1st Conference on Inclusive Sport and Future Challenges
The 1st Conference on Inclusive Sport kicks off at 6.30 pm on 18 November. It has been organised by the Granés Foundation with the aim of advancing knowledge in the field of inclusive sport. The conference seeks to foster a dialogue among the different experts in the sector of sport for people with disabilities, creating a working space for generating knowledge about fully inclusive sport while also helping to share this information with sports clubs and social organisations.
The 1st Conference on Inclusive Sport begins with a focus group of experts followed by an open debate among interested audiences, which will be available to follow online. This is the first event in a series of debates that the Granés Foundation has planned as a springboard to the generation of sound and useful knowledge that can be applied to help ensure full enjoyment of the human rights detailed in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Spain signed in 2007.
The conference will be streamed at www.granesfundacio.org, with sign language interpreters and subtitles in Catalan and Spanish.
The content of the conference centres on an open debate that will be streamed at www.granesfundacio.org to allow viewers to watch and participate in the event. Prior to the debate, a focus group of experts will discuss the topic.
To register for the conference, please complete the form at this link: www.granesfundacio.org/jornades
Debate / 6.30 pm
Laura Masferrer / Introduction
Managing director of the Granés Foundation. A History graduate, Laura has been managing social organisations since 2003. Her work has focused on processes of transformation for the social inclusion of people with disabilities, including families, children and young people, in such diverse areas as sport, research, entrepreneurship, education, housing and community work.
Joan Vehils / moderator
A sports journalist with extensive experience in the sports press and television. Director of the newspaper Sport since 2007, he was also the director of El Periodico de Catalunya (2003-2007), and of Radio Sport (2000-2005), among others.
Xavier González
CEO of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) between 2004 and 2019. Xavier currently works as a consultant. He began his professional career with the International Olympic Committee in 2002 as liaison director for the Paralympic Games and went on to become chief executive officer of the IPC in 2004. Prior to that, he held management positions in the organising committees for the Paralympic Games in Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, and Sydney 2000, and he was managing director of the Winter Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City 2002.
Enric Blesa
General director of Special Olympics Spain, Enric was recognised for his outstanding work as the best professional sports leader in 2016 by the Catalan Association of Sports Leaders.
Ramon Lamiel
Manager of Barcelona City Council’s Municipal Institute of People with Disabilities since 2013, Ramon is firmly committed to and involved with the social sector. During his career, he has held different management positions with the Autonomous Government of Catalunya and Barcelona City Council.
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Focus Group
Laura Masferrer / Introduction
Managing director of the Granés Foundation.
Maria Pallisera / moderator
Professor at the University of Girona’s Department of Education and coordinator of the Diversity Research Group. Maria conducts collaborative and inclusive research projects alongside people who have intellectual disability on subjects related to their human rights (independent life, education, participation and inclusion).
Xavier González
Consultant for the International Paralympic Committee.
Enric Blesa
General director of Special Olympics Spain.
Ramon Lamiel
Manager of Barcelona City Council’s Municipal Institute of People with Disabilities
Jordi Morales
Elite table tennis player with a long career, during which he has won the bronze and silver medals at the Paralympic Games in Athens in 2004 and in London in 2012. World champion in 2010, 2014 and 2018, in 2018 he was named Male Paralympic Table Tennis Star by the ITTF Star Awards.
Ingrid Lafuente
Manager of the Catalan Sports Federation for people with Cerebral Palsy (FECPC) since 1998, and trainer and head of the organisation’s projects to foster social inclusion through sport. Associate professor at the University of Barcelona – Faculty of Education, and specialist in inclusive physical education and activity and adapted sport, Ingrid also consults on different local, regional and national projects linked with integration and inclusion in sports federations.
Josep Oriol Martínez
A doctor specialising in paralympic sports medicine, he worked with the Paralympic Games in Barcelona (1992), Beijing (2008), Vancouver (2010), London (2012) and Sochi (2014) as head physician. He was also a member of the Anti-Doping Committee and chair of the Medical Committee of the IPC until 2014. A professor specialising in inclusive sport at Ramon Llull – Blanquerna University since 2001 and chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Adapted Sport in its three editions (CIDA 03, CIDA 07 and CIDA 2011).
To register for the conference, please complete the form at this link: www.granesfundacio.org/jornades
