Session
Round Table - U-shape - 60 Min
This session will showcase current initiatives aimed at providing access to content and information to the wider possible audience, including notably persons with disabilities. We will talk about:
- how the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled is being ratified and implemented at an unprecedented speed around the world;
- the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) and how its activities (Global Book Service; accessible publishing; capacity building) are changing the lives of thousands of blind and people with visual impairment in both developing and developed countries;
- the research undertaken on access to copyright protected works by persons with disabilities.
World Intellectual Property Organization
Mr. Scott Labarre, World Blind Union - “The Marrakesh Treaty and its impact on inclusion”
Ms. Monica Halil, WIPO - "the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC)"
Ms. Aria Indrawati, Mitra Netra Foundation - “WIPO ABC Capacity building programs: the experience of Indonesia”
Mr. Rafael Ferraz, WIPO - "SCCR Study on Access to Copyright Protected Works by Persons with Disabilities"
Mr. Christian Vogler, Gallaudet University - “People with disabilities and access to content: challenges and solutions”
GOAL 4: Quality Education
GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
GOAL 10: Reduced Inequalities
GOAL 17: Partnerships for the Goals
