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Presented Papers/Meeting Reports
May 1-3, 2006, Kuwait: Abstract of Access to Information, Rights & Inclusion -- Michael Fox -- Presented at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Conference
March 9, 2006,
Vienna, Austria:
RI Seminar on
Promoting Disability Rights and Rehabilitation in Central and Eastern Europe
RI Seminar Program
and Powerpoint presentations:
Tomas Lagerwall, RI Secretary General
Jill Van den Brule, UNESCO
Ewa Depka, Foreign Relations Manager, City Hall of Gdynia, Poland
Anthony Williams, European Disability Forum, Austria
Mirjana Dobranovic, President of the Croatian Union of Physically Disabled Persons Associations, Croatia
Dr. Jiri Votava, RI Deputy Vice President for Europe, Czech Republic
Professor Dusan Simsik, Chair RI’s ICTA Europe Commission, Slovakia
Franz Gundacker, Senior Advisor, ILO Sub-Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe
February 16-19, 2006: 6th Annual Rehabilitation Educators
Conference: "Strengthening the Continuum of Rehabilitation Practice &
Research in a Global Environment" (Brochure,
Registration Form)
January 31, 2006, UN Headquarters, NY, USA:
RI Panel
on Implementation of the UN Convention -- Meeting Summary
November 10-16, 2005, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain: Executive Committee, RI Assembly and Arab Regional Conference--theme "Disability Rights in a Changing World"
Go to www.ri-arab.org for more
information
November 12, 2005:
RI-Europe Landmark Study: Rehabilitation in the 21st Century --
Dr. D.F. McAnaney to RI Governing Assembly
June 14, 2005, Nagasaki, Japan:
The Right to Habilitation
and Rehabilitation – Promoting Integration and Inclusion of People with
Disabilities -- Tomas Lagerwall
June 11, 2005, Kobe, Japan:
The Right to
Habilitation and Rehabilitation – Promoting Integration and Inclusion of
People with Disabilities -- Tomas Lagerwall at Kobe Gakuin University
June 8, 2005, Tokyo, Japan: Towards a UN Convention on Disability Rights -- Tomas Lagerwall
April 2005, Kuwait: UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities and the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities -- Michael Fox at the 5th Gulf Conference on Disability
April 2005, Kuwait: Equalization of Opportunities: Including Children with Disabilities -- Siri Wormnęs at the 5th Gulf Conference on Disability
March 16, 2005, Sydney, Australia: Presentation at RI Seminar on the work towards a UN Convention -- Gary Williams, RI National Secretary in New Zealand
August 6, 2004, Hong Kong: The Societal Dimension of Innovation: New Challenges for Appropriate Prosthetics and Orthotics from a Global Perspective -- Tomas Lagerwall at ISPO’s World Congress
June 24, 2004, Oslo, Norway: Closing Address -- Michael Fox at the RI World Congress
May 13, 2004, Beirut, Lebanon: Towards a UN Convention -- Tomas Lagerwall at RI Regional seminar
March 8-9, 2003, Kingdom of Bahrain: Report from the Bahrain Meeting
March 8-9, 2003, Kingdom of Bahrain: A UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: The Next Steps
-- Dr. Arthur O'Reilly at the General Assembly Meeting of Rehabilitation International in
the Arab Region
November 11, 2002, Aachen, Germany: The Global Disability Community Must Respond to the Critical Challenges of the
21st Century -- Lex Frieden at the RI European Conference
November 2002, Aachen, Germany: 2003 + 10 = an accessible society? -- Thomas Lagerwall to the RI European Conference