Access Israel's 4th International Webinar on on Accessibility of Remote Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities During and Post COVID-19
Date: September 08, 2020
Location: Online
Overview:The 4th International Accessibility Webinar is all about learning the new accessibility challenges we are facing globally following the COVID-19 crisis, and helping each other by sharing best practices, models, programs and technologies from different continents and countries all around the world. The webinar will consist of three parts:
1. Challenges, thoughts and solutions - International Panel of Heads of Special Education Departments from various Ministries of Education from around the world.
2. Global tech companies presenting - What accessibility do these technologies enable, what did the companies learn and what do they plan for the upcoming year.
3. Sharing best practices - From teachers, organizations and experts from around the world.
Speakers:
- Debra Ruh, CEO and Founder of Ruh Global IMPACT, USA
- Mike Tholfsen, Principal Group Product Manager, Microsoft Education, USA
- Scott Mooney, Data Center Compute Executive, Dell Technologies, USA
- Morgan Weisman, Google Education, USA
- Robin Spinks, Senior Innovation Through Partnership Manager, RNIB, UK
- Pedro Prata, General coordinator of Escola de Gente, Brazil
- Rodrigo Hubner Mendes, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Instituto Rodrigo Mendes, Brazil
- Yuval Wagner, Founder and Chairman of Access Israel, Israel
- Donald J. Morrissey, VP Government Relations, Huawei
- Regina Hausiku, National Education Department, Namibia
Event timing: 12:00-17:00 GMT | 15:00-20:00 Israel Time