Global Cooperation on Assistive Health Technology Venue: WHO, Geneva Salle D

3 & 4 July 2014 Programme

Rapporteurs of the meeting: Lloyd Walker and Martin Sweeney Thursday, 3 July 2014 Chair: Kees de Joncheere, Director, Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products, WHO 09:00–09:05

Welcome address

Kees de Joncheere, Director, Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products, WHO

09:05–09:10

Video message

Marie-Paule Kieny, Assistant Director General, Health Systems and Innovation, WHO

09:10–09:20

Opening of the meeting

Oleg Chestnov, Assistant Director General, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, WHO

09:20–10:00

Key messages

Stuti Kacker, Secretary of Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, India Maryanne Diamond, Chairperson, International Disability Alliance (IDA) Shuichi Ohno, Executive Director, The Nippon Foundation Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf President, Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE) Rob Horvath Manager, Programs for Vulnerable Populations, USAID

10:00–10:15

WHO - added value

Zafar Mirza, Coordinator, Public Health, Innovation & Intellectual Property, WHO

10:15–10:30

Video of Raissa Laurel followed by Introduction of GATE and expected outcomes of the meeting

Chapal Khasnabis, Technical Officer, Public Health, Innovation & Intellectual Property, WHO

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

Need for partnership – developing GATE Moderator: Alex Ross, Director, WHO Centre for Health Development, Kobe, Japan 11:00–12:00

1. Current met & unmet needs: Changing scenario

Somnath Chatterji, Scientist, Surveys, Measurement and Analysis, WHO

2. Population Ageing and Health: dependency and disability in older age

Islene Araujo De Carvalho, Senior Policy and Strategy Adviser, WHO

3. What evidence exists?

Mark Harniss, Clinical Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington

4. Results of a sample survey

Lloyd Walker, Director, Tech4Life – Empowering lives through technology

5. Partnership with WHO – what it means?

David Constantine, Founder, Motivation-UK

12:00–12:30

Plenary discussion

12:30–13:30

Lunch

Need for partnership – developing GATE Moderator: Stuti Kacker, Secretary of Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, India 13:30–14:30

Perspective from the: 1. Service Providers Organization

Luk Zelderloo, Secretary General, European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)

2. Organization of the Professionals

Alex Mihailidis, President, Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)

3. Manufacturers Association

Soeren Hougaard, Secretary General, European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (EHIMA)

4. Academic and research Institutes

Rory Cooper, Director of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

5. International Organizations

Bob Chappell, President, World Council of Optometry

14:30–15:00

Plenary discussion

15:00–15:30

Coffee Break

Advocacy – creating a sense of urgency Moderator: Jan A. Monsbakken, President, Rehabilitation International (RI) 15:30–16:30

1. Importance of advocacy by the primary stakeholders

Maryanne Diamond, Chairperson, International Disability Alliance (IDA)

2. Assistive Technology for older people

Paul Ong, Health Policy Adviser, HelpAge International

3. One voice one message

Bengt Soderberg, President, International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO)

16:30–17:30

4. Asia and Europe Partnership

Xu Ling, Deputy Director, Department of International Affairs, China Disabled Persons' Federation

5. Partnering to increase access to quality, affordable AHTs in lowresource settings

Shauna Mullally, Technical Specialist (Medical Devices), Health Technology Centre, Supply Division, UNICEF

Plenary discussion on the need for GATE Contributory dinner 19:00–21:00

Friday, 4 July 2014 Need for a global knowledge hub including collection of best practices Moderator: Maryanne Diamond, Chairperson, International Disability Alliance (IDA) 09:00–09:15

Recap of the first day

09:15–10:00

Example of best practices: 1. European expereince

Renzo Andrich, European Assistive Technology Information Network (EASTIN)

2. Norwegian experience

Terje Sund, The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service

3. Chinese experience

Chen Zhengsheng, Director, China Assistive Devices and Technology Center for Persons with Disabilities

4. Brazilian experience

André Tadeu Sugawara, Sao Paulo State Government, Brazil

10:00–10:30

Plenary discussion

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

Moving beyond business as usual Moderator: James Thurston, Director, International Accessibility Policy, Microsoft 11:00–12:00

1. Linking with ICT

Jose María Díaz Batanero, Coordinator, Inter-Sectoral Activities, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

2. Linking with Accessible Technology

David Dikter, Chief Executive Officer, Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)

3. Robotics

Takaki Chin, Director, Robot Rehabilitation Center, Hyogo Rehabilitation Center

4. AT, ICT and Environment

Alireza Darvishy, Zurich University For Applied Sciences, Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES)

5. Global alliance on ICT

Axel Leblois, President & Executive Director, Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict)

6. Going beyond mobility products

Silvio Paolo Mariotti, Medical Officer, Prevention of Blindness and Deafness, WHO

12:00–12:30

Plenary discussion

12:30–13:30

Lunch

Innovation for improving access Moderator: Wei Mengxin, Head of International Division, China Disabled Persons’ Federation 13:30–14:30

Need for innovation 1. Public sector response

G Narayan Rao, Chairman & Managing Director, Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO)

2. Private sector response

Saeed Zahedi, Technical Director, Blatchford & Sons Ltd

3. Product diversification

Berit Hamer, Manager, International Cooperation, Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH

4. Making high-quality vaccines at an affordable price

Martin Friede, Scientist, Public Health, Innovation & Intellectual Property, WHO

5. Global Development Lab

Rob Horvath, Manager, Programs for Vulnerable Populations, USAID

6. Facilitating participation and promoting social inclusion – Social innovation

Malcolm MacLachlan, Centre for Global Health & Director of Research, School of Psychology, Trinity College

14:30–15:00

Plenary discussion

15:00–15:30

Coffee Break

16:00–17:00

Plenary on identifying priority actions facilitated by Zafar Mirza, WHO

17:00–17:15

Next steps

Chapal Khasnabis, WHO

17:00–17:30

Closing remarks

Kees de Joncheere, WHO