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
| 09:00 | Registration 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 •Mario Boreggio, Head of the UOS (Operational Unit) for Disability -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 |
| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee Break & Poster Presentation |
| 11:15-11:45 | Keynote 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 |
| 13:00-14:30 | Networking 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 |
| 16:30-17:00 | Concluding remarks, impact, wrap up and next steps Andrea Giaretta, Margherita Soc Coop Soc, Project Manager |
Presentations are available here
These publications reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Michela Saretta: Breaking Barriers: Cognitive Accessibility and Social Inclusion
Gaia Anzolin: Local Engagement: The Key Role of Public Space Managers
Erica Fazzini: Smart Inclusion: Leveraging Technology for People with Intellectual Disabilities Anthony Polychronakis: Building Inclusive Communities through Co-design strategies, Digital Empowerment, and Local Action Cristian Leorin: Available soon Erica Fazzini: JobAut project: inclusion of autistic people in the open labour market
Camilla Vedovato: 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
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