Gemensamt seminarium för EUD och DDL

Joint Seminar European Union of the Deaf & Danish Deaf Association

Deaf Elderly Citizens – an Asset, not a Burden

Date: 18th May 2012

Venue: Ingeniørforeningens Hus, Kalvebod Brygge 31-33, 1780 København V

Languages: Danish Sign Language, International Sign, and English (velotype & spoken)

09:00 Arrival and Registration

09:30 Welcome and opening speeches 
President of the Danish Deaf Association: Janne Boye Niemelä
President of the European Union of the Deaf: Berglind Stefánsdóttir
Member of European Parliament and President of Disability Intergroup: Dr Ádám Kósa
Minister of Employment at the Danish Parliament: Mette Frederiksen (TBC)

Chair: Former President of DDL and EUD: Knud Søndergaard

10:15 The young elderly of the future
Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies. Futurist: Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen

11:00 Break

11:30 EUD survey on Active Ageing and the Deaf Community: Official Results
EUD Policy Officer: Annika Pabsch

12:00 How do we keep elderly Deaf people active?
Director of Gelderhorst (residential home for Dutch Deaf elderly people): Jan Tempelaar

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Active ageing and the Europe 2020 strategy – A European Parliament perspective
Hungarian Candidate for UNCRPD Committee: Laszlo Gabor Lovaszy, PhD Law

14:00 The rights of the Deaf and elderly – A UNCRPD perspective
Vice President of Danish Deaf Association: Helena Gade

14:30 Break

15:00 Counselling for elderly Deaf people
Counsellors for the Danish Deaf Elderly Citizens: Mette Washuus and Josephine Anker

15:30 The Deaf and elderly: An asset not a burden! 
Former EUD Director and EDF President: Johan Wesemann

16:00 Summary & Conclusion
Janne Boye Niemelä and Berglind Stefánsdóttir

16:30 Close

To register to attend the Seminar, please email [email protected] stating your name, address, and organisation by 18^th April 2012. DDL will confirm the payment and registration details.

(Official EUD Delegates do not have to register)

Download the official programme (PDF file) here.

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