Opening Session and Opening Keynote

• Wednesday, 10th September 2025 – 9h00-10h30
  Venue: Cultural Centre, European University Cyprus, Nicosia

Opening Session

• Pedro Encarnação, AAATE President, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
• Andreas Efstathiou, Rector, European University Cyprus
• Katerina Mavrou, European University Cyprus

Keynote Presentation

• Kamil Goungor, European Network on Independent Living.
  The role of assistive technology into the future of independent living.
  Chair: Katerina Mavrou, European University Cyprus

Second Plenary Session

• Thursday, 11th September 2025 – 14h00-15h00
  Venue: Cultural Centre, European University Cyprus, Nicosia

Keynote Presentation

• Professor Serenella Besio, University of Bergamo)
  The need and the right to play of children with disabilities. What role for Assistive Technologies?
  Chair: Pedro Encarnação, AAATE President, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Final Closing Plenary Session

• Friday, 12th September 2025 – 12h30-14h00
  Venue: Cultural Centre, European University Cyprus, Nicosia

Round Table Discussion

From Legacy to Leadership: Rethinking AT for the Next 30 Years

Panelists:

• Luc de Witte, President Global Alliance of Assistive Technology Organizations, The Hague University of Applied Science
• Christakis Nicolaides, Pancyprian Organisation of the Blind
• Alex Kamadu, International Society for Wheelchair Professionals
• Additional panelists TBC

Chair: Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf, Secretary-General of AAATE, AIAS Bologna, Italy.

Closing ceremony

Awards ceremony

• AAATE Diamond Award – announced by: Georgios Kouroupetroglou, AAATE Past-President, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Tone Øderud, SINTEF Digital, Norway
• Best paper award – announced by: Silvio Pagliara, University of Cagliari, Italy

Closing of the conference

• Dominique Archambault, University Paris 8-Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France