The UD2024 Conference is organised by the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and, Family Affair (Bufdir) on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Equality.
This is the 7th conference of a series of major biennial international conferences on Universal Design: UD2012 (Oslo), UD2014 (Lund), UD2016 (York), UDHEIT2018 (Dublin), UD2020 (Finland), and UD2022 (Brescia).
Organising Committee
Tone Alexandra Larsen, Conference Chair, Senior Advisor, Bufdir
- Kirsti Svinø, Senior Advisor, Bufdir
- Inger-Marie Hølmebakk, Senior Advisor, Bufdir
- Tina Hofland Engen, Advisor, Bufdir
For more information ud2024@bufdir.no
Programme Committee
Tone Alexandra Larsen – Programme Committee Chair, Senior advisor, Bufdir
- Camilla Ryhl – Research Director, BEVICA Fonden, Denmark
- Cato Lie – Senior adviser at FFO, Former President of IFSBH and former Board Member of EDF, 1’st Vice President of IDA, Norway
- Gerald Craddock – Chief Officer of Centre for Excellence in Universal Design – National Disability Authority, Dublin, Ireland
- Inger-Marie Hølmebakk, Senior advisor, Bufdir, Norway
- Kirsti Svinø, Senior advisor, Bufdir, Norway
- Olav Rand Bringa – Former Senior Adviser Ministry for Culture and Equality, Norway
- Onny Eikhaug – Former President EIDD – Design for All Europe, member of the Board IAUD, Chair of Selection Committee for the IAUD International Design Award Founder Innovation for All AS, Norway
- Valerie Fletcher – Executive Director, Institute for Human Centered Design
SOWA Art +, USA
Scientific Committee
Kristin Skeide Fuglerud – Chair of the Scientific Committee
Chief Research Scientist, PhD, Norsk Regnesentral (NR, Norwegian Computing Center), Norway; Associate professor, Center for health and technology, University of South-Eastern Norway
For more information ud2024@nr.no
- Alberto Arenghi, Associate Professor of Building Technology, University of Brescia, Italy
- Anders-Petter Andersson, Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Anne Britt Torkildsby, PhD Design / Associate professor, Institute for design, The faculty of Architecture and Design, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
- Dr. Anthony Giannoumis, Associate Professor at Kristiania University College, CEO Inclusive Creation AS, Norway
- Camilla Ryhl, Forskningsdirektør / Research Director, Bevica Fonden, Denmark
- Cato Lie, senior adviser, The Norwegian Federation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (FFO), Norway
- Dr Farnaz Nickpour, Reader in Inclusive Design and Human-centred Innovation, Director of The Inclusionaries Lab for Design Research, The University of Liverpool, UK
- Frode Eika Sandnes, PhD, Professor, Distinguished teaching fellow, Universal design of ICT group, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
- Dr Gerald Craddock, Chief Officer, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, National Disability Authority, 25 Clyde Road, Dublin 4
- Gerd Berget, PhD, Associate professor, Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
- Giuseppe Di Bucchianico, Ph.D, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, President of EIDD-Design for All Europe
- Helen Petrie Phd AFBPsS CPsychol FRSA, Professor Emerita of Human Computer Interaction, Department of Computer Science, University of York
- Inger Maire Lid, Professor, Ph.D., Faculty of Health Studies, VID Specialized University, Norway, VID vitenskapelige høgskole / VID Specialized University
- Ira Verma, Senior scientist, SOTERA research group, Department of Architecture, Aalto University, Finland
- Ivor Ambrose, Managing Director, ENAT – European Network for Accessible Tourism a.s.b.l., Belgium
- Prof Dr. Janice Rieger, Head Architecture, Industrial Design and Planning & Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Council, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Brisbane/Gold Coast, Australia
- Jasmien Herssens, Dr. Arch, founder fourmind, Belgium, vice-president EIDD Design for All Europe
- Juan Carlos Torrado, Senior Research Scientist, PhD, Norsk Regnesentral (NR, Norwegian Computing Center), Norway
- Jo Herstad, Ph.D., Associate Professor – Design of Information Systems, University of Oslo, Norway
- Laura Nota, Full professor, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology, University of Padova
- Liv Øvstedal (MSc), Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Norway
- Dr. Merja H. Saarela, Principal Research Scientist, Research Group Leader in Multisensory and Assistive Technology (MATEC) at SMART Research Unit, Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), Finland
- Miriam Eileen Nes Begnum, School of Economy, Innovation and Technology, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway.
- Olav Rand Bringa, Norway
- Onny Eikhaug, Founder Innovation for All AS, Chair of Selection Committee IAUD International Design Award, Former President EIDD Design for All Europe
- Professor Per-Olof Hedvall, Department of Natural Science, Design and Sustainable Development, Mid Sweden University
- Professor Sigmund Asmervik, Ph.D. civil engineer/architect, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway,
- Dr.-ing. Till Halbach, Senior Research Scientist, Norsk Regnesentral (NR, Norwegian Computing Center), Norway
- Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director, the Institute for Human Centered Design, USA, board member, International Association for Universal Design, Japan, Trustee, Boston Architectural College, USA.
