Program
The World Blind Summit:
What it means to be Blind and Visually Impaired
Marriott Hotel, Madrid, Spain June 19-24, 2020
Host: ONCE, Spain
Program Outline (Draft)
Thursday, June 18
Pre-Assembly Day
- 9:00 – 10:30 Executive Committee Meeting
- 10:30 – 11:00 Tea Break
- 11:00 – 12:30 executive Committee meeting continued
- 12:30 – 2:30 Lunch break
- 2:30 – 4:00 Credentials Committee meeting
- 4:00 – 4:30 Tea Break
- 4:30 – 6:00 Nominations Committee meeting, Other Committee meetings as required
Friday, June 19
WBU Day 1
9:00 – 10:30 Session 1
WBU Days Opening Ceremonies (ONCE president, WBU president and ICEVI President)
- Call to Order (WBU president)
- Acceptance of changes to agenda
- Acceptance of Report from 2012 General Assembly
- Appointment of Assembly Committees: Credentials, Resolutions, Elections
- Obituaries (WBU Secretary General)
- Credentials Committee Report (Credential committee chair)
- First report of the Nominations Committee (nominations committee chair)
10.30 – 11.00 Tea Break 1
11.00-12.30 Session 2
- Presidents Report
- Strategic Plan 2017–2020
- WBU CEO report, (WBU CEO)
- Financial Accounts, (WBU treasurer)
- WBU Membership: (WBU Secretary General) Questions from the floor
12:30 – 2:30 Lunch break
2:30 – 4:00 Session 3
Regional Reports by Regional Presidents
- ABU
- AFUB
- EBU
- WBU-AP
- NA-C
- ULAC
4:00 – 4:30 Tea Break
4:30 – 6:00 Session 4
First Thematic panel TBC
- Chair 5 minutes
- Speaker 1 20 minutes
- Speaker 2 20 minutes
- Speaker 3 20 minutes
- Questions from the floor 25 minutes
6:00 Nominations Close for all Table Officer positions
6:30 – 8:00 Opening Reception
Saturday, June 20
WBU Day 2
9:00 – 10:30 Session 5
Constitutional Report including amendments (WBU constitution committee chair)
Budget Discussions focusing on future sustainability (WBU treasurer)
Report of the Nominations Committee, candidates given opportunity for campaign speeches
10:30 – 11:00 Tea Break
11:00 – 12:30 Session 6
Second Thematic panel TBC
- Chair 5 minutes
- Speaker 1 20 minutes
- Speaker 2 20 minutes
- Speaker 3 20 minutes
- Questions from the floor 25 minutes
12:30 – 2:30 Lunch break and Elections for Table Officers Positions
2:30 – 4:00 Session 7
Third Thematic panel TBC
- Chair 5 minutes Speaker 1 20 minutes
- Speaker 2 20 minutes
- Speaker 3 20 minutes
- Questions from the floor 25 minutes
4:30 – 6:00 Session 8
Elections results (elections committee chair)
Resolutions (Chair TBC)
6:30 – 8:00 Regional Meetings
- ABU
- AFUB
- EBU
- WBU-AP
- NA-C
- ULAC
Sunday, June 21
9.00 – 10.30 Inaugural Session
- Welcome Remarks – President ONCE
- Welcome Remarks – President WBU
- Welcome Remarks – President ICEVI
- Inaugural Address
- Keynote Address
10.30 – 11.00 Tea Break
11.00 – 5.00 pm – ONCE Event
Monday, June 22
9.00 – 10.30 WBU-ICEVI Joint concurrent Session 1
- Session 1: Youth leadership - 3 Invited speakers
- Country champions program
- Good practices and lessons learnt: How to include young leaders in blindness organisations
- WBU Youth Committee Presentations
- Session 2: Technology - 3 Invited speakers
- WBU Technology Committee
- Session 3: Humanitarian Action and Emergency Relief
- Session 4: Braille Literacy - 3 Invited speakers
- Braille literacy for MDVI children
- Learning Braille: Country perspectives
- Research in Braille
- Session 5: Marakkesh Treaty - 3 Invited speakers
- Role of DPOs in implementing Marakkesh Treaty
- WIPO
- Accessible books
- Session 6: SDG and Employment– WBU Employment Committee
10.30 – 11.00 Tea Break
11.00 –12.30 WBU-ICEVI Joint Concurrent Sessions (Topics and Speakers to be finalised)
