Focus theme: Inclusion
The 23rd RI World Congress (25-27 October, 2016) focused around one central concept: inclusion. That concept connects a series of seven themed agenda streams which included dedicated speeches, seminars, workshops and other opportunities to tackle specific issues.
The Plenaries took place as follows:
Plenary 1 – World of Work
- Prof Dan Finn, Professor of Social Inclusion, University of Portsmouth
- Dr Paul Litchfield OBE OStJ FRCP FFOM, BT (British Telecom) Group Chief Medical Officer and Director Wellbeing, Inclusion, Safety & Health
- Janet Tinson MSc, Accident Compensation Corporation, New Zealand
- Dr Joachim Breuer, Director General, German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV), Chairman of the Technical Commission on Accident Insurance (ISSA)
Plenary 2 – Education and Training
- Dr Scott Thompson, Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Canada
- Dr Mervat Tashkandi, Ministry of Labour, Saudi Arabia
- Tim Fallowfield, Company Secretary and Corporate Services Director, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets
- David Ruebain, Chief Executive, Equality Challenge Unit
Plenary 3 – Care and Independent Living
- Dr Tom Shakespeare
- Mike Adams, Chief Executive, Essex Coalition of Disabled People
- Liz Sayce, Chief Executive, Disability Rights UK
- Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes(Chile) Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago
Plenary 4 – Ageing and Rehabilitation
- Lord Filkin, Centre for Ageing Better
- Mr Akifumi Tamaki, Director Social Care and Robotics, Toyota, Japan
- Dame Anne Begg, Former Member of Parliament
- Professor Graham Stokes, Director of Dementia Care, Bupa
Plenary 5 – Culture, Leisure, Sport, Accessibility and Inclusion
- Margaret Hickish, Director of Inclusive Design, Network Rail
- Colin Allen, President – World Federation of Deaf People
- Mark Williams MBE, Artistic Director/CEO, Heart n Soul and Tilley Milburn
Plenary 6 – Disaster Management
- Prof David Alexander PhD FRGS FGS FRSA FICPEM, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London
- Adrian Went, Managing Director, Griffon Hoverwork
- Mike Adamson, Chief Executive, British Red Cross
- Prof Rachel Thibeault– University of Ottawa, Canada
Question Time is a topical BBC television programme in the United Kingdom. The show typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience. For the RI World Congress speakers will be selected from those listed below and the audience will be the 1,000 delegates attending the event.
- World Health Organization: Prof Maria Alarcos Cieza, Coordinator, Disability and Rehabilitation
- United Nations: Akiko Ito, Chief, Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- International Disability Alliance: Vladimir Cuk, Executive Director
- International Social Security Association: Mr. Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Secretary General
- World Bank: Charlotte V. McClain-Nhlapo, Disability Adviser
- International Labour Organization: Stefan Tromel, International Disability Alliance/Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Forum