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