We are delighted to introduce to you our Speakers for IASSIDD 2024!

Keynote 1

Panel Host: Fionn Crombie Angus

Inaugural Chair of IASSIDD's Special Interest Research Group, Inclusive Research
Co Founder of Fionnathan Productions

Panel Host: Alice Schippers

Professor by Special Appointment of Disability Studies, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht
Executive Director Disability Studies, Netherlands

Panel: Jonathan Angus

Co Founder of Fionnathan Productions

Panel: Lieke van Heumen

Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois Chicago

Panel: Courtney Krueger

Associate Teacher at Mcgaw YMCA Children's Center, Evanston, Illinois

Panel: Mark Koning

 Co Researcher at Disability Studies, Netherlands and Philadelphia

Panel: Leo Cardinaal

Junior Researcher at Disability Studies, Netherlands

Panel: Rachael Wanjagua

Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant

Panel: Francis Maiki

Occupational Therapy Workshops at L’Arche Kenya

Panel: Winnie Wanjiku

Occupational Therapy Workshops at L’Arche Kenya

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Katrina Scior

Professor of Clinical Psychology and Stigma Studies, University College London 

Sara Minkara

Presidential Advisor on Disability in International Affairs, US State Department

Dr. Vladimir Cuk

Adjunct Professor in Disability Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Keynote 5

Roger Stancliffe

Professor Emeritus of Intellectual Disability at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Disability Research and Policy

Panel: Joe Caldwell

Director of the Community Living Policy Center at Brandeis University

Panel: Jan Šiška

Associate professor at the Faculty of Education, Charles University, and the University of West

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Professor Shigeru Suemitu

Professor Emeritus Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare

Jenneken Naaldenberg

Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center

Hampus Hillerstrom

President and Chief Executive Officer of LuMind IDSC Foundation

Keynote 9

Panel Host: Marjorie Aunos

Psychologist, researcher, speaker and disability advocate from Montreal, Canada

Panel: Laura Pacheco

Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador

Panel: Dr Susan Colling

Senior Research Fellow at the Transforming early Education and Child Health Research Centre, Western Sydney University, Australia

Panel: Tommie Forslund

Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University

Keynote 10

John Tschida

Executive Director, AUCD