| 17.00-21.00 | Registration open |
| 18.00-21.00 | Exhibition and Posters open |
| 19.00-21.00 | Welcome Reception at the Budapest Congress Center (Bartók Room) |
| Pátria Hall | Bartók Room | |
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| 08.00-18.00 | Registration & Exhibition & Posters | |
| 09.00-10.05 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 10.05-10.35 | International Keynote presentation | |
| 10.35-11.05 | Hungarian Keynote presentation | |
| 11.05-11.30 | Coffee break (Poster viewing) | |
| 11.30-12.00 | Bilingual Education - A Brighter Future for Deaf Children – Session Keynote presentation | |
| 12.00-12.30 | Sign Language in the Family – Session Keynote presentation | |
| 12.30-13.35 | Bilingual Education - A Brighter Future for Deaf Children Session 1. | Sign Language in the Family Session 1. |
| 13.35-14.30 | Lunch break (Poster viewing) | |
| 14.30-17.00 | Bilingual Education - A Brighter Future for Deaf Children Session 2. | Sign Language in the Family Session 2. |
| 17.00-18.00 | Closing Summary, Q&A | Closing Summary, Q&A |
| Pátria Hall | Bartók Room | |
|---|---|---|
| 08.00-18.00 | Registration & Exhibition & Posters | |
| 09.00-10.00 | Panel Discussion: Our Rights, Our Votes | |
| 10.00-10.30 | Deaf Employees in the Labour Market – Session Keynote presentation | |
| 10.30-11.00 | Communication Accessibility - Up To Date Technological Devices – Session Keynote presentation | |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee break (Poster viewing) | |
| 11.30-13.15 | Deaf Employees in the Labour Market Session 1. | Communication Accessibility - Up To Date Technological Devices Session 1. |
| 13.15-14.30 | Lunch break (Poster viewing) | |
| 14.30-16.30 | Deaf Employees in the Labour Market Session 2. | Communication Accessibility - Up To Date Technological Devices Session 2. |
| 16.30-17.30 | Closing Summary, Q&A | Closing Summary, Q&A |
| 17.30-18.00 | Closing Ceremony | |
| 20.00-24.00 | Gala Dinner at the Budapest Congress Center (optional) | |
| 08.00-18.00 | Registration & Exhibition & Posters open |
| 09.00-10.05 | Opening Ceremony Pátria Hall Welcome messages from: Host Organiser - Dr. Adam KOSA, SINOSZ President International Organiser - Mr. Colin ALLEN, WFD President Hungarian High Patron - Mr. Viktor ORBAN, Prime Minister of Hungary International High Patron - Ms. Liisa KAUPPINEN, WFD Honorary President United Nations - Mr. Laszlo Gabor LOVASZY, Expert to CRPD Committee United Nations - Ms. Catalina DEVANDAS AGUILER, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Hungarian Government – Mr. Zoltán BALOG, Minister of Human Capacities |
| 10:05-11:05 | Conference Keynote Presentations Pátria Hall |
| New Zealand’s Progress on Sign Language Rights for Deaf People Ms. Victoria MANNING Deaf Aotearoa, New Zealand |
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| Diversity, Shared, Re-Shaped Authenticities and Partnership in Learning and Knowledge Construction: The Significant Chance Project Dr. Csilla BARTHA and Peter Zalan ROMANEK Research Centre for Multilingualism, Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary |
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| 11.05-11.30 | Coffee break (Poster viewing) |
| 11.30-12.30 | Session Keynote Presentations 1. Pátria Hall |
| 11.30-12.00 | A Good Sign Bilingual Education – What Is It? Dr. Krister SCHÖNSTRÖM, Department of Linguistics Stockholm University, Sweden |
| 12.00-12.30 | Sign Language in the Family Joni OYSERMAN, Signhands, the Netherlands Mathilde DE GEUS, DGA Consultancy, the Netherlands |
| 12.30-13.35 | Bilingual Education - A Brighter Future for Deaf Children Session 1. Chair: Mr. Kasper Bergmann & Dr. Gergely Tapolczai Pátria Hall |
| 12.30-12.35 | Welcome Message by Mr. László PALKOVICS, Minister of State for Education |
| 12.35-12.55 | Inclusion in Flanders: Sign Bilingual Classrooms in Mainstream Education Marieke KUSTERS Flemish Deaf Organizations in Belgium Fevlado, Ghent, Belgium |
| 12.55-13.15 | Enabling Education - A Brighter Future for Deaf Children in South Sudan Johan WESEMANN, Sophia MOHAMMED, Ester IKERE Light for the World, Juba, South Sudan |
| 13.15-13.35 | Sign Language, Inclusion and Democracy - An Uncomfortable Fit David GIBSON Deaf Services Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
| 12.30-13.35 | Sign Language in the Family Session 1. Chair: Ms. Shirley Liu & Ms. Margit Safrany Bartók Room |
| 12.30-12.35 | Welcome Message by Mrs. Tünde FŰRÉSZ, Ministerial Commissioner for Nursery System Development |
| 12.35-12.55 | Introducting Flemish Sign Language in the Family with Deaf Babies/Toddlers Kathleen VERCRUYSSE Flemish Deaf Organizations in Belgium Fevlado, Ghent, Belgium |
