SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22
Registration
12:00 – 4:00
Outside Cabinet Room
Welcome
4:00 – 4:30
Grand Ballroom
Susan M. Daniels, Ph.D.
Deputy Commissioner, Office of Disability and Income Security Programs
U.S. Social Security Administration
Washington, DC, USA
Justin Dart, Jr., Co-Founder
Justice for All
Washington, DC, USA
Jonathan Young, Associate Director for Disability
Outreach, Office of Public Liaison,
The White House
Washington DC, USA
Patrisha Wright, Governmental Affairs Director
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Washington, DC, USA
Plenary: The Roots of Prejudice—Transcending Borders: Creating a Common Language
4:30 – 5:30
GRAND BALLROOM
Presenters:
David Ruebain, Director
Education & Disability Law
Levenes Solicitors
London, UK
Respondent Panel:
Susan Sygall, Executive Director
Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Samuel Kabue, Director, Advocacy Unit
National Council of Churches of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Ricardo Zevaloss, Commissioner and Parent
Office of Ombudsman
Lima, Peru
Moderator:
Claudia Gordon, Attorney
National Association of the Deaf
Washington, DC, USA
Mission Setting and Welcome Reception
5:30 - 7:30
MONDAY OCTOBER 23, 2000
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:45
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Plenary: Equality Principles and Disability Laws Internationally
9:00 – 10:00
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Presenters:
Theresia Degener, Professor of Law
Administration and Organization
University of Applied Sciences Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe
Bochum,Germany
Gerard Quinn, Lecturer in Law
National University of Ireland
Galway, Ireland
Moderator:
Caroline Gooding, Attorney
Disability Rights Commission
London, UK
Questions and Discussion
10:00 – 10:30
Break
10:30 – 11:00
Group Meetings: Participant Introductions and Issue Identification
11:00 – 12:00
Facilitated Small Group Blue
Facilitators:
Kathleen Blank, Attorney/Program Specialist
National Council on Disability
Washington, DC, USA
Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Berkeley, CA, USA
Facilitated Small Group Green
Facilitators:
Jeff Rosen, General Counsel and Director of Policy
National Council on Disability
Washington, DC, USA
Bonnie Milstein, Attorney
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Berkeley, CA, USA
Facilitated Small Group Red
Facilitators:
Susan Sygall, Executive Director
Mobility International USA
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Patrisha Wright, Governmental Affairs Director
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Washington, DC, USA
Sponsor Lunch
12:00 – 1:30
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Plenary: Equality Principles and Non Discrimination: Equal treatment vs. separate treatment
1:30 – 2:40
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Presenters:
Arlene Mayerson, Directing Attorney
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Berkeley, CA, USA
Michael Masutha
Member of Parliament
Cape Town, South Africa
Rodrigo Jimenez Sandoval, Attorney
Director of Program Rights of Persons With Disabilities
San Jose, Costa Rica
Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Berkeley, CA, USA
Moderator: Marilyn Golden
Questions and discussion
2:40 - 3:00
Break
3:00 – 3:30
Working Groups: From theory to practice in the context of equality principles: Goals and models
3:30 – 5:00
Working Group No. 1 -- Architectural accessibility -- PENNSYLVANIA ROOM (2ND Floor)
Panel Presenters:
Edwardo Joly, President
Rumbos Foundation
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ruedi Prerost, Directing Attorney
"Pro Infirmis"
Novaggio, Switzerland
David Mukwasa, Trustee & Executive Director
Discare Wheelchair Center Trust
Lusaka, Zambia
Midori Hirano, Advocate
Center for Independent Living –
Human Network Kumamoto
Kumamoto, Japan
Resource:
John Wodatch, Chief
Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC, USA
Facilitator:
Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Berkeley, CA, USA
Working Group No. 2 – Education -- EAST ROOM
Panel Presenters:
Ricardo Zevaloss, Commissioner and Parent
Office of Ombudsman
Lima, Peru
Florence Nayiga Ssekabira
MP/Minister of State for Elderly and Disability Affairs
Kampala, Uganda
Eva Thorpe, Parent
Integration Vienna; Living and Learning Together
