Agenda
| Monday, November 2, 2026 | ||
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| Registration | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | |
| Welcome | 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM | Jan Zając, President, Polish Organisation of Employers of Persons with Disabilities (POPON), POLAND Dr Gabriella Sebardt, Chair, BusinessEurope’s Equal Opportunities Working Group, Director Social Affairs, Svenskt Näringsliv - Swedish Enterprise, SWEDEN Jiri Švarc, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission |
| Keynote conversation: Inclusion as a competitive advantage | 1:50 PM - 2:40 PM | Moderated by Beatriz Bastião, Technical Officer, Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion, International Labour Organisation (ILO) Susan Breton, Global Head of Inclusion, Airbus (online) Weronika Bajbak, Government Affairs Director, Microsoft, POLAND Daria Uljanicka, Vice President of the Board, Foundation Integralia, ERGO Hestia Nadine Schönwald, Chair National Business and Disability Network, GERMANY, Inclusion Officer Adecco Pablo Sanchez Perez, CEO, Intras, SPAIN
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| Session 1: Context: International Law | EU Law | National law | 2:40 PM - 3:20 PM | Beatriz Bastião, Technical Officer, Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion, International Labour Organisation, ILO Jone Elizondo-Urrestarazu, Senior Legal and Policy Officer, Equality - the European Network of Equality Bodies (online) Magdalena Słonecka-Kuich, Director General, POPON, POLAND |
| Session 2: Business Perspective | 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM | Valérie Tiacoh, Director for Social Strategy and Human Rights, Orange Group, Representative of the collective Objectif Neuroinclusion, FRANCE |
| Break | 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM | |
| Session 3: Incentives | 4:00 PM - 4:35 PM | Monika Chaba, Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Nadia Winiarska, Deputy Director, Department of Labour, Confederation Lewiatan, POLAND Sara Janssens, Attaché Policy Coordination and International Relations Federal Public Service Social Security, BELGIUM |
| Case study 1: Where are the candidates with disabilities? | 4:35 PM - 4:55 PM | Thomas Bignal, Secretary General, Disability Support Europe (online) |
| Questions and key learning points | 4:55 PM - 5:25 PM | Monika Chaba, Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Bruce Roch, Global Head of Social Impact, Inclusion & Wellbeing, Adecco |
| Networking event | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | |
| Tuesday, November 3, 2026 | ||
| Case study 2: Support for Businesses through vocational training | 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Dimitris Tourlidas, Head of Supported Employment EEAMargarita, GREECE Efi Renieri, Manager, HR Own Retail & Franchise Greece & Cyprus, Adidas Yakinthi Garderi, HR Business Partner, Diana Shipping Services S.A., GREECE
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| Session 4: Public Employment Services support for businesses | 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM | Janice Schmidt-Altmeyer, Head of European Representation of the German Federal Employment Agency, Adviser for European Public Employment Services (PES) Affairs in the PES Network, Brussels (online) |
| Session 5: Panel discussion on What/How/When | 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM | Panel moderated by Haydn Hammersley, Social Policy Coordinator European Disability Forum (EDF) Aurore Lentz, DE&I Leader, Toyota Motor Europe Katarzyna Kaczmarek, Country Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Leader, Ikea Retail, POLAND Krzysztof Skowron, Head of Engineering and CSR Executive Sponsor from the Country Board, Capgemini, POLAND Sylwia Daniłowska, Vice-President of the Board Foundation Activation, POLAND Albin Falkmer, Director of Governance and Public Affairs, Samhall, SWEDEN |
| Break | 11:15 AM - 11:35 AM | |
| Session 6: What employers need to know | 11:35 AM - 12:15 PM | Kara McGann, Chair of BusinessEurope’s Labour Market Working Group, Head of Social Policy at Ibec, IRELAND (online) Edel McSorley, Operations Director at Mr Price Branded Bargains, IRELAND Tomaž Čučnik, Executive Secretary, The Alliance of the Companies Employing Persons with Disabilities, SLOVENIA Ana Juviño, Head of Training and Employment Department Fundación ONCE, SPAIN |
| Case study 3: Successful campaigns and initiatives | 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM | Izabela Korbiel, Director of Social Campaigns and International Cooperation, Icebreaker Campaign Spokeswomen, Foundation for Employment of Persons with Disabilities (FAZON), POLAND |
| Questions, key take aways and learning points | 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | Monika Chaba, Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Haydn Hammersley, Social Policy Coordinator, European Disability Forum (EDF) Bruce Roch, Global Head of Social Impact, Inclusion & Wellbeing, Adecco |
| Closing | 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Barbara Pokorny, Chairwoman, National Council, POPON, POLAND Jiri Švarc, Head of Unit, Social Affairs at the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission |