Disability Inclusion: Join the Multiplier Event & Working Groups in Venice

7 July 2025 | 09:00 – 17:00 | Grandi Stazioni Palace – Sala Polifunzionale, Cannaregio 99, Venice

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming Disability Inclusion: Multiplier Event & Working Groups, taking place on 7 July 2025 at the Grandi Stazioni Palace in Venice. This full-day event will bring together professionals, public space managers, and advocates to explore new approaches for creating inclusive communities for people with intellectual disabilities.

This special occasion marks a key milestone for the Mind Inclusion 3.0 project.

What to Expect

  • Presentation of MI 3.0 main results and tools
  • Presentations from regional and European stakeholders
  • Keynote and expert panel on co-design, digital empowerment, and inclusive spaces
  • Interactive working groups tackling real-world inclusion challenges
  • Networking lunch and poster session

Join Us

This event is open to public administrators, social workers, educators, researchers, and anyone interested in shaping more inclusive communities.

Don’t miss this chance to be part of a European conversation on accessibility, empowerment, and participation!

✅ Registration Participation is free, but registration is required:
👉 To register: Click here

Agenda To be Defined

09:00Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:30-10:00
Welcome words and greetings 
Manuela Lanzarin, Veneto Region,  Regional Minister for Health, Social Services, and Socio-Health Planning, Veneto Region
Achille Di Falco , Director of Social and Health Services -ULSS 8 Berica
Stefano Granata, President of National Confcooperative Federsolidarietà
Valeria Ferraro, Margherita Soc Coop Soc, Legal representative
Marco Sandonà, Confartigianato Imprese Vicenza, Head of the Associative Development System

10:00-10:45
Opening & Project Overview: Introducing Mind Inclusion 3.0 
• Breaking Barriers: Cognitive Accessibility and Social Inclusion
Speaker: Michela Saretta, Project Manager, Margherita Società Cooperativa Sociale
• Local Engagement: The Key Role of Public Space Managers
Speaker: Gaia Anzolin, Project Manager, Confartigianato Imprese Vicenza
• Smart Inclusion: Leveraging Technology for People with Intellectual Disabilities Speaker: Erica Fazzini, Project Manager, Social IT Srl
10:45-11:15Coffee Break & Poster Presentation
11:15-11:45Keynote Speech – SACRED: Empowering Care, Enriching Lives: Social inclusion of people with dementia, cognitive disabilities, and neurodivergence
Anthony Polychronakis, European Liaison Officer for Health and Social Policies, Department of Social Development, City of Rotterdam



11:45-13:00
Panel Discussion – Building Inclusive Communities through Co-design strategies, Digital Empowerment, and Local Action
Speakers
Cristian Leorin,  Associazione Novilunio APS & University of Padova 
Designing with People Living with Dementia: Bridging Person-Centred Care and Participatory Design 
Erica Fazzini,  Social IT Srl
JobAut project: inclusion of autistic people in the open labour market 
Camilla Vedovato, ALDA-European Association for Local Democracy
EXTRA-C: Inclusive Democracy – Empowering People with Disabilities to Participate and Lead 
Zita Krastina, Irecoop Veneto
Partnerships for Learning opportunities with persons with disabilities
Elisabetta Tonini, CSV Vicenza
Unlocking Potential: Volunteers, Enterprises and the Future of Inclusions
Moderator: 
Annalisa Bisson, Legal Representative of ENSA network – Director of International Relations, Veneto Region
13:00-14:30Networking Lunch 

14:30-16:30
Working Groups – Round Tables 
Working Group 1: Inclusive Democracy in Action: Empowering Local Participation of People with Intellectual Disabilities
Moderator: Camilla Vedovato – ALDA-European Association for Local Democracy 
Working Group 2: Co-designing learning opportunities with persons with disabilities
Moderator: Daniela Moro, Irecoop Veneto
Working Group 3. Co-Design in Action: Practical Tools and Methods for Working with People with Dementia Moderator: Cristian Leorin – Associazione Novilunio APS & University of Padova 
16:30-17:00Concluding remarks, impact, wrap up and next steps  
Andrea Giaretta, Margherita Soc Coop Soc, Project Manager

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