Vienna, Austria
Resource:
Judy Heumann, Assistant Secretary
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, DC, USA
Facilitators:
Jane West, Consultant
Chevy Chase, Maryland USA
Arlene Mayerson, Directing Attorney
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Berkeley, California USA
Working Group No. 3 -- International Development and Civil Society Programs: Including People with Disabilities and Supporting Disability Law and Policy Reform – Perspectives
3:00 – 5:30
STATE ROOM
Panel Presenters:
Bill Drayton, President and Founder
Ashoka Foundation
Arlington, Virginia, USA
Misti M. Sangani, Vice President of Programs
Global Fund for Woman
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Mike Miklauic
U S Agency for International Development
Washington, DC,USA
Susan Sygall, Executive Director
Mobility International USA
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director
Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI)
Washington, DC, USA
Gabor Gombos, Chair
Hungarian Mental Health Interest Forum
Budapest, Hungary
Facilitator:
Diedre Davis, Director
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC, USA
Open Evening Space (language translation and sign interpreters available)
7:00 – 9:00 PM
STATE ROOM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:45
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Plenary: Deinstitutionalization: Toward Equality—International Human Rights Models
9:00 – 9:45
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Presenters:
Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director
Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI)
Washington, DC, USA
Gabor Gombos, Chair
Hungarian Mental Health Interest Forum
Budapest, Hungary
Arlene S. Kanter, Professor of Law
Syracuse University College of Law
Syracuse, New York, USA
Moderator:
Jenny Kern, Consulting Attorney
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Berkeley, CA, USA
Questions and Discussion
9:45 – 10:15
Break
10:15 – 10:45
Plenary: Social Welfare Policies and Civil Rights Policies: Does One Preclude the Other?
10:45 – 11:30
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Presenters:
Matthew Diller, Professor of Law
Fordham University School of Law
New York, New York, USA
Lisa Waddington
Professor, Maastricht University
The Hague, The Netherlands
Moderator:
Jonathan Young, Associate Director for Disability Outreach
Office of Public Liaison, The White House
Washington, DC, USA
Questions and Answers
11:30 – 12:00
Sponsor Lunch
12:00 – 1:30
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Plenary: Definition of Disability in the Non-Discrimination Context—History, conflicts, contradictions and proposals for consideration
1:30 – 2:15
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Presenters:
Aart Hendricks, Secretary,
Programme on Health Law Evaluation
Health Research and Development Council
The Hague, The Netherlands
Arlene Mayerson, Directing Attorney
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Berkeley, California, USA
Moderator:
Lynita Conradie, Attorney Legal Assistance Centre
Windhoek, Republic of Namibia
Questions and discussion
2:15 – 3:00
Break
3:00 – 3:30
Working Groups — From theory to practice in the context of equality principles: Goals and models
3:30 – 5:00
Working Group No. 1 Transportation -- PENNSYLVANIA ROOM (2nd Floor)
Panel Presenters:
Geraldo Nogueira, Executive Director
Centro de Vida Independente do Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Frederick Tong, Director of Disability Division
Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission
Hong Kong SAR
Frederico Montero
Asociacion Costaricense de Discapacitados Apartado
San Jose, Costa Rica
Resource:
Michael A. Winter, Associate Administrator for Budget and Policy
U.S. Department of Transportation
Washington, DC, USA
Facilitator:
Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Berkeley, CA, USA
Working Group No. 2 -- Employment (A) – How are the laws working? -- EAST ROOM
Panel Presenters:
Caroline Gooding, Attorney
Disability Rights Commission
London, UK
Melinda Jones, Faculty of Law
University of New South Wales, Australia
David Lepofsky, Attorney, Chair
Ontarians with Disabilities Act Committee
Toronto, Canada
Facilitator:
Becky Ogle, Executive Director
Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
The White House
