Invited Speakers

He is a graduate in therapeutic pedagogy from the University of Barcelona. He has developed his career in the world of ergonomics, biomechanics, accessibility, and Design for All, a concept which has been spread throughout Europe through the European Institute for Design and Disability (EIDD), of which Mr. Francesc Aragall i Clavé was President from 1998 to 2001, and the Design for All Foundation.

During the period of construction of the installations destined for the 1992 Olympic Games, he was responsible for urban accessibility, transport, and technical assistance of the Barcelona City Council until 1993, when he assumed management of the Consorci de Recursos i Documentació per a l'Autonomia Personal (CRID), (Resources and Documentation Consortium for Personal Autonomy).
He was member of the Consell per a la Promoció de l'Accessibilitat i Supressió de Barreres Arquitectòniques de la Generalitat de Cataluña (Council for the Promotion of Accessibility and the Elimination of Barriers) since July 2004 until September 2006.

Presently, he is a Lecturer of various Master and Doctorate courses at the University of Barcelona and the University of Lisbon, Trondheim, Cali, etc., author of the "European Concept for Accessibility" (2003 edition), Member of the Accessibility Working Group of the Barcelona City Council, Patron of the Barcelona Centro de Disseny (BCD), President of "Coordinadora del Diseño para Todas las Personas en España" (EIDD-Spain), Member of the Board de EIDD-Design for All Europe, General Director of ProAsolutions, an accessibility and Design for All consultancy company with offices in Spain, Sweden, Germany, Italy and Serbia, founder of ProAsolutions.PT , based in Oporto, as well as founder and President of the Design for All Foundation.

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

• Manual d'accessibilitat de platges de la província de Barcelona (Accessibility manual for beaches for the Barcelona province), (2001) published by the Barcelona Province Council.
• De la Ciutat sense barreres a la Ciutat per a Tothom (From the City without barriers to the City for All) (February, 2002), published in catalan by the Barcelona Province Council, from the Urban Public Spaces collection.
• BARCELONA. Del Pla d'Accessibilitat a la Ciutat per a Tothom (From the Accessibility Plan to the City for All) (April, 2003), published by the Design for All Foundation, with the collaboration of the Barcelona City Council.
• European Concept for Accessibility (ECA) 2003, published by European Concept for Accessibility Network (EuCAN) with the support of the Ministère de la Famille, de la Solidarité Sociale et de la Jeunesse de Luxembourg.
• ECA for Administrations (2008) in cooperation with SP. Neumann and S. Sagramola, edited by Info-Handicap. National Council for People with Disability of Luxembourg.
• La accesibilidad en los Centros Educativos (Accessibility in Schools) (2010) form the "Telefónica Accesible" collection, sponsored by CERMI and Telefónica and edited by Grupo Ediciones Cinca, SL

AWARDS:

• RON MACEY AWARD 2004, awarded to his personal and professional career in the field of Design for All by Adaptive Environments de Massachusetts.
• 1st. POSITION IN THE COMPETITION OF IDEAS FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY IN THE OLD PART OF VITORIA, awarded by the Vitoria city council.