| 12.55-13.15 | Language Choices in Deaf Infants: Advice for (Hearing) Parents Christian RATHMANN1, Tom HUMPHRIES2, Donna Jo NAPOLI3, Carol PADDEN2, Poorna KUSHALNAGAR4, Gaurav MATHUR4, Scott SMITH5 1Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 2UCSD, San Diego, USA 3Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, USA 4Gallaudet University, Washington DC, USA 5RIT, Rochester, USA |
| 13.15-13.35 | Sign Language Learning in a Family Project for Hearing Families with a Deaf Child Mika HAKKARAINEN1, Ritva TAKKINEN2 1The Service Foundation for the Deaf, Helsinki, Finland 2University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 13.35-14.30 | Lunch break & Poster viewing |
| 14.30-18.00 | Bilingual Education - A Brighter Future for Deaf Children Session 2. Chair: Mr. Kasper Bergmann & Dr. Gergely TapolczaiPátria Hall |
| 14.30-14.50 | Bilingual Education in Inclusive Education Jaana KESKI-LEVIJOKI, Aino LAIHO Piispanlähde School, Kaarina, Finland |
| 14.50-15.10 | Bilingual Deaf Education to Make a Difference: Key to Turning the Current Shrinking Deaf Society Around Akira MORITA, Yoko KAYA, Norie OKA Meisei Gakuen School for the Deaf, Tokyo, Japan |
| 15.10-15.30 | Development of Scientific Bilingual Education – Based on What? Camilla LINDAHL Stockholm University, Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 15.30-15.50 | GESTU Sign Language Dictionary Lydia FENKART , Karin MOSER TU Wien, Vienna, Austria |
| 15.50-16.10 | Enabling Pedagogy and Andragogy for the 21st Century Sign Language Users and Learners Patty HERMANN-SHORES HfH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland |
| 16.10-16.30 | ‘Deaf Didactics’ – Why It Is Not Enough Just To Teach Bilingual Ege KARAR, Klaudia GROTE, Horst SIEPRATH SignGes RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany |
| 16.30-16.50 | An Education in Sign Language as a Human Right? An Analysis of the Legislative History and On-Going Interpretation of Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Joseph MURRAY1, Maartje DE MEULDER2, Delphine LE MARIE3 1Gallaudet University, Washington DC, USA 2University of Namur, Namur, Belgium 3FEVALDO Flemish Deaf Association, Ghent, Belgium |
| 17.00-17.15 | Closing Summary |
| 17.15-18.00 | Question & Answers |
| 14.30-18.00 | Sign Language in the Family Session 2. Chair: Ms. Shirley Liu & Ms. Margit Safrany Bartók Room |
| 14.30-14.50 | First Signs – Introducing NZ Families to NZSL and Deaf Culture Lara DRAPER Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand |
| 14.50-15.10 | Doofgewoon.nl: A Website Full of Positive Information about Deafness and Sign Language for Families of Deaf Children Merel VAN ZUILEN, Onno CRASBORN Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands |
| 15.10-15.30 | From Parental Option to Parental Obligation: Sign Language as a Birthright Steven SURRENCY University of South Florida, Tampa, USA |
| 15.30-15.50 | Why Do We Need Our Own Declaration at the UN Level? Filip VERHELST and Mark BERRY Castberggård, Hedensted, Denmark |
| 15.50-16.10 | Transmigration of Sign Language and Deaf Culture from the Deaf Community to the General Society Russell ROSEN City University of New York, New York, USA |
| 16.10-16.30 | Danish National Association of the Deaf and Its Political Process to Implement the CRPD Jenny NILSSON Danish Association of the Deaf, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 16.30-16.50 | LEAD-K: The Political Process of Stopping Language Deprivation and Getting Deaf Kids Ready for Kindergarten with Language Equality Roz ROSEN Rosen Global Services, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA |
| 17.00-17.15 | Closing Summary |
| 17.15-18.00 | Question & Answers |
| 08.00-18.00 | Registration & Exhibition & Posters open |
| 09.00-10.00 | Panel Discussion: Our Rights, Our Votes Pátria Hall |
| Facilitator: Ms. Roberta CORDANO, President, Gallaudet University, USA Panelists: Supranational political level: Ms. Helga STEVENS MEP, Belgium National political level: Dr. Gergely TAPOLCZAI MP, Hungary International level advocacy: Mr. Colin ALLEN, President of IDA and WFD, Australia National level advocacy: Jay BUNNAG, President of the National Association of Thailand, Thailand |
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| 10.00-11.00 | Session Keynote Presentations 2. Pátria Hall |
| 10.00-10.30 | Inclusion Model to Address Economical Transformation Mr. Bruno DRUCHEN, DeafSA, South Africa |
| 10.30-11.00 | Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) Augmenting Humans Dr. Antal KUTHY, E-Group, Hungary |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee break (Poster viewing) |
