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HHS |
Hereditary
Hybrid Societies |
Mrs.
Zoe Apostolopoulou
e-ISOTIS
KLITAIMNISTRAS 40
13122
ILION
ATHENS
Greece
Phone: +302102693760
Fax: +302102693775
Greece
zoe@e-isotis.org
www.e-isotis.org
e-ISOTIS
In
brief, the scope of e-ISOTIS is to support the People with Disabilities and
older persons to overcome the existing barriers and to experience an Information
Society Open to ImpairmentS (ISOTIS). e-ISOTIS is a non-profit making
organization that brings together people with disabilities, their spouses as
well as members of the ICT (Information Communication Technology) community from
the whole globe. It co-operates closely with National Associations of People
with Disabilities as well as with Universities, ICT companies and public
authorities in many European countries, having as such links to more than
360,000 people with disabilities.
CV
of the key person Mrs. Zoe Apostolopoulou as Dissemination Manager
is
the legal representative of e-ISOTIS and she is a lawyer with postgraduate
studies in European Law and with specialisation on equality, antidiscrimination
and European court. She is the author of books and articles dealing with the
operation of European court, legal rights of people of Disabilities and issues
for independent living and civil and human rights. She is also an individual
member of the European Disability Forum, the largest umbrella organisation of
federations of associations of people with disabilities in Europe.
CV
of the key person Mr. Nikolaos Floratos
is
as an experienced project manager in ICT and RTD projects. He is a senior ICT
scientist and project manager with a rich experience of more than 7 years in
management and execution of projects with the European Commission. He has
participated in the 4th, 5th and 6th Framework
Programme as project manager and researcher. Indicatively, in IRIS –
Incorporating People with Special Needs into Internet Based Applications and
Services, eHUB – True Collaborative Virtual Teams, XAUDIO – Interactive
Mobile Application Services, ASK-IT – Ambient Intelligence System of Agents
for Knowledge-based and Integrated Services for Mobility Impaired Users and in
several other projects funded by the European Commission. He has also completed
postgraduate studies in Communications & Signal Processing as well as in
Business Administration with specialisation in conduction of business plans and
ICT issues. He is a member in various committees for e-accessibility and design
for all issues. More specifically, he is representing ANEC, the European Voice
in standardisation, as well as the Greek national association of consumers,
EKPOIZO in ICT issues.
CV
of the key person Mr. Karel Van Isacker
possesses
an MBA and a Diploma in Applied Economic Sciences with specialisation in
International Management from the University Faculties Saint Ignatius Antwerp.
He acquired experience in Belgian ICT consulting projects and acted as Product
Manager for several e-commerce projects in Belgium that were focused on making
Belgian SMEs acquainted with Internet applications. He also worked as Internet
analyst in the development and successful launch of new e-commerce initiatives
for SDWorx, Belgian’s biggest social secretariat. He has furthermore extensive
experience in multimedia and electronic commerce applications, and in the
managing of various projects related with e-Government (ICTE-PAN, INTELCITIES,
etc.). He is also an experienced eTen, FP5 and FP6 project manager and accrued
recently extensive experience in applying the semantic paradigm to collaborative
(P2P) applications (SATINE) and the multi-channel delivery of semantically
enriched e-Health content (COCOON). He currently works closely together with e-ISOTIS
in European Community projects that involve the accessible design and
development of mobility devices (e.g. ASK-IT), while he has been heavily
involved in e-learning activities (SLIM-VRT, EURIDICE, MOTRASUP, etc.).
eIS1. Zoe Apostolopoulou, “Equal Treatment of
People with Disabilities in the EC: What does “Equal” mean?”, NYU School
of Law · New York, NY 10012, New York University School of Law, 2004.