Keynotes
The Honorable Jessica Rosenworcel
Chairwoman
FCC
FCC
John D. Kemp, Esq.
President & CEO, Lakeshore Foundation,
Author,
2022 AstroAccess Ambassador in Zero-Gravity Flight
Author,
2022 AstroAccess Ambassador in Zero-Gravity Flight
Rep. John P. Sarbanes
Congressman
U.S. House of Representatives
Maryland 3rd Congressional District
U.S. House of Representatives
Maryland 3rd Congressional District
Featured
Gregg Vanderheiden, Ph.D.
Professor and Director Emeritus, Trace R&D Center
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Judy Brewer
Dirctor WAI
W3C
W3C
Karen Peltz Strauss
National Disability Advocate
Lainey Feingold
Disability Rights Lawyer and Author
Law Office of Lainey Feingold
Law Office of Lainey Feingold
Michael Cooper
Sr. Web Accessibility Specialist, WAI
W3C
W3C
Peter Korn
Director, Accessibility
Amazon Devices & Services
Amazon Devices & Services
Rebecca Bond
Chief, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice
Robin Spinks
Head of Inclusive Design
RNIB
RNIB
Sarah Herrlinger
Senior Director of Global Accessibility Policy & Initiatives
Apple
Apple
Shadi Abou-Zhara
Principal Standards and Policy Manager
Amazon Device Accessibility
Amazon Device Accessibility
Session Speakers
Ahmad Barber
Chief Creative Officer
Bold Culture
Managing Partner
Streamlined Media & Communications
professional fashion, beauty, and lifestyle photographer
Bold Culture
Managing Partner
Streamlined Media & Communications
professional fashion, beauty, and lifestyle photographer
Alana Beal
Sr. Manager, Segment Marketing
T-Mobile
T-Mobile
Alex Dunn
Founder
Enabled Play
Enabled Play
Ali Ingersoll
Global Community Development Lead
Open Inclusion
Open Inclusion
Andreas Forsland
Founder & CEO
Cognixion
Cognixion
Angie Max
Accessibility & Inclusive Design Director, Products & Technology
PwC
PwC
Anil Lewis
Executive Director, Jernigan Institute, NFB
Annie Carrillo Soubic
Partner, HearColors - Accesibilidad Web
Anthony Fernando
Director, Accessibility Compliance
Pearson
Pearson
Arpitha Shetty
Accessibility and Inclusive Design Director, Products and Technology
PwC
PwC
Bianca Prins
Global Head of Accessibility
ING
ING
Birkir Gunnarsson
Director, Accessibility Engineering
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Brian Scarpelli
Senior Global Policy Counsel
ACT | The App Association
ACT | The App Association
Cathy Bodine, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor, Department of Bioengineering
University of Colorado
University of Colorado
Chad Chelius
Director of Training & Solutions
CHAX Training and Consulting
CHAX Training and Consulting
Christine Hempill
Managing Director
Open Inclusion
Open Inclusion
Clark Rachfal
Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs
ACB
ACB
Dan Goldstein, Esq.
Founding Partner
Brown, Goldstein & Levy (retired)
Brown, Goldstein & Levy (retired)
Dan Uyematsu
Senior Program Manager
Microsoft
Microsoft
Daniella Decker
Director, Disability & Access Consulting
C Talent
Whalar
C Talent
Whalar
Darryl Adams
Director of Accessibility
Intel
Intel
Darryl Cooper
Senior Attorney, CGB
FCC
FCC
Diane Burstein
Deputy Chief, CGB
FCC
FCC
Tom Pey, Ph.D.
CEO & Founder
Waymap
Waymap
Eduardo Meza-Etienne
Director of Compliance
eSSENTIAL Accessibility/Level Access
eSSENTIAL Accessibility/Level Access
Eliot Greenwald
Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, CGB
FCC
FCC
Emily Steel
Fulbright Scholar, Deputy Chair, Centre for UD Australia
Eve Hill
Partner
Brown, Goldstein & Levy
Brown, Goldstein & Levy
Gautam Rao
Global Head of Accessibility
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
Gian Wild
CEO
AccessibilityOz
AccessibilityOz
Greg Pollock
Vice President of Business Development
CSD
CSD
Greg Suprock
Head of Solutions Architecture
Apex CoVantage
Apex CoVantage
Greg Williams
Vice President and Principal Strategy Consultant
Deque
Deque
Heather York
VP, Marketing and Government Affairs
VITAC
VITAC
Howard Rosenblum
CEO
NAD
NAD
Inka Ilona Taagehøj
Accessibility Product Expert
Siteimprove
Siteimprove
Jacque Madison
Director of Product Accessibility
Accenture
Accenture
Jennifer Chadwick
Senior Digital Accessibility Consultant
Siteimprove
Siteimprove
Johan Rempel
UX/ICT Quality Assurance Manager, UXC, CPACC, College of Design
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
John G. Paré, Jr.
