BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-AUCD VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DCREATED:20240328T082157 LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T082157 DTSTART:20160620T040000Z DTEND:20160624T040000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:8th International Disability Law Summer School: "Bringing Rights Home: Civil Society Impacting Change" LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Galway, Ireland DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=0D=0A=0D=0AThe 8th International Disability Law Summer School takes place next week 20th-24th June in Galway with the theme "Bringing Rights Home: Civil Society Impacting Change".=0D=0A=0D=0AIt's bigger than ever this year and we will welcome 150 participants from over 40 countries and a stellar cast of over 30 experts as faculty. And we're inviting you, wherever you may be, to join the proceedings.=0D=0A=0D=0AWatch the First Morning=0D=0A=0D=0AOn Monday 20th June from 9.30am Irish Standard Time join the live stream (video and audio) of the morning's proceedings include the kick-off session Looking Back: A Key Moment in World History - The Drafting of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which will feature retired US Senator Tom Harkin, a co-father of the ADA, John Wodatch, the Former Director of the Disability Section of the Civil Rights Division in the US Department of Justice, and Judith E. Heumann, Special Advisor for International Disability Rights in the US Department of State. =0D=0A=0D=0AFollow proceedings word for word all week =0D=0A=0D=0ALive stream captioning is available all week for all sessions (see 'Public Events' when following the link) - follow it all from your desk word for word.=0D=0A=0D=0ABe there on Twitter #DSS16=0D=0A=0D=0AOur Twiteratti will be active all week on Twitter hashtag #DSS16 and on Facebook. =0D=0A=0D=0AThe programme and more information can be found here, and is also attached to this email in both PDF and accessible Word formats. =0D=0A=0D=0AWe hope you can join us. Remember too that free, open-access, captioned videos of the sessions will be hosted on our YouTube site approximately 10 days after the School closes and that previous Schools are up there already.=0D=0A=0D=0ACentre for Disability Law and Policy=0D=0AInstitute for Lifecourse and Society=0D=0AUpper Newcastle Road=0D=0ANational University of Ireland =0D=0AGalway=0D=0AEmail: info.cdl@nuigalway.ie=0D=0A Web: http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp=0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A PRIORITY:3 URL:http://www.aucd.org/template/event.cfm?event_id=7850&id=291 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR