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Moderator
Xavier Verboven, President of the EESC Study Group on the "UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities"
08:30-09:00 | Registration and coffee
09:00-09:30 | Opening session: keynote speeches by
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Gunta Anča, President of the Board of Sustento (Latvia) and EESC member
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Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director of the Equality Directorate at DG Justice, European Commission
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Adam Kosa, Chair of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament
09:30-10:30 | Session 1: Understanding the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
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Ioannis Vardakastanis, Rapporteur for the EESC opinion
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Stig Langvad, Member of the United Nations Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities
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Maria Ventegodt Liisberg, Teamleader at the Danish Institute for Human Rights
Questions and answers
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break
11:00-12:00 | Session 2: Looking at the implications at EU level
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Rosita Agnew, Legal Officer, European Ombudsman
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Martha Stickings, Research Assistant, Equality and Citizens’ Rights Department, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
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Lisa Waddington, European Disability Forum Chair in European Disability Law, Maastricht University
12:00-12:50 | Debate
12:55-13:00 | Conclusions
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Ioannis Vardakastanis, EESC rapporteur
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Xavier Verboven, President of the Study Group
13:00 | End of the hearing
