18:30-20:00

Welcome reception at Reykjavík City Hall

 
Friday, August 23

08:00	Registration at Grand Hotel Reykjavík
09:00-09:30	Conference opening and welcome addresses: Dr. Rannveig Traustadóttir, Chair of the Conference Committee Garðar Sverrisson, President of the Organisation of Disabled People in Iceland The Sign Language Choir
09:30-10:30	Plenary session: Dr. Tom Shakespeare, Policy, Ethics and Life Science Research Institute Rights, Risks and Responsibilities: New Genetics and Disability
10:30-11:00	Coffee/tea break
11:00-12:30	Parallel paper sessions 1-6 Session 1:  Ethical dilemmas & fetal screening Session 2:  Parenting with a disability I Session 3:  Schools I Session 4:  Employment I Session 5:  Methodology I Session 6:  Deaf issues
12:30-13:30	Lunch
13:30-15:00	Plenary symposium: Understanding Disability: The UK Social Model and the Nordic Relational Approach Dr. Tom Shakespeare, Policy, Ethics and Life Science Research Institute Dr. Jan Tøssebro, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Dr. Carol Thomas, Lancaster University Dr. Mårten Söder, University of Uppsala Moderator: Dr. Rannveig Traustadóttir, University of Iceland
15:00-15:30	Coffee/tea break
15:30-16:30	Parallel paper sessions 7-12 Session 7:    Disability & generation Session 8:    Parenting with a disability II Session 9:    Schools II Session 10:  Policy & services I Session 11:  Methodology II Session 12:  Violence and abuse
16:30-17:30	NNDR Annual Meeting
18:00	Departure for the Blue Lagoon from Grand Hotel
18:45-22:00	Blue Lagoon: Bath, cocktail and dinner
All day	Poster sessions

 
Saturday, August 24

09:00-10:00	Plenary session: Dr. Colin Barnes, University of Leeds Emancipatory Disability Research: Ten Years on? (The British Experience)
10:00-10:30	Coffee/tea break
10:30-12:00	Parallel paper sessions 13-18 Session 13:  Disability in Africa & Asia I Session 14:  Understanding disability I Session 15:  Schools III Session 16:  Policy & services II Session 17:  History Session 18:  Experiences of children & youth
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-14:30	Parallel paper sessions 19-24 Session 19:  Disability in Africa & Asia II Session 20:  Understanding disability II Session 21:  Schools IV Session 22:  Policy & services III Session 23:  Gender & disability Session 24:  Families
14:30-15:00	Coffee/tea break
15:00-16:30	Parallel paper sessions / Round table sessions 25-30 Session 25:  Round table I Session 26:  Understanding disability III Session 27:  Schools V Session 28:  Round table II Session 29:  Round table III Meetings:  NNDR Board Meeting
16:30-17:30	Plenary session: Dr. Kristjana Kristiansen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Angels and the Uni-verse: Ontology Control in Mental Health Land
17.30-18.00	Closing session
19:30	Drinks reception hosted by the Minister of Social Affairs followed by Conference dinner: Grand Hotel Reykjavík
All day	Poster sessions

For more information about the program please contact the conference committee or the conference committee secretary, Hrefna K. Óskarsdóttir, hko@hi.is.
 

Language

The official language of the conference is English.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Colin Barnes, Professor
University of Leeds
Centre for Disability Studies
Leeds,
UK

Dr. Kristjana Kristiansen, Associate Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Social Work
Trondheim
Norway

Dr. Tom Shakespeare, Director of Outreach
Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Institute
Bioscience Centre
Newcastle
UK

Dr. Mårten Söder, Professor
University of Uppsala
Department of Sociology
Uppsala
Sweden

Dr. Carol Thomas, Senior Lecturer
Lancaster University
Department of Applied Social Science
Lancaster
UK

Dr. Jan Tøssebro, Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Social Work
Trondheim
Norway

Conference Venue

Grand Hotel Reykjavík
Sigtún 38
105 Reykjavík
Iceland
tel. 568-9000 e-mail: info@grand.is

(Please remember that accommodation should be booked through Iceland Travel, by choosing a hotel on the registration form.)

Note! The conference venue is fully accessible.