| 11.30-13.15 | Deaf Employees in the Labour Market Session 1. Chair: Ms. Ana Regina Campello & Mr. Andras Pinter Pátria Hall |
| 11.30-11.35 | Welcome Message by Dr. Márton BRAUN, CEO of Szerencsjáték Zrt. |
| 11.35-11.55 | DESIGNS: Deaf Employment in Europe Christian RATHMANN1, Jemina NAPIER2, Leeson LORRAINE3, Haaris SKEIH3 1Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 2Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 3Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland |
| 11.55-12.15 | Saudi Deaf Employees in Labor Market Hend ALSHOWAIER WFD Interim Regional Secretariat for the Arab Region, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 12.15-12.35 | Signs for Handshakes (S4H) – Come Together: Deaf Youth & Employers Matthias FENKART, Manuela HOFER, Bernd HOLZGETHAN, Monika HAIDER Equalizent Ltd., Vienna, Austria |
| 12.35-12.55 | Access to Employment Through Sign Language Interpreting: (Best) Practices in Europe Maya DE WIT Sign Language Interpreting Consultancy, the Netherlands |
| 12.55-13.15 | Classic Television TIPK TV For Deaf And Hard of Hearing Bojan MORD Market TV, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 11.30-13.15 | Communication Accessibility - Up To Date Technological Devices Session 1. Chair: Mr. Florjan Rojba & Mr. Arpad Zoltan Karpati Bartók Room |
| 11.30-11.35 | Welcome Message by Mr. Károly CZIBERE, Minister of State for Social Affairs and Social Inclusion |
| 11.35-11.55 | A Study on Contents Construction and Components Presentation of Web-Based Korean Sign Language Dictionary Inkyung KOH, Heekyung CHO, Seona SHIN, Myeonghee YOO, Byeongcheon YOON Nazarene University, Seoul, South Korea |
| 11.55-12.15 | SignAll - A Complex Prototype for Automatic Sign Language Translation Dawn CROASMUN, Márton KAJTÁR, Dávid RETEK, Dávid PÁLHÁZI SignAll, Budapest, Hungary |
| 12.15-12.35 | Empowering Social Media to Deaf People Joel BARISH JoelBarish.com, Austin, Texas, USA |
| 12.35-12.55 | Supporting Higher Education Deaf and Hard Of Hearing Students on Transition Planning with Technology Matjaž DEBEVC, Ines KOŽUH University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia |
| 12.55-13.15 | Communication Innovations: Deaf People as Aambassadors for Companies Aiming for Accessibility - Startups Pedius, IntendiMe and Veasyt Gabriele SERPI World Deaf Tech, Rome, Italy |
| 13.15-14.30 | Lunch break (Poster viewing) |
| 14.30-17.30 | Deaf Employees in the Labour Market Session 2. Chair: Ms. Ana Regina Campello & Mr. Andras Pinter Pátria Hall |
| 14.30-14.50 | DeafMentoring: Peer Counseling for the Transition from School to Work-Life for Young Deaf People in Germany Ege KARAR SignGes RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany |
| 14.50-15.10 | Deaf Empowerment and Communication Skills in Job Training for the Deaf in India: Pass or Fail? Alim CHANDANI, Amanda FISH, Babloo KUMAR, Tushar VIRADIYA Centum-GRO Initiative, New Delhi, India |
| 15.10-15.30 | Accessing the Labour Market: A Question of Challenging and Changing Biased Opinions Cathrine MEJDAL Danish Association of the Deaf, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 15.30-15.50 | How to Inform Deaf People about their Rights in Employment? An Innovative Approach in Cultural Translation of Article 27 of the UNCRPD Delphine LE MAIRE Flemish Deaf Organizations in Belgium Fevlado, Ghent, Belgium |
| 15.50-16.10 | Deaf Employees’ Everyday Lived Experiences at Work Mette SOMMER LINDSAY Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| 16.30-16.45 | Closing Summary |
| 16.45-17.30 | Question & Answers |
| 14.30-17.30 | Communication Accessibility - Up To Date Technological Devices Session 2. Chair: Mr. Florjan Rojba & Mr. Arpad Zoltan Karpati Bartók Room |
| 14.30-14.50 | Access to Captioning Ruth WARICK International Federation of Hard of Hearing People, Vancouver, Canada |
| 14.50-15.10 | ICTs for Inclusion: Innovative Concepts in Uganda Simon EROKU, Joseph MBULAMWANA Uganda National Association of the Deaf, Kampala, Uganda |
| 15.10-15.30 | Accessibilty for the Deaf in Information and Communication Technology Kenneth GOULSTON, Michael ELLIS, Seth BRAVIN Sprint, USA |
| 15.30-15.50 | TeckenPOP – revolutionizes the appearance of sign language interpretation on webTV Mindy DRAPSA Dramaski, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 15.50-16.10 | Moscow for the Deaf Vladimir BAZOEV Moscow Society of the Deaf, Moscow, Russia |
| 16.30-16.45 | Closing Summary |
| 16.45-17.30 | Question & Answers |
| 17.30-18.00 | Closing Ceremony Pátria Hall |
| 20.00-24.00 | Gala Dinner at Budapest Congress Center (optional, not included in registration fee) Pátria Hall |