Event agenda
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
10:00 - 11:00
Opening Ceremony
- English captions | International Sign
- Easy Language
- Graphic facilitation
Join us for energy and emotion as we open the Zero Project Conference 2025!
9 speakers
16:00 - 17:00
Microfinance models by and for persons with disabilities
- English captions | International Sign
- Graphic facilitation
This forum highlights successful models and strategies from the African and Asia-Pacific regions, created by and for persons with disabilities.
5 speakers
Thursday, 6 March 2025
15:00 - 16:00
Tech solutions for deaf and hard of hearing individuals
- Focus: Hearing impairment or Deaf
- English captions | International Sign
- Graphic facilitation
This session highlights Zero Project Awardees that leverage sign language and AI-driven solutions to improve accessibility and inclusion for the deaf community.
6 speakers
16:00 - 17:00
Global Disability Conferences in 2025: Call to Action
- English captions | International Sign
- Graphic facilitation
Join this session featuring more than ten organizers of international disability-related conferences in 2025. Explore their meeting spaces and discuss opportunities to collaborate and engage with all of these global disability conferences.
12 speakers
16:00 - 17:00
Job creation for persons with intellectual disabilities
- Focus: Learning disabilities
- Supported Employment
- English captions | International Sign
- Graphic facilitation
Zero Project Awardees from Europe highlight their innovative solutions regarding job creation for persons with intellectual disabilities in this session.
5 speakers
Friday, 7 March 2025
10:00 - 11:00
Job creation for persons on the autism spectrum
- Focus: Learning disabilities
- English captions | International Sign
- Graphic facilitation
Research by the NIH among others continues to underline that many persons on the autism spectrum exhibit talents in memory, visuo‐spatial abilities, and calculation.
6 speakers
13:15 - 14:45
Forum der Selbstvertreter von Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten (with English translation)
- Focus: Learning disabilities
- In German Language with English translation
- German captions | ÖGS
- Graphic facilitation
Forum of Self-Representatives of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities - Selbstvertreter tauschen ihre Erfahrungen mit integrativen Beschäftigungsmodellen aus und erörtern Möglichkeiten des Übergangs von geschützten Werkstätten in die Arbeitswelt.
5 speakers