Keynotes
Peter Korn
Director of Accessibility, Amazon Devices and Services
Jenny Lay-Flurrie
Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft
Rachel Patterson
Director of Disability Policy, Domestic Policy Council, The White House
Jutta Treviranus, Ph.D.
Chair, ASC Standard Committee and Director, Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC), OCAD University
Featured Speakers
H.E. Ambassador Luis Gallegos Chiriboga
President, GIA Foundation, G3ict Chair of the Board & UNITAR Chair, Board of Trustees
The Honorable U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass)
Inmaculada Placencia Porrero
Sr. Expert in Disability and Inclusion, D-G Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Session Chairs
Tomer Aharoni
CEO, Nagish (Excused)
Lisette Arocha, CPWA
Accessibility & Inclusive Design Senior Manager, Products & Technology, PwC
Jennison Asuncion
Co-Founder, Global A11y Awareness Day & Vice-Chair, GAAD Foundation
Matt Ater
Vice President, TPGi, A Vispero Company
Everette Bacon
VP of Blindness Initiatives, Aira Technologies & NFB
David Banes
Access and Inclusion
Victor Calise
Director, Global Culture, Equity and Inclusion, Walmart
Francesca Cesa Bianchi
VP, Institutional Relations & Advocacy, G3ict
Bill Curtis-Davidson
Co-Director, PEAT
Pina D’Intino, CPACC
Sr. Accessibility Adviser, Strategist and Business Implementation, Aequum Global Access Inc.
Daniella Decker
Independent Consultant
Caroline Desrosiers
Founder & CEO, Scribely
Sam Evans
Certification Manager, IAAP
Lainey Feingold
Disability Rights Lawyer and Author, Law Office of Lainey Feingold
Geoff Freed
Director, Digital Accessibility Consulting, Perkins Access
Larry Goldberg
Accessible Media and Technology Consultant
Klaus Hoeckner
Managing Director, Austrian Association for the Blind and Low Vision
Shilpi Kapoor
Founder & CEO, BarrierBreak
AnnMarie Killian
CEO, TDIforAccess, Inc.
Christopher Land
Sr. Accessibility Technical Program Manager, Oracle
Axel Leblois
President & CEO, G3ict
Christopher Lee, Ph.D.
VP & Managing Director, G3ict/IAAP
Sabine Lobnig
Director of Communications, Mobile & Wireless Forum
Mike May
Navigation Technology Advisor, APH
Andrew Nielson
Government-wide Section 508 Program, GSA
Rachel Paul
Membership Service & Outreach Manager, IAAP
Greg Pollock
VP, Business Development, CSD
Sonali Rai
Media, Culture and Immersive Technologies Lead, RNIB
Brian Scarpelli
Senior Global Policy Counsel, ACT | The App Association
Rob Sinclair
Global Head of Accessibility, Atlassian
Karen Strauss
National Disability Advocate and Historian
Alison Sutton Levy
Director, Office of Technical and Information Services, U.S. Access Board
Katy Talikowska
CEO, Valuable 500
James Thurston
Accessible Digital Transformation Lead, Norh America, Atos
Theresa Vaughan
Research Scientist, NCAN; G3ict/NeuroAbilities Advisory Council Chair
Christian Vogler, Ph.D.
Director, Technology Access Program Gallaudet University
Mark Walker
Head of Marketing and Porfolio, AbilityNet
Frances West
Founder, FrancesWestCo
Session Speakers
Shadi Abou-Zahra
Principal Accessibility Standards and Policy Manager, Amazon Devices and Services
Eyra Abraham
Certified Auditor (FHCA) – Disability Inclusion & Accessibility, ForHumanity
Iyad Abu Doush, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Research and Grants, Professor, American University of Kuwait
Monica Ackermann
Head of Accessibility, Scotiabank
Wendy Adams
Senior Design Consultant, Sorenson
Manish Agrawal
Co-Founder, IAccessible, Inc.
Ramses Alcaide, Ph.D.
