4th EL*C Conference – Accessibility Guide
The 4th EL*C Conference is a safe(r) and welcoming place, fostering personal and professional enrichment, learning and joy. Our goal is to create an event as accessible as possible and we are working on ensuring our events are free of barriers by any means.
We are doing our best to meet accessibility needs and accommodation requests while acknowledging our limitations and the fact that accessibility is a radical political project that we are thriving for, but we might not be able to reach fully.
Every participant who notified the organisers via the Eventbrite order form about their disabilities and special needs will be contacted by the Accessibility Coordinator team of the event before the conference (via email).
During the conference, you can ask for support, help, and information at the Registration + Information desk on floor -1 of the conference hotel.
Venues
23rd April 2025: Pre-Conference (Invitation only)
Venue: Courtyard by Marriott Rome Central Park
Address: Via Giuseppe Moscati, 7, 00168 Roma
Accessibility information:
- The entrance of the Conference Center is wheelchair accessible directly from the street (Via Giuseppe Moscati)
- The Conference Centre is wheelchair accessible
- The toilet is wheelchair accessible
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23rd April 2025: Opening Ceremony and Big Lesbian Opening of the Conference:
Venue: Casa Internazionale delle Donne
Address: Via di S. Francesco di Sales 1a, 00165 Roma
Accessibility information:
- The event will take place in the garden.
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance: Via della penitenza 37 00165 Rome – if you are planning to use this entrance, please contact us via DM on IG/Insta
- In case of rain, we will be using the Lonzi Room in the building. The room is on the first floor and it can be reached by elevator. The elevator is accessible from the garden and will be appropriately signaled.
- The wheelchair accessible toilet on the ground floor can be reached via a ramp. A second wheelchair accessible toilet is located on the first floor of the building (via elevator).
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24th-26th April 2025 Lesbian Conference
Venue:Â Hotel Pineta Palace
Address: Via S. Lino Papa, 35, 00167 Roma
Accessibility information:
- The building is accessible for wheelchair users and is equipped with elevators
- The conference will take place on the floor –1
- Wheelchair-accessible toilets on –1 floor.
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26th April 2025 Lesbian Party
Venue: Alibi Club Roma
Address: Via di Monte Testaccio, 44/40, 00153 Roma
Accessibility information:
- Wheelchair accessible venue
- More information available (and you can ask for more): https://www.instagram.com/safffo__/
transportation
Detailed information on how to reach each venue by public transport is available in the Participants’ Pack, Chapter 2.1. “Venues of the conference” (coming soon).
For persons with limited mobility, we will provide transportation to and from the city center when conference events are located outside of the main venue.
Decompression space
There is a decompression space in the conference building. The decompression space is a hotel room where you can relax and take a break. The room is equipped with water, instant coffee, tea, stimming toys, earplugs and an electric kettle.
If you need to go there, you can ask for the key at the reception desk of the hotel located on the ground floor. There will be 5 keycards available: there might be more people in the room. When you leave the room, please leave the keycard at reception, so others can use it too.
If you need assistance on this please ask for help at the Registration + Information desk on floor -1 of the conference hotel.
Other Accessibility Measures
- The online version of the program will be available for everyone
- A few hard copies of the program will be available at the Registration+Info point located in the lobby on floor -1, please do not take them with you.
- A large-text printed overview of the program will be placed in the conference area.
- Each conference room will have a detailed printed daily program on the door
- A few cushions/pillows will be available at the Registration+Info point for whoever might need them.
- Earplugs will be available during the conference at the Registration+Info points in the Conference area and during the Dyke March
- Pads, sanitary and tampons will be available in the toilets
Conference events and programs
Openings and Conference Programs
The languages of the conference are English and Italian, with consecutive interpretations on the Opening Ceremony (invitation only), the Big Lesbian Opening, and the Plenary sessions during the conference.
Unfortunately, no sign language interpreter and no close captioning will be available during the event. However, speakers of the Big Lesbian Opening and the Plenary sessions of the Conference will provide a written text with the most important bullet points of their speeches, and we will make them available in this Google Drive folder.
In the Plenary sessions, five seats will be reserved in the first row for people who might need them for accessibility reasons. Additionally, space will be made available in the first row for wheelchair users.
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Evening programs – Film screeningsÂ
April 24Â
- 21:00-23:00 – Beyond the Frontlines: Language of the movie is English, French and Arabic with English subtitle
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April 25Â
- 19:00-20:00 – Lesvia: Main language of the movie is English, with English subtitles
- 21:00-23:00 – Io non sono nessuno: Language of the movie is Italian, with English subtitles
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Dyke March
Detailed information on accessibility of the event will be available on the official website and Instagram page of the Dyke March.
Website: https://dykemarch.it/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dykemarchroma/
Contact for accessibility questions
In case you have additional questions, please write to: elc_rome2025@lesbiangenius.org
