International Conference at Copenhagen Business School sponsered by CBS Law Department and Disabled People's Organisations Denmark

23 August 2010

9:00-9:25 Registration - Coffee & Refresments

9:25-9:30 Welcome - Johan Roos, CBS President

9:30-9:40 The purpose of the conference
Stig Langvad, Chairman of Disabled People´s Organisations Denmark
Lynn Roseberry, Ph.D., Head of Law Department, Copenhagen Business School
1. The past to the present

9:40-10:10 From charity to rights: The history and background of the application of the principle of non-discrimination to disability
Prof. Theresia Degener, Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Bochum, Germany

2. The present

10:10-10:40 The concept(s) of "disability" in EU law and in the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities
Prof. Michael Stein, Executive Director, Harvard Law School Disability Project

10:40-10:55 Questions and discussion

10:55-11:15 Break

11:15-11:45 The employer´s obligation of non-discrimination and duty of reasonable accommodation under the EU Framework Directive
Anna Lawson, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Leeds University

11:45-12:00 Questions and discussion

12:00-13:30 Lunch

3. The future

13:30-14:00 The proposed directive on equal treatment and its significance for future developments in disability discrimination law
Prof. Lisa Waddington, European Disability Forum Chair in European Disability Law, Maastricht University

14:00-14:15 Questions and discussion

14:15-14:45 Impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on business
Stefan Tromel Sturmer,Director of International Disability Alliance

14:45-15:00 Questions and discussion

15:00-15:30 Break - Coffee & Refreshments

4. Reflections

15:30-16:00 Business and human rights perspectives on business obligations towards persons with disabilities
Birgitte Kofod Olsen, Ph.D., CSR consultant, TrygVestas
Jacob Mchangama, Director of Legal Affairs, CEPOS (Center for Political Studies)
Jonas Christoffersen, dr.jur., Executive Director, Danish Institute for Human Rights
Holger Kallehauge, Chairman, National Association of Persons with Polio, Traffic and Accident injuries, former appelate court judge

16:00-16:30 Questions and Panel discussion
Moderator: Associate Professor Anette Risberg, Ph.D, CBS

16:30-16:45 Conclusions
Lynn Roseberry and Stig Langvad

16:45-17:30 Reception and networking