Preliminary Programme

Friday, 17th january

09:00 - Registration and collection of documentation.

09:30 - Oficial opening ceremony.

10:00 - General introduction to the Conference and a global vision of accessibility.

10:30 - Paper: "The Helsinki accessibility plan." Mr. Eric Pollock, Director of the Helsinki Polytechnic (Finland).

11:30 - Coffee break.

12:00 - Paper: "Public Buildings: Renovating buildings" Mr. Louis Pierre Grosbois, Architect-Town Planner. École d´Architecture de Paris-La Villete (France).

13:00 - End of session.

13:30 - Working lunch.

16:00 - Paper: "Private buildings": Mr. Ad Van Berlo.
Managing Director of the Smart Homes Foundation (Netherlands).

17:00 - Break.

17:30 - Paper: "Spatial examples of mobility and accessibility": Mr. Adam Milczynski Kaas. Lecturer in Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Navarra (Spain).

18:30 - End of session.

19:30 - Visit to Pamplona and "tapeo".

Saturday, 18th january

09:30 - Paper: "Experiences in the United States. The case for univerdal design ":
Mr. Edward Steinfeld, Architect and Director of IDEA Center and the RERC on Universal Design at Buffalo
School of Architecture and Planning.

10:30 - Coffee break.

11:00 - Paper: "Public transport: experiences in Barcelona". Mr Francesc Aragall, President of the Design for All Foundation (Spain).

12:00 - Paper: "Experiences with public buildings: new-type buildings". Ms. Margaret Hickish, Architect of the Buro Happold Engineers Ltd (UK).

13:00 - End of session.

13:30 - Working lunch.

16:00 - Paper: "Urban experiences in Yamaguchi" (Japan).

17:00 - Break.

17:30 - Round table: "An accessible future" Participants will include technicians from the Navarra Government and Pamplona City Council and representatives of the Architects´ Associations.

18:30 - Conclusions and Closing Ceremony.

21:00 - Official dinner.