​Conference Innovations in digital books: Solutions for inclusive education, LASUC, Vilnius (Lithuania)

24 April 2025

LASUC is organising a conference on digital book innovation and the FlexPicture Ebook project. The conference will be held at the Lithuanian Education Centre for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Ateities St. 44, Vilnius.

Here is the day’s programme:

9AM – 10AM. To register. Café
10.00AM – 10.15AM. Welcome speech (being coordinated)
10.15AM – 10.45AM. Technology for all: tools for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Head of the Ieva Stelmokienė Sign Language Interpreting and Teaching Department, Lithuanian Centre for Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
10.45AM – 11.15AM. Adaptation of texts and tasks for students with learning difficulties. Special teaching tools. Asta Kuneikienė, special educator, Kira Solovjovienė, psychologist, Lithuanian Education Centre for Inclusion.
11.15AM – 11.45AM. When reading becomes exclusion: EPUB as a solution in the context of dyslexia. Jurgita Pocienė, special educator and speech therapist, founder of the 'DYSLEXIA Centre&apos ;
11.45AM – 12.45PM. Lunch
12.45PM – 1.15PM. A learning tool for all: how EPUB contributes to inclusion in education. Julija Skerniškytė, Inclusive Publishing Specialist, Lithuanian Audiosensory Library
1.15PM – 1.45PM. Technical tools and formats improving reading accessibility for visually impaired people. Specialist in tiflotheory, doctoral student in the field of education at the Šiauliai Academy of Vilnius Ugnėė University, Audiosensory Library of Lithuania.
13.45 – 14.15. When we see differently: Methods and tools to help children read and understand texts. Audra Petronaitytė, specialist in vision disorders, Panevėžys Vision Centre 'Linelis&apos ;
2.15PM – 2.45PM. Create an inclusive reading experience with 'Flex Picture Ebook;. EPUB3 format capabilities. Special educator Indrėė, Lithuanian Education Centre for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
2.45PM – 3.00PM Summary of the conference