Washington, DC, USA
Working Group No. 3 -- Open Space Meeting -- STATE ROOM
(language translation and sign interpreters available)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:45
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Plenary: Strategies for Reform: Case studies from three countries
9:00 – 10:00
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Presenters:
Patrisha Wright, Governmental Affairs Director
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Washington, DC, USA
Javed Abidi, Executive Director
National Centre for Promotion of Employment for
Disabled People
New Delhi, India
Ottmar Miles-Paul, Public Relations Officer
German Network for Equal Rights of Disabled People, Kassel, Germany
Moderator:
Susan Chitimbe, Executive Director
Disabled Women in Development
Blantyre, Malawi
Questions and Discussion
10:00 – 10:15
Break
10:15 – 10:45
Working Groups — From theory to practice in the context of equality principles: Goals and models
10:45 – 12:00
Working Group No. 1 – STATE ROOM
The Road to a UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
Panel Presenters:
Lex Frieden, President
Rehabilitation International
Houston, Texas, USA
Joshua Malinga, President
Disabled People's International
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Gerard Quinn, Lecturer in Law
National University of Ireland
Galway, Ireland
Facilitator:
Lucy Wong-Hernandez, President
Disabled People's International
New York, USA
Working Group No. 2 – Employment (B): Emerging issues -- EAST ROOM
Panel Presenters:
David Mukwasa, Trustee & Executive Director
Disacare Wheelchair Center Trust
Lusaka, Zambia
Yaa Yeboah, Barrister
Tooks Court Chambers
London, UK
Anand Grover, Project Director, HIV/AIDS Unit
Lawyers Collective
Mumbai, India
Humberto Cruz
Canacintra - Commission for Disabled Rights
Mexico City, Mexico
Facilitator:
Andy Imparato, Executive Director
American Association of People with Disabilities
Washington, DC, USA
Working Group No. # 3 – Open space meeting -- PENNSYLVANIA ROOM (2nd Floor)
(Language translations and sign interpretation available)
Sponsor Lunch
12:00 – 1:30
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Plenary: Enforcement: Practitioners' viewpoints
1:30 – 2:45
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Presenters:
John Wodatch, Chief
Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC, USA
Judit Fridli, Director
Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
Budapest, Hungary
Jennifer Joni, Attorney
AIDS Law Project
Johannesburg, South Africa
Moderator:
David Lepofsky, Attorney, Chair
Ontarians with Disabilities Act Committee
Toronto, Canada
Questions and Discussion
2:45 – 3:00
Break
3:00 – 3:30
Working Group Strategy Sessions (There will be no presentations in these groups. Resource people will be available.)
3:30 – 5:00
Strategies—Group # 1 – Grassroots Organizing and Building Coalitions -- EAST ROOM
Resources:
Ottmar Miles Paul, Public Relations Officer
German Network for Equal Rights of Disabled People
Kessel, Germany
Ana Paula Resende, Lawyer
Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil
Uberlândia, Brazil
Strategies—Group # 2 – Implementation and Enforcement Strategies -- STATE ROOM
Resources:
Robert Burgdorf, Jr., Professor
District of Columbia School of Law
Washington, DC, USA
Shawna Parks, Staff Attorney
NAPIL Equal Justice Fellow
Disability Rights Advocates
Oakland, California, USA
Jennifer Joni, Attorney
AIDS Law Project
Johannesburg, South Africa
# 3 – Open Space -- PENNSYLVANIA ROOM (2nd Floor)
Multi-Media Presentations and Celebration (Sign interpretation available)
7:00 – 10:30 PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:45
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Plenary: Building a Blueprint for the Future
9:00 – 10:30
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Facilitator:
Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Berkeley, CA, USA
Break
10:30 – 11:00
Reconvene Plenary
11:00 – 12:30
EAST AND STATE ROOMS
Discussion
Reflections and Closing Remarks:
Ottmar Miles-Paul, Public Relations Officer
German Network for Equal Rights of Disabled People
Kassel, Germany
Patrisha Wright, Governmental Affairs Director
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Washington, DC, USA
Florence Nayiga Ssekabira
MP/Minister of State for Elderly and Disability Affairs
Kampala, Uganda
Wrap-up/Adjourn
