The Right to Work for Persons with Disabilities − International Perspectives - Conference documentation

10:00 am Arrival and registration

11:00 am Greetings and introduction

• Prof. Dr. Gudrun Wansing, Prof. Dr. Markus Schäfers (FoSS, Speaker AG Teilhabeforschung, Germany)
• Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey (President of the University of Kassel, Germany)
• Prof. Dr. Karim Khakzar (President of the University of Applied Sciences Fulda, Germany)
• Yasmin Fahimi (State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany)
• Thomas Köhler (DGUV, Germany)

12:00 pm Keynote

• Siobhan Barron (Director National Disability Authority, Dublin, Ireland)

12:45 pm Lunchbreak

2:00 pm Plenary 1: The right to work and inclusion in society

• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eberhard Eichenhofer (University Jena, Germany)
  “Consequences of the internationality of the UN CRPD“

2:30 pm

• Prof. Dr. Martin Kronauer (Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany)
  “Gainful employment between inclusion and exclusion”

3:00 pm Artistic contribution: Graf Fidi and Laura Schwengber

3:15 pm

• José Carlos do Carmo (Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego, São Paulo, Brasil)
  “The importance of the Quota Law for the inclusion of people with disabilities in Brazil”

3:45 pm Break

4:30 pm Plenary 2: Ways to realization
(Part 1): Inclusion und exclusion via sheltered work?

• 3 Short speeches followed by discussion
• "Sheltered workshops policies for people with disabilities in Taiwan and Japan” Prof. Dr. Yi-Chun Chou (Soochow University, Taiwan)
• „The future role of sheltered workshops for persons with disabilities in an inclusive labour market“ Kathrin Völker (Director of BAG WfbM: political representative of workshops for adapted work, Germany)
• “The Relevance of Labour Law to Sheltered Employment” Prof. Dr. Lisa Waddington (University Maastricht, Netherlands)

6:00 pm Closing speech

• Verena Bentele (Federal Government Commissioner for Matters relating to Disabled Persons, Germany)
  “The participation of people with disabilities and the realisation of the right to work”

Moderation

• 11:00 am-3:45 pm
  Katja Lüke (German Olympic Sports Confederation)
• 4:30-6:00 pm
  Prof. Dr. Peter Trenk-Hinterberger (Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg)

9:30 am Greetings

• Prof. Dr. Rainer Schlegel (President of the Federal Social Court, Germany)

9:45 am Keynote

• Prof. Dr. Stefan Sell (University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Germany)

10:30 am Plenary 2: Ways to realization
(Part 2): Responsibility of the state and actors in society

• Prof. Dr. Roy Sainsbury (University of York, United Kingdom)
  “Labour market participation of persons with disabilities – how can Europe close the disability employment gap?”

11:00 am Break

11:45 am

• Dr. Friedrich Mehrhoff (German Social Accident Insurance, Germany)
  ”Return to work as a central aim of rehabilitation?”
• Prof. Dr. Madan Kundu (Southern University Baton Rouge, U.S.A.)
  ”International Standards of Competencies in qualifying academic Return to Work Managers”

12:30 pm The rights of disabled people in business

• Jürgen Menze (Associate Expert in Disability Inclusion, International Labour Organization ILO, Geneva, Switzerland)
  “Why and how should business include persons with disabilities?”

1:00 pm Lunchbreak

2:30 - 4:30 pm Workshops 1-10

Moderation

• 9:30-11:00 am
  Aisha Namukasa (ICDD)
• 11:45 am-1:00 pm
  Prof. Dr. Bert Wagener (HGU)

9:00 am Plenary 3: Perspectives of international cooperation

• Prof. Dr. Jerome Bickenbach (University Lucerne, Switzerland)
  “Comparability and convergence of statistics and documentation”

9:30 am Comparability and convergence of national legal systems

• Dr. Delia Ferri (Maynooth University, Ireland)
  „Reasonable Accommodation as a Gateway to the Right to Work: Comparative Perspectives“

10:00 am Break

10:45 am Elevator Pitch: Perspectives of international cooperation

• (selected speakers)