- Session 1: Technology - 3 Invited speakers
- Educational Technology
- UNICEF Technology priorities
- Good practices in using technology – country experiences
- Session 2: MDVI - 3 Invited speakers
- Global perspectives on visually impaired persons with multiple disabilities
- Practices with MDVI children
- Latin America experiences
- Session 3: Parental Involvement - 3 Invited speakers
- Session 4: Building Organizational capacity – 3 Invited speakers
- Session 5: Gender and disability - 3 Invited speakers
- Good practices
- Higher education of girls in Developing countries
- Girls education in Africa
- Session 6: Economic Empowerment – WBU Committee To coordinate
- Access to financial services
- Entrepreneurship
- ONCE Experience
12.30 – 2.00 Lunch Break
2:00 - 4:00 Joint Ceremonies and Awards Presentations
Co-Chairs: Frederic Schroder, President, WBU and Frances Gentle, President, ICEVI
- Presentation of ICEVI Awards
- Presentation of WBU Awards
- Honorary Life Members
- Louis Braille Medal
- Presentation of WBU Executive Committee 2020-2024
- Presentation of incoming WBU President Farewell to retiring WBU Table Officers Farewell by outgoing WBU President Expressions of Appreciation
- Remarks by Frances Gentle, President, ICEVI
- Remarks by WBU incoming President
- Close of WBU General Assembly
4.00 – 4.30 Tea Break
4:30 - 6:30 ICEVI Regional Meetings
4:30 - 6:30 WBU Executive Committee Meeting
7:30 Gala Dinner
Tuesday, June 23 ICEVI Day Presentations
9.00–10.30 ICEVI DAY Inauguration and Plenary
- Welcome: Frances Gentle, ICEVI President
- Message: Fred Schroeder, President, WBU
- Inaugural address –
- ICEVI-ONNET Book release -
- About the book: Larry Campbell, President Emeritus, ICEVI
- Keynote speaker 1 –
- Keynote speaker 2 – My education, my world
10.30 – 11.00 Tea Break
11.00 – 12.30 Concurrent Sessions (Topics and Speakers to be finalised)
- Session 1: 4 paper presenters
- Session 2: 4 paper presenters
- Session 3: 4 paper presenters
- Session 4: 4 paper presenters
- Session 5: 4 paper presenters
- Session 6: Workshop
- Session 7: Workshop
- Session 8: Workshop
12.30 – 2.00 Lunch Break
2.00 – 3.30 Concurrent Sessions (Topics and Speakers to be finalised)
- Session 1: 4 paper presenters
- Session 2: 4 paper presenters
- Session 3: 4 paper presenters
- Session 4: 4 paper presenters
- Session 5: 4 paper presenters
- Session 6: Workshop
- Session 7: Workshop
- Session 8: Workshop
3.30 – 4.00 Tea Break
4.00 – 5.30 Concurrent Sessions (Topics and Speakers to be finalised)
- Session 1: 4 paper presenters
- Session 2: 4 paper presenters
- Session 3: 4 paper presenters
- Session 4: 4 paper presenters
- Session 5: 4 paper presenters
- Session 6: Workshop
- Session 7: Workshop
- Session 8: Workshop
Wednesday, June 24 ICEVI Day Presentations and General Assembly
8.30 – 9.00 Plenary – Women Empowerment
9.00 – 10.30 Concurrent Sessions (Topics and Speakers to be finalised)
- Session 1: 4 paper presenters
- Session 2: 4 paper presenters
- Session 3: 4 paper presenters
- Session 4: 4 paper presenters
- Session 5: 4 paper presenters
- Session 6: Workshop
- Session 7: Workshop
- Session 8: Workshop
10.30 – 11.00 Tea Break
11.00 – 12.30 Concurrent Sessions (Topics and Speakers to be finalised)
- Session 1: 4 paper presenters
- Session 2: 4 paper presenters
- Session 3: 4 paper presenters
- Session 4: 4 paper presenters
- Session 5: 4 paper presenters
- Session 6: 4 paper presenters
- Session 7: 4 paper presenters
- Session 8: 4 paper presenters
12.30 – 2.00 Lunch Break
2.00 – 4.30 ICEVI General Assembly
4.30 – 5.00 Tea Break
5.00 – 6.30 ICEVI Executive Committee Meeting