Event agenda

Wednesday, 5 March 2025

10:00 - 11:00

Opening Ceremony

Format:In-personLocation:M1Track:Livestreamed
  • English captions | International Sign
  • Easy Language
  • Graphic facilitation

Join us for energy and emotion as we open the Zero Project Conference 2025!

9 speakers

11:00 - 12:00

Digital training platforms and ecosystem building in inclusive employment

Format:In-personLocation:M3Track:Zero Project Awardees
  • Supported Employment
  • Matchmaking
  • English captions | International Sign
  • Easy Language

With training and upskilling happening online more than ever, the need for accessible and inclusive employment training has become critical.

5 speakers

12:00 - 13:00

Examining the Role of Leaders in Powering Inclusive Workplaces – in cooperation with The Valuable 500

Format:In-personLocation:M1
  • Supported Employment
  • English captions | International Sign
  • Easy Language

How can business leaders integrate disability inclusion into their company culture? This forum presents innovative practices that enable organizations to hire, retain, and support the growth of talent with disabilities.

4 speakers

13:30 - 14:00

How to run a business as a deafblind person

Format:In-personLocation:M2
  • Focus: Visual impairment or Blind
  • Focus: Hearing impairment or Deaf
  • Entrepreneurship
  • English captions | International Sign
  • Easy Language

Entrepreneurs need to be resilient, and innovative. This session highlights the journeys, case studies, innovative strategies, and the role of technology in overcoming dual-sensory challenges to build independent and thriving businesses.

3 speakers

14:00 - 15:00

Small organizations as inclusion champions

Format:In-personLocation:M2Track:Zero Project Awardees
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Supported Employment
  • English captions | International Sign
  • Easy Language

The Zero Project Awardees in this session illustrate how small organizations can catalyze change around the world as inclusion champions, be it in New Zealand, Lithuania, or elsewhere.

5 speakers

15:00 - 16:30

Inclusive employment strategies of large companies

Format:In-personLocation:M2Track:Zero Project Awardees
  • Supported Employment
  • Matchmaking
  • ICT innovations
  • English captions | International Sign
  • Easy Language

What are the strategies of global leaders in inclusive employment? Zero Project Awardees from three continents will highlight their innovative practices in this session.

6 speakers

17:00 - 18:00

ESG, Circular Economy, and Disability-Inclusion

Format:In-personLocation:M3Track:Zero Project Awardees
  • Transition models from Sheltered Workshops
  • English captions | International Sign
  • Easy Language

This session explores how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria are reshaping corporate landscapes.

5 speakers

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