- Vivienne Portaas Welsby, Assistant Professor /Study leader, IORL (Radiography), University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- Weiqin Chen, Professor, PhD., Department of Computer Science, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
- Dr. rer.nat. Wolfgang V. Leister, Research Director, Norsk Regnesentral (NR, Norwegian Computing Center), Norway
- Yavuz Inal, Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Peer Reviewers
- Ali Mohamed, Postdoctoral fellow, Division Of Media Technology and Interaction Design, Department of Human Centered Technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Anders Kristoffer Braav Eriksen, Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir), Norway
- Anja Fleten Nielsen, Institute of Transport Economics, Norway
- Anna Szlavi, Department of Computer Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
- Anna-Sara Fagerholm, PhD Universal Design, Department of Design Sciences, LTH, Lund University and Senior Lecturer (artistic merited) at Department of Natural Sciences, Design and Sustainable Development, NDH, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
- Antti Pirinen, Senior University Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Aalto University, Finland
- Attila Bekkvik Szentirmai, Department of Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
- Aud Elisabeth Witsø, Associate professor, Department of Mental Health, Leader of The National Institute on Intellectual Disability and Community, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU, Norway
- Barbara Nino Carreras, Postdoctoral Researcher at DTU Management, Department of Technology, Management and Economics in the Human-Centered Innovation Section, Denmark
- Brynhild Runa Sterri, Fagdirektør, Norwegian Digitalisation Agency, Authority for Universal Design of ICT/ Digitaliseringsdirektoratet, Tilsynet for universell utforming av ikt, Norway
- Chris Atherton, Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV), Norway
- Dr Chris McGinley, Senior Research Fellow, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, London, UK
- Christian Hellevang, Senior Advisor, The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS), Norway
- Dag Slettemeås, Researcher, Consumption Research Norway (SIFO), Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
- Dagfinn Rømen, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, Department of Universal Design and Learning Environment, Norway
- Delfín Jiménez Martín, PhD Architect. EQAR, Architecture Team for Accessible Urban Planning and Building. Spain
- Dr Donal Fitzpatrick, Senior ICT Design Advisor Centre for Excellence in Universal Design at the National Disability Authority, Ireland
- Elinor Jeanette Olaussen, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, Department of Universal Design and Learning Environment, Norway
- Elisabeth Ugreninov, Research Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
- Fahd Bin Malek Newaz, University of Oslo, Østfold University College, Norway
- Finn Aslaksen, Vista Utredning, Norway
- Dr Flaithrí Neff. Technological University of the Shannon and National Disability Authority, Ireland
- Francesc Aragall, Design for All International, Spain
- Gaute Rygh, Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir), Norway
- Giulia Bencini, University of Bologna, Italy
- Ilaria Garofolo, Full Professor, University of Trieste, Italy
- Ingeborg Bjark, Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir), Norway
- Inger-Marie Hølmebakk, Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir), Norway
- Ingrid Olsson, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer and Distinguished Teacher in Education, PhD in Psychology, Department of Education, Uppsala University, Sweden
- James Hubbard, Senior Design Advisor Products and Services, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, National Disability Authority, Ireland
- Jan Beniamin Kwiek, Advisor, The Authority for Universal Design of ICT, Norway
- Dr. Jim Harrison, Lecturer, Cork Centre for Architectural education, Ireland.
- John Gilligan, Technological University Dublin, Ireland
- Karina Göransson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Natural Sciences, Design and Sustainable Development, NDH, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
- Karina Ludwig, Head of Accessibility and Inclusive Design of ICT at the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV), Norway
- Larry McNutt EdD, Higher Education Consultant, Registrar (retired) TU Dublin, Ireland
- Leif Daniel Houck, Associate Professor, Institute of construction engineering and environmental technology Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
- Lilian Müller, PdD, affiliated researcher Lund University, Sweden
- Morten Tollefsen, Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV), Norway
- Nieves Peinado Margalef, Architect, State Reference Center for Personal Autonomy and Technical Aids (CEAPAT), Spain
- Nils Fearnley, senior researcher, Institute of Transport Economics (TØI), Norway
- Niina Kilpelä, senior architect, Ministry of the Environment, Finland
- Odd Morten Mjøen, Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU
- Oddbjørn Sørmoen, Senior Adviser for Cultural Heritage, Church of Norway
- Rakel Marie Hansen, spesialrådgiver, Akershus fylkeskommune, Norway
- Roberta Cassi. Cluster for Spatial Inclusion at Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation, Denmark
- Rudolph Brynn, Norsk helsenett (Norwegian Health Network), Norway
- Ruth O’Reilly, Senior Built Environment Design Advisor, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, National Disability Authority, Ireland
- Sarah Brodwall, Senior Advisor in Accessibility and Inclusive Design at the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV), Norway
- Dr Satoshi Kose, Professor Emeritus, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, Japan
- Satu Wäre-Åkerblom, Architect, Finnish Association of Architects SAFA, Accessibility specialist, Finland
- Sidse Grangaard, M.Arch MAA, PhD, senior researcher, Research Group Universal Design, Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Terje Gjøsæter, Department of Information Systems, University of Agder; Department of Computer Science, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
- Tom Petersen, senior adviser, myndigheten Trafikanalys (Transport Analysis), Sweden
- Tom Widerøe, Finn.no, Norway
- Tone Alexandra Larsen, senior adviser, Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir), Norway
- Tore Bjørback Amblie, Advisor, universal design, Vy, Norway
- Trenton Schulz, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Norsk Regnesentral (NR, Norwegian Computing Center), Norway
- Way Kiat Bong, Department of Computer Science, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
- Wenche Pedersen. Senior advisor, Strategy and sustainability, Ruter As, Norway Zuzana Čerešňová, Assoc. Prof. Zuzana Ceresnova, PhD., Faculty of Architecture and Design, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
Sponsors
The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir)
The Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Equality
Norsk Regnesentral (NR, Norwegian Computing Center)