Executive Director, Advocacy and Policy, Executive Director, Advocacy & Policy
NFB
NFB
John Lee
Tech Access Initiative Group Member
United Spinal Association
United Spinal Association
Jonathan Hassell, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder
Hassell Inclusion
Hassell Inclusion
Jonathan Thurston
Director of Digital Accessibility
Walmart
Walmart
Jose Gaztambide
CEO & Founder
GoodMaps
GoodMaps
Josh Mendelsohn
Designated Federal Officer, Disability Advisory Committee, and Attorney, Disability Rights Office
FCC
FCC
Josh Miller
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
3Play Media
3Play Media
Jourdan Saunders
CEO
The Resource Key™
& LinkedIn Top Voice
The Resource Key™
& LinkedIn Top Voice
Juliana Tarpey
Product Lead, Alexa Accessibility,
Amazon
Amazon
Julie Eshleman
Assistive Technology UX Researcher
Leonard Cheshire
Leonard Cheshire
Karen Tamley
President & CEO
Access Living
Access Living
Kevin Rydberg
Managing Accessibility Consultant
Siteimprove
Siteimprove
Lance Pickett
Chief Relationship Officer
Sorenson Communications
Sorenson Communications
Lisette Arocha
Accessibility and Inclusive Design Manager, Products & Technology
PwC
PwC
Marcie Roth
Executive Director and CEO
World Institute on DIsability (WID)
World Institute on DIsability (WID)
Marisol Villena Salerno
Product IT Manager – Inclusive Metaverse
Accenture
Accenture
Mark McCusker
Chair, GLC
IAAP
IAAP
Matt Ater
Vice President
Vispero
Vispero
Michael Fembek
Zero Project Director, Essl Foundation
Michal Rimon
CEO
Access Israel
Access Israel
Mick Keane
Principal Digital Accessibility Engineer
Optum
Optum
Mohammad Atif Sheikh
Executive Director, Special Talent Exchange Programme
G3ict Country Representative for Pakistan
G3ict Country Representative for Pakistan
Monica Ackermann
Head of Accessibility
Scotiabank
Scotiabank
Navin Thadani
CEO
Evinced
Evinced
Nehat Krasniqi
CEO
Alana
Alana
Neil Milliken
VP – Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion
Atos
Atos
Rhiannon Parker
Chief Innovation Officer
The Valuable 500
The Valuable 500
Rob Fentress, CPWA
Senior Web Accessibility Solutions Designer
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Ronza Othman
President
NFB-MD
NFB-MD
Ryan Bonheyo
Senior Account Executive
CSD
CSD
Sabine Lobnig
Director of Communications
Mobile & Wireless Forum
Mobile & Wireless Forum
Sachin Dev Pavithran, Ph.D.
Executive DirectorU.S. Access Board
Sam Evans
Certification Manager
IAAP
IAAP
Sandy Hanebrink
Executive Director
Touch the Future, Inc.
Touch the Future, Inc.
