Photos from the 2006 International Conference
International Conference "People with Disabilities and Mass Media", 19-20 June 2006
Photo: Vassilis Koytroymanos
Presentation of a report by the "Standing Parliamentary Committee on addressing the problems encountered by people with disabilities"
- Eleftheria Bernidaki-Aldous, President, Member of the Greek Parliament (Nea Dimokratia)
- Chrissi Karidi, Member of the Greek Parliament (Nea Dimokratia), responsible for the section “Raising Public Awareness on the Disabled”
- Εktor Nasiokas, Member of the Greek Parliament (PASOK), responsible for the section “Disabled Health-Medicare”
- Athanasios Leventis, Member of the Greek Parliament (SYNASPISMOS), responsible for the section “Opening Professional Opportunities for the Disabled”
Co-ordinator: Aris Portosalte, Journalist, (SKY-TV Channel)
Simultaneous translation in greek, english, french, and Greek sign language
Photo: Vassilis Koytroymanos
Managing Director of ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Television) Mr. Christos Panagopoulos
Photo: Vassilis Koytroymanos
Presenting people with disabilities in mass media
- Μanolis Mavromatis, Member of the European Parliament (Nea Dimokratia)
- Panos Sompolos, President of Journalists’ Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers
- Chantal Olffers, Policy Advisor on Media Affairs of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
- Ιoanna Despotopoulou, President of Special Olympics Hellas
- Georgios Houliaras, Executive Advisor at ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Television)
Co-ordinator: Yiannis Politis, General Director of “Athina 9,84” Radio Station
Photo: Vassilis Koytroymanos
Disability issues in mass media
- Νikolaos Voulgaropoulos, Editor of the “Disability Now” magazine and the website www.disabled.gr
- Damon Rose, Editor of the OUCH! Website
- Αntonios Rellas, Cinema Director
- Giorgios Beliris, presenter of the daily TV program on disability titled “The Sixth Sense” (ET 3, Hellenic Broadcasting Television)
- Antonios Skordilis, Journalist of the newspaper “Eleftherotypia” – column “On Equal Terms”
Co-ordinator: Maria Spyraki, Journalist (ALTER –TV Channel)
Photo: Vassilis Koytroymanos
Accessibility and new technical developments
- Martin Davies, Senior Producer - RED BEE (Broadcast Accessibility Designs Company)
- Leontios Hadjileontiadis, Assistant Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Seraphim Fyntanidis, Director of «Eleftherotypia», daily newspaper
- Vasilios Asimakopoulos, Professor at the National Technical University of Athens, Special Secretary for the “Information Society” Program
- Georgios Kouroupetroglou, Professor at the University of Athens, specialized on media accessibility
- Marguerita Antona, Specialist in software accessibility, Foundation for Research and Technology, FORTH
- Georgios Karayannis, Director, Institute for Language and Speech Processing, ILSP
Co-ordinator: Nicholas Voulelis, Managing Director of Athens News Agency-Macedonian News Agency (APE-MPE)
Photo: Vassilis Koytroymanos