Uddannelsesudvalget 2009-10
UDU Alm.del Bilag 264
Offentligt
Registration & paymentPlease register by filling out the form on this CBS website: www.cbs.dk/dd. Themaximum number of participants is one hundred.QuestionsAny questions regarding registration and payment can be forwarded toTrine Buch, Law Department, Copenhagen Business School : [email protected].Deadline for registrationDeadline for registration is 9th August 2010.Conference venueCopenhagen Business SchoolKilenKilevej 14A2000 FrederiksbergRoom 43 (KS43) - ground floorConference fee:DKK 800 or 110 Euro, includes lunch and refreshments.PaymentPayment can be made by bank transfer to Copenhagen Business School’s ac-count in Danske Bank:Reg 9541 - Account 3040933Danske BankFrederiksberggade 11459 København KIBAN: DK3830000003040933 - SWIFT: DABADKKKPlease mention your name and "Conference" when sending your payment.
International one-day conference 23rd August 2010:
Business Obligations Towards DisabledPersons under EU and InternationalAnti-Discrimination Law
The Department of Law at Copenhagen Business School and the Disabled People'sOrganisations Denmark have invited leading experts in EU andinternational disability discrimination law to present their research on theconcepts of disability, the obligation of non-discrimination, the employer's duty toadapt working conditions to the needs of persons with disabilities, and likely futuredevelopments in business obligations towards disabled persons.
Programme - 23rd August 20109:00 - 9:25Registration - Coffee & refresments9:25 - 9:30Welcome - Johan Roos, CBS President9:30 - 9:40The purpose of the conferenceStig Langvad, Chairman of Disabled People´s Organisations DenmarkLynn Roseberry, Ph.D., Head of Law Department, CopenhagenBusiness School
Programme - 23rd August 20103. The future13:30 -14:00The Proposed Directive on Equal Treatment and ItsSignificance for Future Developments in Disability Discrimination LawProfessor Lisa Waddington, European Disability Forum Chair in EuropeanDisability Law, Maastricht University14:00 -14:15Questions and discussion14:15 -14:45Forward Momentum: Implementation & Monitoring at EU andNational LevelsGerard Quinn, Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National Univer-sity of Ireland14:45 -15:00Questions and discussion15:00 -15:30Break - Coffee & refreshments
1. The past to the present9:40 - 10:10From charity to rights: The history and background of theapplication of the principle of non-discrimination to disabilityProfessor Theresia Degener, Protestant University of Applied Sciences,Bochum, Germany
2. The present10:10 - 10:40The concept(s) of "disability" in EU law and in theInternational Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilitiesProfessor Michael Stein, Executive Director, Harvard Law SchoolDisability Project10:40 -10:55Questions and discussion10:55 -11:15Break11:15 -11:45The employer´s obligation of non-discrimination and dutyof reasonable accommodation under the EU FrameworkDirectiveAnna Lawson, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Leeds University11:45 -12:00Questions and discussion12:00 -13:30Lunch
4. Reflections15:30 -16:00Business and human rights perspectives on businessobligations towards persons with disabilitiesBirgitte Kofod Olsen, Ph.D., CSR consultant, TrygVestasJacob Mchangama, Director of Legal Affairs, CEPOS (Center for PoliticalStudies)Jonas Christoffersen, dr.jur., Executive Director, Danish Institute for Human RightsHolger Kallehauge, Chairman, National Association of Persons with Polio, Trafficand Accident injuries, former appelate court judge16:00 -16:30Questions and Panel discussion16:30 -16:45ConclusionsLynn Roseberry and Stig Langvad16:45 -17:30Reception and networking