CEO, Neurable
Gary Aussant
Director, Digital Accessibility Consulting, Perkins Access
Jonathan Avila, CPWA
Chief Accessibility Officer, Level Access
Robert Baker
Organizational Workplace Programs, G3ict/IAAP
Dylan Barrell
CTO, Deque Systems
Zach Bastian
Manager, Strategic Alliances, Verizon
Alexandra Bennewith
VP, Government Relations, United Spinal Association
Howard Berke
President & CEO, Enabled Interactive Technologies
David Berman, CPACC, CPWA, ADS
President, David Berman Communications
Seth Bravin
National Sr. Executive, Accessibility Government & Business Strategy, T-Mobile
Ben Breen
@SightlessKombat
Judy Brewer
Assistant Director for Accessibility, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Jason Broughton
NLS, U.S. Library of Congress
Mike Buckley
Chairman and CEO, Be My Eyes
Diane Burstein
Deputy Chief, CGB, FCC
Sawyer Burton
Front-End Application Developer, INNoVA
Stephanie Cadieux
Chief Accessibility Officer of Canada
Andrea Campos
CX Director, Claro Brasil
Ryan Carrier
Executive Director & Founder, ForHumanity
Sambhavi Chandrashekar, Ph.D., CPACC
IAAP GLC Member; Global Accessibility Lead, D2L
Siddhant Chothe
Co-Founder, TekVsion
Michael Cooper
Web Accessibility Technical Strategist
Becky Copeland
CEO, VTCSecure
Ernie Crawford
CEO, Crawford Technologies
Alex Dunn
Founder and CEO, Cephable
Julie Eshleman
Assistive Technology UX Researcher, Leonard Cheshire
René Espinoza Jimenez
Founder and CEO, Lazarillo
Agustín Esposito-Vigíl
Accessibility Manager, Netflix
Mary Fernandez
Director of Disability Inclusion, Cisco Systems
Stephen Framil
Corporate Global Head of Accessibility, Merck & Co. Inc.
Daniel Frank, MSCS, MBA, CPWA
IAAP GLC
Robert Gaunt, CPACC
President, Canadian National Institute of the Blind
Sherman Gillums, Jr.
Director, Office of Disability Integration and Coordination, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. DHS
Dan Goldstein, Esq.
Founding Partner (retired), Brown, Goldstein & Levy; IAAP DI&AC Program Founder
Caitlin Grogan
Co-Lead, Accessibility, Sprout Social
Kevin Grogg
Assistive Technologies Service Owner, EY
Doug Hacker
Director of Product Accessibility, Pearson
Peter Hackes
Founder, Performedia
Patrick Hall
NIST AI RMF Contributor & Assistant Professor, GWU
Lise Hamlin
Director, Public Policy, HLAA
Sandy Hanebrink
Executive Director, Touch the Future, Inc.
Chandra Harrison, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Access Advisors
Emily Hartman
General Manager, Allianz Partners USA
Karen Hawkins, CPACC
Principal of Accessible Design, Level Access (Excused)
Christine Hemphill
Founder and Managing Director, Open Inclusion
Eve Hill
Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy
Stephen Irish
Business Services Manager, INNoVA
Jenna Issary
Producer, Live and Interactive Audiodescription, Descriptive Video Works
Peter Jarvis
Senior Executive VP, Storm Interface
Mitali Kamat
Manager, Accessibility and Inclusive Design, Products and Technology, PwC
Shane Kanady
G3ict Senior Fellow
Karthik Kannan
Co-Founder and CTO, Envision
Charan Karusala
Data Analyst, INNoVA
Andrew Kirkpatrick
Director, Accessibility, Adobe Systems
Ayan Kishore
CEO, Benetech
Regina “Gina” Kline
Founder and Managing Partner, Enabled Ventures
Naeem Komeilipoor
Founder and CTO, AAVAA
Kelsey Koupal
User Experience Researcher, AURC, Shepherd Center
Linda Kozma-Spytek
Consultant & Professional Adviser on Technology, HLAA
Jhillika Kumar
Founder & CEO, Mentra
Sandy Lacey
Executive Director, Howe Innovation Center, Perkins School for the Blind
Hannes J. Lagrelius
Program Officer, Global Program for Inclusive & Accessible Urban Development, WBU
Susanna Laurin, CPACC
IAAP GLC Honorary Chair & EU Representative
Marshall Law
Co-Founder & Business Development, Rivalry Tech
Shawn Lawton Henry
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Program Lead, W3C/MIT
Anil Lewis
Executive Director, Jernigan Institute, NFB
Mohammed Loutfy, Ph.D., CPACC
Director, Capacity Building and Advocacy, G3ict
Jerome D. Lyons
Program Analyst, U.S. Department of Defense, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program
Jacque Madison
Director of Product Accessibility, Accenture
Chaithanya Mamidoju
Accessibility Lead, TracFone Brands - Verizon Value Org
Jennifer Mathis
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. DOJ
Luis Mauch
Co-Founder, Beplay
Susan Mazrui
Director, Global Public Policy, AT&T
Irene Mbari-Kirika
Founder and Executive Director, inABLE
Mark McCusker
Chair, GLC, IAAP
Idan Meir
Co-Founder & CEO, RightHear
Josh Mendelsohn
Designated Federal Officer, Disability Advisory Committee, and Attorney, Disability Rights Office, FCC
Charlie Merritt
Co-Founder & VP, Business Development, Stalwart COM; Nerve Gaming; @QuadCapable
Eduardo Meza-Etienne
Principal Accessibility SME, Level Access
Josh Miller
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, 3Play Media
Mark Miller
Director of Sales, TPGi, A Vispero Company
Neil Milliken
VP – Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion, Atos
Alejandro Moledo del Rio
Deputy Director, European Disability Forum
Yashar Moradbakhti
CEO, Lingio
Cat Noone
CEO & Co-Founder, Stark (Excused)
David O’Neill
Technical Fellow, Vispero
Ike Ofobike
DRO Attorney Advisor, CGB, FCC
Mike Paciello
Founder, WebABLE
Christopher Patnoe
Head of Accessibility and Disability Inclusion, EMEA, Google
Sachin Dev Pavithran, Ph.D.
