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

16:00 - 17:00

Microfinance models by and for persons with disabilities

Format:In-personLocation:M3
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:M2Track:Zero Project Awardees
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:M2
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:M1Track:Zero Project Awardees
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:M2Track:Zero Project Awardees
  • 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)

Format:In-personLocation:M3
  • 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

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