Fifth International Congress Tourism for All

Ivor Ambrose — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:35:24 GMT

23-25 September 2015, Madrid, Spain. For anyone interested in Accessible Tourism for All, this will be the top event of 2015 in Europe where researchers, policymakers and practitioners will present, learn about, discuss and plan new initiatives in this flourishing field of tourism development.

The fifth edition of the "Tourism for All" international congress will be held jointly with the Sixth edition of the "International Congress on Design, Research Networks and Technology for All (DRT4ALL)", organised by the ONCE Foundation in collaboration with UNWTO and ENAT, with the support of Vodafone Foundation, Spain.

Background

The ONCE Foundation has worked since its inception to contribute to the full social inclusion of people with disabilities, giving effect to the principle of equal opportunity and nondiscrimination.

Within this context, the ONCE Foundation has decided to organize the V International Congress on Tourism for All and the VI International Congress of Design, Technology and Research Networks for All in order to join forces and leverage the synergies that can be generated from both Congresses. Joint plenary sessions will be held as well as specific roundtables and workshops for each Congress.

This V International Congress on Tourism for All has as its central focus New Technologies and Tourism for all; Solutions and Technology Applications in Tourism for All.

Conference Topics

The Congress agenda is open to all proposals on Tourism for All and Tourism Industry in general. We are seeking innovative, different and interesting proposals, technology demonstrations and applications, as well as solutions for tourism, culture, leisure, gastronomy, and natural sites, among others.

Conference topics may include:

Technologies and Information and Communication Access Services.
Human–computer interaction.
Assistive Technologies.
Telecare.
Digital Homes and independent living.
Applied robotics for personal autonomy.
Transport for all.
Accessible collaborative learning technologies
DRT4ALL applications and solutions for Accessible Tourism

Venue

Complejo Deportivo y Cultural de la ONCE,
Paseo de la Habana 208, Madrid, Spain

More information

Visit the Congress website
Email: turismo@fundaciononce.es
Telephone: +34 91 506 51 84

Proceedings
Selected papers will be included in Congress of Tourism for All 2015 Proceedings, which be published in electronic format and posted on the Congress’ website with an ISBN.

Paper format
Articles should not exceed 10 pages in Word format and must conform to the official style guidelines. Papers written in Spanish or English are welcomed, but it is mandatory that abstracts are in both English and Spanish.

Paper submission
All papers must be submitted to turismo@fundaciononce.es using wetransfer.
It is a requirement to include keywords that comply with the Congress topics.

Download the announcement in PDF format from the right-hand column (Spanish version).

To learn about the previous Congresses on Tourism for All and DRT4ALL, consult the webpage of Fundación ONCE:
http://www.fundaciononce.es/es/pagina/eventos

Fundación ONCE for cooperation and social inclusion of persons with disabilities is a Founding Member of ENAT

T-GuIDE European Lifelong Learning Conference, Brussels

Ivor Ambrose — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:16:00 GMT

31 March 2015, Brussels, Belgium. A conference presenting the results of the T-GuIDE Lifelong Learning project, open to tourist guides and stakeholders including managers and owners of destinations and attractions as well as organisations that arrange holidays for people with learning difficulties and/or intellectual impairments.

31 March 2015, Brussels, Belgium.

A conference presenting the results of the T-GuIDE Lifelong Learning project.

The conference is open to:

Tourist guides
Managers, owners or staff of tourist destinations and attractions
Organisations that arrange holidays, trips or events for people with learning difficulties and/or intellectual disabilities
Families and friends of people with learning difficulties and/or intellectual disabilities.

Venue: Flemish Government Buildings, Auditorium, Boudewijnlaan 30, 1000 Brussels.

Time: 10:00 - 13:00 hours

Conference language: English. Simultaneous sub-titling of all speeches is provided for the conference.

Download the presentations in PDF format from the right-hand panel.

Programme

09:30 Registration & Coffee

10.00 Opening Session – Welcome and Introduction

Chair: Mieke Broeders, Director, Flemish Agency for Accessibility
VisitFlanders. Sara Lefèvre, Accessibility Expert
European Commission DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Tourism Policy. Antonella Correra, Policy Office
European Federation of Tourist Guides’ Associations (FEG). Carlos Ortega, President
Consorzio ASIS, Italy. Lorenzo Scirroco, T-GuIDE Project Coordinator

10.45 Guided Tours for All in Europe – Challenges and Requirements

Autisme Denmark and Danish National Parent Association for Autisme. Birgitte Bjørn, Autisme Specialist.
Tricentenaire - 3,2,1 VAKANZ, Luxembourg. Holiday Excursion Support & Service Network for Persons with Disabilities. Danielle Petesch, Coordinator

11:15 The T-GuIDE eLearning Programme

Introduction. T-GuIDE Video Presentation. FEG, Efi Kalamboukidou, Tourist Guide, President of Panhellenic Tourist Guide Federation, FEG – Executive Member.
Open the T-GuIDE Video in YouTube 16 minutes. Opens in a new browser window.
Demonstration of the T-GuIDE e-Learning programme. (www.accesstraining.eu) ENAT, Ivor Ambrose, Managing Director. With input from project partners: Lebenshilfe / Fundación Pública Andaluza El Legado Andalusí / Sustento / IFI / SAN / ENAT
T-GuIDE Competences Manual. MINSTER Development Centre, UK. Christine Lester, Director
Towards Accreditation of T-GuIDE Skills & Competences. Allan Clare, UK. Lecturer, Trainer and Assessor, Director AWC Training.
Lola Luque, Departamento de Turismo, Promoción y Deporte, El Legado Andalusí

12:15 Plenary Discussion

13.00 End of Conference Programme.

Light Lunch

14.00 T-GuIDE Workshop. Language: English
- Interactive Workshop Session for T-GuIDE partners and tourist guides.

Facilitated by: Lisa Zieler, (FEG-Austria), Efi Kalamboukidou (FEG-Greece) and Karin Kicker-Frisinghelli, (Lebenshilfe, Austria)
Topics:

Practical guiding exercises – Preparation and On the tour
Making a personal training plan and documenting your experience
Deployment of the T-GuIDE accreditation programme in Europe
Tourist Guides social network – online community for T-GuIDEs
Review of T-GuIDE materials and Exploitation Plan.

16.00 Close of Workshop Session and Departure

Download the Programme for the right-hand panel in PDF Format.

Contact: enat@accessibletourism.org