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