalcazar@abc-discapacidad.com,
Shantha Rau: shantha@riglobal.org, or Lauren Goldy: lauren@riglobal.org.
Tentative Program (PDF) Tentative Program (Word)
Programa Tentativo (PDF) Programa Tentativo (Word)
Practical Information
August 23 - 28, 2008, Quebec, Canada: RI World Congress and Governing Assembly: www.riquebec2008.org
Other Disability-Related Meetings--Mark Your Calendars!
December 10, 2007: Disability Rights on Agenda of UN Human Rights Day
24-26 September 2007, Mexico City, Mexico: Encuentro Iberoamericano Desarrollo Social, Democracia y no Discriminacion
Contact: CONAPRED, abecerrag@conapred.org.mx
Website: http://www.conapred.org.mx ; Press Release
27-28 September 2007, Reykjavik, Iceland: The Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities - from Social Policy to Equal Rights Conference
Contact: Icelandic Human Rights Center, icehr@humanrights.is
Website: http://www.disabilityrights.is
4-6 October 2007, Kathmandu, Nepal: Fourth South Asian Regional Conference on Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
Contact: CBR Network (South Asia), cbrnet@airtelbroadband.in
Website: http://www.cbrnetwork.com.np/index.php
7-8 November 2007, Bonn, Germany: Conference on "Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Emergency Situations"
Contact: Behinderung und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit e.V., info@bezev.de
Website: http://www.bezev.de ; Press Release
13-18 November 2007, Shizuoka, Japan: Seventh International Abilympics
Contact: Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (JEED), IA2007_Shizuoka@jeed.or.jp
Website: http://www.skillsfestival2007.or.jp/abilympics/en/index.html
28-29 January 2008, Bhubaneswar, India: Disability and Disasters Conference
Contact: Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Center, smrc_bbsr@hotmail.com or smrc_bbsr@rediffmail.com
Website: http://www.smrcorissa.org; www.disaster-disability.org
2-7 August 2008, Montreal, Quebec: 13th Biennial international Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Contact: ISAAC, isaac2008@jpdl.com
Website: http://www.isaac2008.org
September / October 2012 (tentatively), Korea: RI Assembly, Executive Committee Meeting, and RI 22nd World Congress
Contact: Korean Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (KSRPD), rikorea@freeget.net
Website: http://www.rikorea.or.kr
See other organizations' events listings:
European Disability Forum
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange
International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
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