

European Accessibility Summer School. Il programma
Eventi
Il progetto APACE organizza la European Accessibility Summer School, un evento di due giorni dedicato a professionisti dell’editoria ed esperti di accessibilità che si incontreranno nel suggestivo borgo toscano di Fiesole (Firenze) per discutere insieme di accessibilità, innovazione e sfide del settore. L’evento si terrà il 26 e il 27 giugno in presenza (e in lingua inglese).
Cosa aspettarsi
In un contesto dinamico e altamente interattivo, la European Accessibility Summer School offre un’opportunità unica per:
- Esplorare tutti gli aspetti chiave dell’accessibilità nel settore editoriale
- Partecipare a sessioni pratiche e con altri professionisti della filiera
- Cimentarsi in workshop che fanno riferimento a contesti reali
AGENDA
Giorno uno
9:00 Registrazione
Welcome
Video greetings
Georg Hauesler, Director for Culture, Creativity and Sport della Commissione Europea (DG EAC)
Icebreaker
Elisa Molinari, Project manager APACE
Round table “The European Accessibility Act is here. Now what?”
- Inmaculada Placencia Porrero, Senior Expert in Disability and Inclusion at Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion della Commissione Europea (presentazione video)
- Cristina Mussinelli, Segretario Generale di Fondazione LIA
- Kristina Kramer, Deputy Director for European and International Affairs Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
- Modera: Porter Anderson, Editor in Chief Publishing Perspectives
10:45 – 11:30 Networking Break
Beyond compliance and checklists: how to build a culture of accessibility
- Alessandra Porcelli, Strategic Publishing Consultant & Learning Consultant Mondadori Education’s Accessibility PMO
- Stacy Scott, Head of Accessibility Taylor&Francis
- Tobias Giversen, Digital Project Manager Politikens
- Modera: Porter Anderson, Editor in Chief Publishing Perspectives
Nobody puts accessibility in a corner
- Gregorio Pellegrino, Chief Accessibility Officer Fondazione LIA
13:00 – 14:30 Pranzo
Round table “European publishers and their roadmap towards accessibility”
- Leena Rautjärvi, Publication Specialist Helsinki University Press
- Miia Kirsi, Accessibility Specialist Celia
- Alisa Žarkova, Head of Publishing Department Lithuanian Audiosensory Library
- Modera: Porter Anderson, Editor in Chief Publishing Perspectives
Pitch your accessibility pain
Wrestling with a tricky accessibility issue? This session is your space to speak up. Bring your real-world questions, challenges, and sticking points. We’ll tackle them together breaking down the toughest problems and tapping into the collective experience of peers and experts. No challenge too small, no question too specific. Let’s turn pain into progress!
- Pitch your accessibility pain about production of accessible contents
- Pitch your accessibility pain about image description
16:15-17:00 Networking Break
Conclusioni e commenti finali
Giorno due
9:00 Recap del primo giorno
Keynote speech about accessibility metadata
- Chris Saynor, Standards editor EDItEUR
Round table “Mainstreaming accessible distribution”
- Nina Rubach, Senior Platform Product Manager Bookwire
- Virginie Bouilhac, Director, Content Management Kobo
- Dani Molina, Operation and Support Specialist De Marque
- Bruna Benvegnù, Senior Product Manager, Books Publisher Experience Amazon
- Modera: Porter Anderson, Editor in Chief Publishing Perspectives
11:00 – 11:30 Networking Break
Accessible ebooks at readers’ fingertips. How do accessible ebooks reach readers?
- Gautier Chomel, Project manager European Digital Reading Lab
Libraries: where accessibility happens
- Francesco Pandini, Project manager Medialibraryonline
- Luisa Gaggini, Head of e-Content and Partners Relations Casalini libri
- Modera: Porter Anderson, Editor in Chief Publishing Perspectives
13:00 – 14:30 Pranzo
Round table “Accessible platforms and where to find them”
- Paolo Casarini, IT Director Il Mulino
- Paolo Pancaldi, Full Stack Developer Il Mulino
- Francesca Avanzini, Digital Project Manager Sanoma Italia
Pitch your accessibility pain
- Pitch your accessibility pain about how to assure the quality of your production and distribution flows: Quality Assurance, tools, display of accessibility metadata
- Pitch your accessibility pain about the cost of accessibility: investments, disproportionate burden, backlist, conversion
16:15 – 17:00 Networking break
17:00 Wrap up e Conclusioni finali
L’evento è gratuito ma i posti disponibili sono limitati. Se interessati a partecipare, potete scrivere una mail a: apace@fondazionelia.org
Questo evento è organizzato nel contesto di APACE, co-finanziato dall’Unione Europea