Canadian Accessible Procurement Workshop AGENDA

Dates:

October 10, 9:00am – 5:00pm

October 11, 9:00am – 1:00pm

OCAD University, 230 Richmond St. WEST, 3rd floor, room 322, Toronto

To engage multiple stakeholders in co-designing Canada’s accessible procurement strategy

9:00 Meet and Greet

9:30 Introductions, Framing and Group Formation (Moderator: Jutta Treviranus)

10:00 What is the future we want? How far away are we?

11:00 Break

11:15 Harmonization with EU and US?

• Insights from Ontario & Manitoba: Ann Hoy, Yutta Fricke (John Wyndels)

1:00 Lunch and continued conversation

2:00 “Evergreen” strategies?

3:00 Short-term concrete gains and long-term systemic gains?

3:30 Coffee Break

3:45 Scope: products and services (which are included?)

4:15 Scope: public and private sector organizations (differential requirements?)

5:00 Adjourn

8:30 Meet and chat

9:00 Scope: procurement processes (intervention opportunities)?

9:45 Proactive accessibility strategies?

10:30 Break

10:45 Compliance evaluation, reporting, and testing?

11:15 Larger public-sector leadership?

12:00 How should Canada lead globally?

1:00 Invitation to DEEP lunch and Panel

Group sessions will be moderated and scribed.

Please advise Pat Murray at pmurray@ocadu.ca of accessibility requirements by Oct. 2nd, 2017

RSVP to Jess Mitchell jmitchell@ocadu.ca by Oct 2nd, 2017