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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