Medici Final Conference – January 2021
Digital Inclusion For All
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About The Conference
Digital exclusion is shown to be closely linked to social exclusion generally. Limited access to digital tools, low digital skills and poor quality of engagement in the digital society all contribute to ‘dual exclusion’, where digital exclusion exacerbates, rather than reduces, social inequalities.
The COVID-19 pandemic has in turn amplified ‘dual exclusion’. People with limited access to digital technologies, or without the skills to use them, were hit harder by the effects of the pandemic, leading to what might now be called a situation of ‘triple exclusion’.
The MEDICI Final Conference will address these challenges and discuss emerging good practices in the field of Digital Inclusion in Europe. Current gaps in policy interventions at EU and local level will also be highlighted, with the aim to enhance sustainable and transferable digital inclusion initiatives in a future-oriented perspective.
About MEDICI
The MEDICI project supports the exchange and replication of good practices among stakeholders involved in the digital inclusion ecosystem.
Its key aim is to contribute to bridging the ‘digital divide’ affecting in particular vulnerable groups in society, including older people, people with disabilities, ‘left behind’ youth and adults and migrants.
Partners & Organisers
The Programme
You are invited to the online ‘Digital Inclusion For All Conference’. Over 3 days, we will connect from around Europe, utilizing online possibilities to share know-how; from meeting practitioners, experts, public authorities to getting inspired by the keynote speeches and learning about practical cases in our workshops.
Check out the programme below, you can register and attend a single session of your choice or get an ‘ALL IN’ free ticket which will automatically register you to ALL of the sessions of this conference.
Event
Keynotes
Inspirational short talk from leading thinkers, leaders in the topic or policy- makers to attune your mind to the upcoming session.
Roundtable
A Roundtable is a 1 hour open debate as well as a deep-dive dialogue with the purpose of engaging in a discussion on specific topic(s) with 4 to 5 guests.
Webinars
Webinars are 45 minute sessions for a larger audience in which a number of speakers will share their knowledge, give an inspiring presentation or present key lessons from their studies or research.
Workshops
These interactive sessions focus on engagement with participants: sharing perspectives, experiences, knowledge and tools, working on specific challenges or learning about practical solutions.
The Speakers
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June Lowery-KingstonHead of Unit, Accessibility, Multilingualism and “Safer Internet” (CNECT.G.3), European Commission
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Gosia Kwiatkowska
Senior Lecturer Co-Director RIX Research & Media, University of East London
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Henrique Gil
Senior Teacher, Age.Comm – Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
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Bartosz Kosiński
Project Team Supervisor MERITUM Association for Non
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Ellen Helsper
Professor in Socio-Digital Inequalities at the Media and Communications Department London School of Economics (LSE)
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Carmen Cárdenas
Coordinator of the Changing Mentalities Programme of the Spanish Red Cross Employment Plan, Spain
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Luísa Ribeiro Lopes
Coordinator of the Axis for Inclusion of the National Digital Skills Initiative INCODE.2030, Portugal
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Prof. Dr. Daniel BurgosVice-rector for International Research,
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Tania Maarmary
Digital Inclusion Coordinator for the Brussels Capital Region. BRIC, Brussels Regional Informatics Center
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Joaquin Alonzo Andaluz
Head of International Projects Management Office,
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja – UNIR -
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Explore the MEDICI Knowledge Community
Our Community will help you to connect with your peers and interactively learn from each other. Our platform will give you tools to share and exchange good practices, get support on challenges you face in your work on digital inclusion and get inspired. Medici invites you to engage and actively contribute to the digital inclusion of society as a whole.
