Accessible and sustainable travel in Europe
Long-distance sustainable travel with trains and buses requires to be remarkably improved and made truly accessible in Europe. We need a shift of the common mindset, and we have to create the infrastructure and facilities so that you can easily interrail, even you would be a wheelchair user, travelling with your children and a pushchair, or if you are an elderly person. Everybody should be able to explore our beautiful continent by travelling sustainably.
Speakers:
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Katrin Langensiepen, MEP, Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament (Germany) Katrin Langensiepen was elected in the European Parliament in 2019. As the only woman with a visible disability in the Parliament and Vice-Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs she fights for a social and inclusive Europe. Born in 1979 in Hannover she is a convinced European. She lived in Israel, Marseille and Shanghai and is a qualified assistant for foreign languages. In 2011 she became councillor in Hannover for Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen and worked as speaker for social affairs. She was also the speaker of her parties working group for disabled people. Website: http://www.katrin-langensiepen.eu/ |
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Annina Rautio, Service Designer - VR Group Ltd, Passenger Services Annina Rautio has worked several years planning and developing services and concepts for Finnish railway passengers, especially for those with special needs. As a Service Designer she is passionate about understanding what creates true value to the customers and how the best customer experience can be achieved throughout the entire journey.
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Everita Strelca, European Disability Forum from Transport expert group and SkyWise Solutions Ltd director Everita started her aviation career over 20 years ago. Under her leadership during 2010, Riga International Airport was recognized as the first “model” airport to meet the requirements set out in both Regulation 1107/2006 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and reduced mobility. As of 2011 Everita started her trainer and consultant career that also involved course delivery for airport and airline personnel, also specialises in conducting robust assessments of the services and facilities designed to manage the PRM experience when travelling by air based on European and Internationally recognised laws and best practices. FB @SkywiseSolutionsTraining |
Moderator:
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Nikolai Klix, Secretary of Cultural Affairs, Kynnys / Threshold (a Disability Rights Organisation) Born in Berlin. Living in Helsinki, Finland since the age of six. BA in Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, including an Erasmus exchange period in Florence, Italy. MA in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield in the UK. I will begin a PhD in Philosophy at Tampere University in January 2020. Currently working as a Secretary of Cultural Affairs at Threshold which is a Finnish Disability Rights organization. Active in the Finnish Greens since 2010. Founder and coordinator of EGP´s Disability Network. |