Executive Director, U.S. Access Board
Nir Pechuk
CEO, Extentek
Tom Pey, Ph.D.
CEO & Founder, Waymap (Excused)
Michael Phillips
Director, Technology Strategy and Relationships, AARP
Alwar Pillai
CEO & Co-Founder, Fable
Federico Batista Poitier
Accessibility Policy Officer, UCLG
Bianca Prins
Global Head of Accessibility, ING
Clark Rachfal
Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, ACB
Craig Radford
Co-Founder, 360 Empower
Mary Rainer-Skala
Director, Special Initiatives, IAAP
Gautam Rao, CPWA
Global Head of Accessibility, EY
Theresa Reno-Weber
COO & President for North America, GoodMaps
William Reuschel
Inclusive Design Practice Lead, Applause
Michal Rimon
CEO, Access Israel (Excused)
Philip Rizcallah, P. Eng
CEO, Accessibility Standards Canada
Rylin Rodgers
Disability Policy Advisor, Microsoft Accessibility
Stacey Romero, CPACC
Senior Manager Accessibility, Spectrum
Howard A. Rosenblum
CEO, NAD
Marcie Roth
Executive Director and CEO, World Institute on DIsability (WID)
Rebecca Roussell
Senior VP DEI Communications, Current Global
Will Schell
Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, CGB, FCC
Susan Scott-Parker, OBE, HonD
Founder, Business Disability International
Saqib Shaikh
Software Engineering Manager, Project Lead for Seeing AI, Microsoft
Arielle Silverman, Ph.D.
Director of Research, AFB
Ariel Simms
President and CEO, RespectAbility
Rick Smith
Director of Business Development, Elo Touch Solutions
Sara Smolley
Co-Founder & VP, Strategic Partnerships, Voiceitt
Tim Springer
CEO, Level Access
Johanna Steiner
Senior Learning & Business Development Manager, Lingvano
Chas Steinmetz
SVP, Digital Accessibility, PNC Financial Services
John Sullivan
G3ict Senior Fellow and Advisor
Ed Summers
Head of Accessibility, GitHub
Greg Suprock
Head of Solutions Architecture, Apex CoVantage
Jonathan Thurston
Director of Digital Accessibility, Walmart
Aidan Tierney
Lead Product Manager Accessibility, eBay
Maria Town
President & CEO, AAPD
Mark Urban
CDC/ATSDR Accessibility Program Manager
Gregg Vanderheiden, Ph.D.
Professor and Founder/Director Emeritus- Trace R&D Center, UMD iSchool, University of Maryland
Sabine Wachernig
Strategic Partnerships, Zero Project
Kevin White
Accessibility Technical Lead, W3C
Karen Williams, CPACC
Director, Accessibility Principal, TIAA
Thomas Wlodkowski
Vice President, Accessibility, Comcast
Hillary Wool
Principal, Boston Consulting Group
Lakshmi Ziskin
Sr. Product Manager, Prime Video Content Accessibility, Amazon
Innovation Sprint
Sue Cullen
Director of UD & ICT Accessibility, Tech for All, Inc.
David Fazio
President, Helix Opportunity
IAAP Workshops Speakers
Ashley Abaragu
Program Manager, Knowbility
Chad Chelius, ADS
Director of Training Solutions, CHAX Training and Consulting
Zachary Gadoury
Accessibility Specialist, Mobile Applications, Fidelity Investments
Jan McSorley, CPACC
Collaborative Accessibility Change Leader, Accessibility Consultant
Sharron Rush
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Knowbility
Jayne Schurick
UX Researcher, Knowbility
Mark Steadman
Director, Software Engineering, Mobile Accessibility, Fidelity Investments