Conference Reports and Presentations

Photo: The RI Seminar featured key note speakers Ambassador Don MacKay of New Zealand, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on the UN Convention; and Professor Theresia Degener of Germany.

The RI-USICD Seminar on Implementation of the UN Disability Rights Convention, held in New York in August 2006, attracted disability experts from around the globe. (l-r): John Lancaster, President of US International Council on Disabilities; Michael Fox, RI President; Matthew Sapolin, Commissioner of the NY Mayor’s Office for Persons with Disabilities; Ambassador Don MacKay of New Zealand, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee (AHC); and Professor Theresia Degener, member of the German delegation to the AHC.

 

November 1, 2006, Seoul, Korea: Remarks by RI President Michael Fox at the International Seminar in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the National Rehabilitation Centre.

October 10, 2006, Ciudad de México: Intervención por Tomas Lagerwall Secretario General de RI Durante el Encuentro Internacional contra la Discriminación Organizado por CONAPRED | PDF

August 26, 2006, New York, USA: RI Seminar on Implementation of the UN Convention

May 1-3, 2006, Kuwait: Abstract of Access to Information, Rights & Inclusion  -- Michael Fox -- Presented at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Conference 

March 9, 2006, Vienna, Austria: RI Seminar on Promoting Disability Rights and Rehabilitation in Central and Eastern Europe

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February 16-19, 2006: 6th Annual Rehabilitation Educators Conference: "Strengthening the Continuum of Rehabilitation Practice & Research in a Global Environment"  (Brochure, Registration Form)

January 31, 2006, UN Headquarters, NY, USA: RI Panel on Implementation of the UN Convention -- Meeting Summary 

November 10-16, 2005, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain:  Executive Committee, RI Assembly and Arab Regional Conference--theme "Disability Rights in a Changing World"  Go to www.ri-arab.org for more information

November 12, 2005: RI-Europe Landmark Study: Rehabilitation in the 21st Century  -- Dr. D.F. McAnaney to RI Governing Assembly

June 14, 2005, Nagasaki, Japan: The Right to Habilitation and Rehabilitation – Promoting Integration and Inclusion of People with Disabilities  -- Tomas Lagerwall

June 11, 2005, Kobe, Japan:  The Right to Habilitation and Rehabilitation – Promoting Integration and Inclusion of People with Disabilities  -- Tomas Lagerwall at Kobe Gakuin University

June 8, 2005, Tokyo, Japan: Towards a UN Convention on Disability Rights -- Tomas Lagerwall

April 2005, Kuwait: UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities and the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities -- Michael Fox at the 5th Gulf Conference on Disability 

April 2005, Kuwait: Equalization of Opportunities: Including Children with Disabilities -- Siri Wormnæs at the 5th Gulf Conference on Disability

March 16, 2005, Sydney, Australia: Presentation at RI Seminar on the work towards a UN Convention -- Gary Williams, RI National Secretary in New Zealand

August 6, 2004, Hong Kong: The Societal Dimension of Innovation: New Challenges for Appropriate Prosthetics and Orthotics from a Global Perspective -- Tomas Lagerwall at ISPO’s World Congress

June 24, 2004, Oslo, Norway: Closing Address -- Michael Fox at the RI World Congress

May 13, 2004, Beirut, Lebanon: Towards a UN Convention -- Tomas Lagerwall at RI Regional seminar

March 8-9, 2003, Kingdom of Bahrain: Report from the Bahrain Meeting

March 8-9, 2003, Kingdom of Bahrain: A UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: The Next Steps -- Dr. Arthur O'Reilly at the General Assembly Meeting of Rehabilitation International in the Arab Region

November 11, 2002, Aachen, Germany: The Global Disability Community Must Respond to the Critical Challenges of the 21st Century -- Lex Frieden at the RI European Conference

November 2002, Aachen, Germany: 2003 + 10 = an accessible society? -- Thomas Lagerwall to the RI European Conference