World Conference on Deafblindness
Deafblind International (DbI) and WFDB is jointly organising the next World Conference on Deafblindness also known as Helen Keller World Conference for WFDB.
Dates: 19–23 July 2027
Venue: Davos Congress, Davos, Switzerland
Further information, including funding arrangements to support the conference, will be shared in due course. For any questions or comments please contact: 2027worldconference@wfdb.eu
Global Deafblind Youth Camp
The first Global Deafblind Youth Camp, held as part of the framework of the World Deafblind Conference, will be held from 16–19 July 2027.
For any questions or comments, please contact WFDB Youth Leader Pere Cantenys: youth.leader@wfdb.eu
Committee members
Below you will find a list of the members of the official WFDB-DbI Conference Committees:
Planning Committee
- Mirko Baur & Riku Virtanen (Co-Chairs)
- Anne Schoone & Trees van Nunen (shared seat)
- Esther van Dijk
- Ezekiel Kumwenda
- Lucía D’Arino & Dijana Adzic (shared seat)
- Mäde Müller
- Samuel Valencia
- Sara Kiener
- Vanessa (Ness) Vlajkovic
Programme Committee
- Saskia Damen & Sricamalan Pathmanathan (Co-Chairs
- Annmaree Watharow
- Lisa Jacobs
- Lucía D’Arino & Dijana Adzic (shared seat)
- Moira Dunsmore
- Pawlos Kassu
- Sachin Rizal
- Shrutilata Singh
- Wilson Masinza