G3ict is the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs

Day 1: Monday, April, 23, 2007
09:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Guided tour of Shafallah Center
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Opening Ceremony in Theatre Introduction and Welcome Address Hassan Ali Bin Ali, Chairman, Shafallah Center Tim Sebastian, Chairman, The Doha Debates
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Opening Speech Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Enabling Human Rights for All Announcing a Shafallah Center partnership to develop a core disability rights resource that can be utilized in diverse by worldwide disability organizations and advocates.
12:15 PM - 02:00 PM	Luncheon and Keynote Launch of Best Buddies and Shafallah Center Initiative Preview of Best Buddies® and the Shafallah Center’s social inclusion project fostering friendship between people with special needs and their typically developing peers Anthony Shriver, Founder and Chairman, Best Buddies
02:15 PM - 03:30 PM	Implications of Genetics in Prevention and Care of Children with Special Needs
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM	Open House at the Shafallah Center Art Exhibition In Honor of the Forum, a one- of- a- kind display of exceptional works of art by the Shafallah Center's exceptional students attended by the community, artists and their parents Documentary Screening and Q&A Normal People Scare Me (Running time aprox. 60 minutes) Aspiring teen filmmaker Taylor Cross captures life and living with autism through interviews with over 65 fascinating subjects with Asperger's syndrome or autism
Day 2: Tuesday, April, 24, 2007
09:15 AM - 09:30 AM	Opening Remarks Tim Sebastian, Chairman, The Doha Debates
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM	The Tangible Success of Shafallah Programs First hand presentations on the ongoing academic, family and community endeavors by the Shafallah Center staff
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Documentary Screening and Q&A The Collector of Bedford Street (Running time 36 minutes) Fundraiser and community activist Larry Selman's inspiring story about his journey to maintain independence in society followed by discussion
12:15 PM - 01:45 PM	Media Blitz Luncheon Giving guests an opportunity to collaborate and network with leaders in the media and disability worlds whilst experiencing and learning about their worldwide disability awareness efforts via documentaries, public service announcements, radio shows, magazines, books, and organizations
02:00 PM - 06:00 PM	The Power of Public Service Advertising: How Autism Speaks and the Ad Council Came Together to Bring the Urgency of the Autism Epidemic into the Spotlight Screening of Autism Everyday (Running time 44 minutes) followed by an influential demonstration and discussion of how a successful and effective public service campaign was created to raise national awareness on autism in the United States
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM	Reception and Gala Dinner
Day 3: Wednesday, April, 25, 2007
09:15 AM - 09:30 AM	Morning Remarks Tim Sebastian, Chairman, The Doha Debates
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Sesame Workshop Film and Presentation Extraordinary clips of Sesame Workshop’s efforts to raise disability awareness for children everywhere, followed by an expert presentation on disability and children’s media
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM	Promoting Public Awareness: Cultural Considerations Russia, Lebanon, U.S., France This panel discussion takes raising public awareness to the next level by addressing the wide variety of cultural and socio-economic considerations within our international community
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM	Luncheon and Keynote
01:45 PM - 02:45 PM	Time to Get Equal Campaign Presentation and Q&A by SCOPE; a British disability organization, under the patronage of Cherie Booth, QC. SCOPE aims to achieve equality for disabled people while cultivating a society in which they are valued and have the same human and civil rights as everyone else
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM	Self-Advocacy and Family Member Panel Discussion A unique opportunity to experience some of the success stories of affected individuals who have advocated for equal rights and opportunities
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM	Closing Remarks Hassan Ali Bin Ali, Chairman, Shafallah Center