Santina Croniser
Senior Accessibility Engineer
VMware
VMware
Scott Baker
Executive Vice President
Crawford Technologies
Crawford Technologies
Scott Freiermuth
Principal Corporate Counsel, Government Affairs Department
T-Mobile
T-Mobile
Monica Desai
Vice President and Global Head, Connectivity & Access Policy
Meta
Meta
Sitara Nayudu
Product Lead, Devices Accessibility,
Amazon
Amazon
Sonali Rai
Broadcast and Audio Description Manager
RNIB
RNIB
Stephanie Enyart
Chief Public Policy and Research Officer
AFB
AFB
Susan Scott-Parker, OBE, HonD
Founder
Business Disability International
Business Disability International
Susanna Laurin
Chief Research and Innovation Officer, Funka
IAAP and G3ict Representative to the EU
IAAP and G3ict Representative to the EU
Suzy Rosen Singleton
Chief, Disability Rights Office, CGB
FCC
FCC
Teresa Corbin
Chief Customer Advocate
Telstra
Telstra
Thadeu Luz
Founder, Chief AI
Hand Talk
Hand Talk
Thalagodage Janitha Rukmal
Co-founder, Enable Lanka Foundation,
G3ict Country Representative for Sri Lanka
G3ict Country Representative for Sri Lanka
Victor Calise
Director, Global Culture, Equity and Inclusion
Walmart
Walmart
Vonda Long Dillard
Manager-Federal Relations,
AT&T
AT&T
Yulia Sarviro
Senior Project Manager
G3ict
G3ict
Yuval Wagner
Founder and President
Access Israel
Access Israel
Zach Bastian
Manager, Strategic Alliances
Verizon
Verizon
Zainab AlMeraj, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Information Science Department, Kuwait University
G3ict Country Representative for Kuwait
G3ict Country Representative for Kuwait
Session Chairs
Axel Leblois
President and CEO
G3ict
G3ict
Bill Curtis-Davidson
Co-Director
PEAT
PEAT
Christopher Lee, Ph.D.
VP, CLO, IAAP Managing Director, G3ict
David Dikter
CEO
ATIA
ATIA
David Fazio
President
Helix Opportunity
Helix Opportunity
Debra Ruh
CEO
Ruh Global IMPACT
Ruh Global IMPACT
Frances West
Founder
FrancesWestCo
FrancesWestCo
Francesca Cesa Bianchi
VP, Institutional Relations & Advocacy
G3ict
G3ict
James Thurston
VP, Global Strategy and Development
G3ict
G3ict
Jay Cardinali
Honorary Global Council Leader
IAAP
IAAP
Jutta Treviranus, Ph.D.
Professor
OCAD University
OCAD University
Kevin Grogg
Assistive Technologies Service Owner
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
Klaus Hoeckner
Managing Director
Austrian Association for the Blind and Low Vision
Austrian Association for the Blind and Low Vision
Larry Goldberg
Independent Consultant
former Yahoo Head of Accessibility
former Yahoo Head of Accessibility
Megan Lawrence, Ph.D.
Global Head of Accessibility
Nike
Nike
Michele Landis
SVP, Digital Sales
Allyant
Allyant
Mike Paciello
Director, Accessibility Implementation
Pearson
Founder, WebABLE
Pearson
Founder, WebABLE
Pina D’Intino
Accessibility Strategist and Consultant
Aequum Global Access
Aequum Global Access
Rachel Nemeth
Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs
Consumer Technology Association
Consumer Technology Association
Rob Sinclair
Global Head of Accessibility
Atlassian
Atlassian
Robert Baker
Strategic Accessibility Program Consultant
President
Be-Accessible LLC
President
Be-Accessible LLC
Rylin Rodgers
Disability Policy Advisor
Microsoft Accessibility
Microsoft Accessibility
Sarah Leggin
Director, Regulatory Affairs
CTIA
CTIA
Sharron Rush
Executive Director
Knowbility
Knowbility
Shilpi Kapoor
CEO
BarrierBreak
BarrierBreak
Steven Hummel
Manager, Market Research
CTA
CTA
Steven Lewis
Senior Manager, Legal Counsel
CapitalOne
CapitalOne
Susan Mazrui
Director, Global Public Policy
AT&T
AT&T
Theresa Vaughan
Advisory Council Chair G3ict/NeuroAbilities
Research Scientist NCAN
Research Scientist NCAN
Tim Springer
CEO
Level Access
eSSENTIAL Accessibility
Level Access
eSSENTIAL Accessibility
Innovation Sprint
Fred Antoine
Innovation Sprint Facilitator
Director, Business Development
Mad*Pow
Director, Business Development
Mad*Pow
Nedret Sahin
Innovation Sprint Facilitator
Senior Experience Strategist
Mad*Pow
Senior Experience Strategist
Mad*Pow
Nicholas Gennaro Sciasci
Innovation Sprint Facilitator
Program Officer
G3ict
Program Officer
G3ict
Rachael Acker
Innovation Sprint Facilitator
VP, Experience Strategy & Research
Mad*Pow
VP, Experience Strategy & Research
Mad*Pow