Room 1
Wednesday 10.00 – 12.30
Music by Tine Thing Helseth
Welcome to UD2024
by Hege Nilssen, Director Bufdir
Opening address
by Minister Lubna Jaffery, Ministry of Culture and Equality
Universal Design, Equality and Accessibility: The Human Rights Imperative
Keynote by Anna Lawson, Professor at the University of Leeds
Break
Universal Design and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Keynote by Masumi Ono, Division for Inclusive Social Development, United Nations
Disability Inclusion in Africa: The Gaps and Opportunities
Keynote by Irene Mbari-Kirika, Founder of inABLE.org
Thursday 13.30 – 15.00
Implementing Universal Design in the Danish Non-Profit Housing Sector
Keynote by Bent Madsen, CEO of the Danish Federation of Non-Profit Housing Providers
The Opportunities and Risks of AI: Countering Statistical Discrimination
Keynote by Jutta Treviranus, Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) and professor in the faculty of Design at OCAD University in Toronto
Safe and inclusive homes and neighbourhoods – how can universal design be of help?
Participants: Bent Madsen (Danish Federation of Non-Profit Housing Providers), Tina Larsen (National Association of Norwegian Architects), Anna Lawson (University of Leeds)
Friday 11.00 – 13.00
The Norway Declaration
by Olav Rand Bringa, Onny Eikhaug, Cato Lie
Digital Inclusion through Research and Regulations (Panel)
Participants: Susanna Laurin (Funka Foundation), Jutta Treviranus (Inclusive Design Research Centre), Irene Mbari-Kirika (inABLE.org), Åshild Vige (moderator)
Developing people-centered knowledge – Silences and marginalized perspectives we need to know about to design well
Keynote by Olivia Dahl, danish researcher
How to work and think like a designer of tomorrow’s solutions
Keynote by Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director, Institute for Human Centered Design
Closing comments
by Anne Magdalena Solbu Kleiven, Bufdir