11:10 am Closing speech

• Klaus Lachwitz (Inclusion International, Germany)
  “The implementation of the right to work and employment from the perspective of people with mental disability – Good and bad examples from different continents”

11:50 pm Closing remarks

• Prof. Dr. Felix Welti (FoSS, Germany)

12:00 pm End

Moderation

• 9:00-10:00 am
  Jun.-Prof. Dr. iur. Minou Banafsche (University Kassel)
• 10:45-12:00 am
  Prof. Dr. Markus Schäfers

1. Labour market participation of persons with disabilites - between inclusion and exclusion (an European Perspective)

• Prof. Dr. Martin Kronauer (Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany) & Prof. Dr. Roy Sainsbury (Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, United Kingdom)
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Markus Schäfers (Department of Social Work, University of Applied Science, Fulda, Germany)

German/English

2. The „same“ right to work – what do social human rights achieve for persons with and without disability?

• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eichenhofer (University Jena, Germany) & Prof. Dr. Nai-Yi Sun (Department of Law, National Chengchi University, Taiwan)
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Felix Welti (Department of Social Work, University Kassel, Germany)

German

3. Participation of Disabled Persons - Organizations and the Right to Work

• Klaus Lachwitz (President of Inclusion International), Marie-Renee Hector (GIAA, Groupement des Intellectuelles Aveugles ou Amblyopes) & Jason Hardman (MENCAP)
• Moderation: Micah Jordan (University of Kassel)

English

4. The role of occupational and social health for professional and company rehabilitation and inclusion

• Dr. Gabriela Förster (Labour Dispute,Committeefor Occupational Health VW Baunatal, Germany) & José Carlos do Carmo(Auditor Fiscal do TraballonaMinistério do Trabalho e Emprego, Sao Paulo, Brasil)
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Gamze Güzel-Freudenstein (Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Applied Science, Fulda, Germany)

German/English

5. The concept of disability in the ICF and the CRPD and the realization of the right to work

• Prof. Dr. Jerome Bickenbach (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Lucerne, Switzerland) & Prof. Dr. Marianne Hirschberg (Faculty of Social Sciences and Media Studies, Health, Human Rights, Disability Studies, Inclusive Education, City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany)
• Moderation: Lilit Grigoryan (Department of Social Work, University Kassel, Germany)

English

6. Strategies for opening companies and the role of sensitisation

• Wolfgang Kowatsch (Partner and CoFounder of Disability Performance, Vienna, Austria) & Manfred Otto-Albrecht (economy business academy)
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Gudrun Dobslaw (Department of Social Work, University of Applied Science, Bielefeld, Germany)

German

7. The Need of Reformation of sheltered work? – Legal Development and Views of employees

• Mario Schreiner (Department of Social Work, University Kassel, Germany) & John Barth (Mürwirker Werkstätten GmbH, Flensburg, Germany)
• Moderation: Dr. Matthias Windisch (University Kassel, Germany)

German/Easy Language

8. Effective access to counseling, job placement and further education

• Dr. Heinz-Willi Bach (Deputy chairman of the studygroup of the German association of the blind and visually impaired people in studies and job, Marburg, Germany) & Angela Rauch (IAB Institute for Labor Market and Vocational Research, Germany)
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Frank Unger (Department of Social Work, University of Applied Science, Fulda, Germany)

German

9. Accessibility to workplaces and universal design

• Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Skottke (Department of PsychologyUniversity of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany) & Prof. Dr. Oliver Straeter (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Human Engineering and Organisational Psychology, University Kassel, Germany)
• Moderation: Wolf Arne Frankenstein (Graduate Academy of Social Human Rights, University Kassel, Germany)

German

10. The same right to practise employment and labour union rights – Persons with disabilities in common and special interest groups

• Alfons Adam (IG Metall Representative of severely disabled people, Daimler AG, Bremen, Germany) & Jürgen Menze (Associate Expert in Disability Inclusion, International Labour Organization ILO, Geneva, Switzerland)
• Moderation: Henning Groskreutz (IG Metall Managment, labour-/social legislation, Frankfurt, Germany)

German