Be a Speaker at the
World Blindness
Summit
The Technical-Scientific Congress, which will take place during the event for the first time in Brazil, on September 2 and 3, 2025, will bring together experts from all over the world to discuss topics of relevance to the visually impaired community. We will have participants from all continents to share experiences, advances and high-impact ideas.
Submit your Lecture Proposal
Do you have an innovative theme, an inspiring practice or a transformative project? This is your opportunity to be part of the largest global meeting on visual impairment!
The standard duration of the activities is up to 1h30, respecting the dynamics of the official program.
Conference
Lectures
Round table
Panel
Workshop
Forum
Priority Themes
These are the main themes of the preliminary program of the event. However, other innovative proposals are also welcome:
• 200 years of the Braille system: from the blackboard to the display, points of inequality
• Humanitarian emergencies and environmental disasters
• Attention to children and adolescents – implications of visual impairment
• Visual impairment and aging
• Current health situation and visual impairment
• Low vision: different perspectives
• What is needed to build an accessible city?
• Orientation and mobility – pathways to autonomy and independence
• Political advocacy for people with disabilities and the use of international frameworks for local action
• Nothing about us without us – active participation of people with disabilities
• Employability of people with visual impairment
• Visual impairment, intersectionality and diversity
• Visual impairment and other disabilities
• Paralympic sports
• Cultural accessibility as a right for all
• Accessibility in information and communication - digital accessibility, web
• Education and visual impairment - how to build an inclusive school?
• Assistive technologies and innovation.
• Accessible books: everyone on the same page - strategies for implementing and enforcing the Marrakesh Treaty
• The future of the international movement for visual impairment
• Humanitarian emergencies and environmental disasters
• Attention to children and adolescents – implications of visual impairment
• Visual impairment and aging
• Current health situation and visual impairment
• Low vision: different perspectives
• What is needed to build an accessible city?
• Orientation and mobility – pathways to autonomy and independence
• Political advocacy for people with disabilities and the use of international frameworks for local action
• Nothing about us without us – active participation of people with disabilities
• Employability of people with visual impairment
• Visual impairment, intersectionality and diversity
• Visual impairment and other disabilities
• Paralympic sports
• Cultural accessibility as a right for all
• Accessibility in information and communication - digital accessibility, web
• Education and visual impairment - how to build an inclusive school?
• Assistive technologies and innovation.
• Accessible books: everyone on the same page - strategies for implementing and enforcing the Marrakesh Treaty
• The future of the international movement for visual impairment
How to submit your proposal
Proposals can be submitted until May 31st. The organizing team will evaluate all submissions and contact the selected candidates. Fill out the form with your details and proposal by clicking the button below:
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Let's work together to build a global event with plural voices, real experiences and possible transformations.