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Staying connected: Key global events on disability employment and business

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Geneva
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Several global events on disability inclusion in business will be held in the 12 months after the ILO GBDN 11th global annual conference. This session will see presentations on the Harkin International Disability Employment Summit (December 2024, Washington D.C.), the Zero Project Conference (March 2025, Vienna), the third Global Disability Summit (April 2025, Berlin), and the SYNC25 Accountability Summit (December 2025, Tokyo).

The ILO will deliver closing remarks for the conference, after the session on upcoming key global events.

International Sign interpretation and live captioning in English, French, Spanish and Arabic are provided.

Panelists

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Daniel Van Sant
Director of Disability Policy, The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement
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Wilfried Kainz
Head of Research, Zero Project
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Bernd Schramm
Teamleader Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Delphine Leveneur
Chief Engagement Officer, Valuable 500

Moderator

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Joanne Neddo
Global Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Sodexo