ZeroCon23: Zero Project Forum on Ageing and Disability
Channel: Zero Project
Date: 2023-02-24

Welcome to #ZeroCon23 - The Zero Project Conference 2023 on Independent Living, Political Participation and ICT! 

In this Session, chaired by H.E. Luis Gallegos, new approaches are introduced and discussed to build bridges between the two growing communities of persons with disabilities and the ageing population, including a new Convention of the United Nations.

H.E. Luis GALLEGOS: 00:25
Frances WEST: 04:21
Susan SCOTT-PARKER: 13:54
Kim SAMUEL: 30:00
Silvia Candamil NEIRA: 38:12

Speakers:
H.E. Luis GALLEGOS / UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research / Ecuador
Susan SCOTT-PARKER / BDI - Business Disability International / United Kingdom
Silvia Candamil NEIRA / Global Initiative on Ageing (GIA) / Spain
Kim SAMUEL / Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness / Canada
Frances WEST / FrancesWestCo / United States


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This session is part of the Zero Project Conference 2023 (ZeroCon23) — organized by the Zero Project, and broadcast from the United Nations Office at Vienna, Austria. ZeroCon23 spans three days (February 22-24, 2023) and is centred around the theme of Independent Living, Political Participation and ICT. It's featuring Voter & Civic Education, Assistive Technology and insights from Deinstitutionalization to Early Childhood Intervention, Self-employment & Micro Finance to Self-representation, and much more. 
For more information, visit zeroproject.org/zerocon23 


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