Keynotes

John D. Kemp, Esq.
President & CEO, Lakeshore Foundation,
Author,
2022 AstroAccess Ambassador in Zero-Gravity Flight
Author,
2022 AstroAccess Ambassador in Zero-Gravity Flight

The Honorable
Jessica Rosenworcel
Chairwoman
FCC
FCC

Rep. John P. Sarbanes
Congressman
U.S. House of Representatives
Maryland 3rd Congressional District
U.S. House of Representatives
Maryland 3rd Congressional District
Featured

Shadi
Abou-Zhara
Principal Standards and Policy Manager
Amazon Device Accessibility
Amazon Device Accessibility

Rebecca Bond
Chief, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice

Judy Brewer
Dirctor WAI
W3C
W3C

Michael Cooper
Sr. Web Accessibility Specialist, WAI
W3C
W3C

Lainey Feingold
Disability Rights Lawyer and Author
Law Office of Lainey Feingold
Law Office of Lainey Feingold

Sarah Herrlinger
Senior Director of Global Accessibility Policy & Initiatives
Apple
Apple

Peter Korn
Director, Accessibility
Amazon Devices & Services
Amazon Devices & Services

Karen
Peltz Strauss
National Disability Advocate

Robin Spinks
Head of Inclusive Design
RNIB
RNIB

Gregg Vanderheiden, Ph.D.
Professor and Director Emeritus, Trace R&D Center
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Session Speakers

Monica Ackermann
Head of Accessibility
Scotiabank
Scotiabank

Darryl Adams
Director of Accessibility
Intel
Intel

Zainab AlMeraj, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Information Science Department, Kuwait University
G3ict Country Representative for Kuwait
G3ict Country Representative for Kuwait

Lisette Arocha
Accessibility and Inclusive Design Manager, Products & Technology
PwC
PwC

Matt Ater
Vice President
Vispero
Vispero

Scott Baker
Executive Vice President
Crawford Technologies
Crawford Technologies

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

Zach Bastian
Manager, Strategic Alliances
Verizon
Verizon

Alana Beal
Sr. Manager, Segment Marketing
T-Mobile
T-Mobile

Cathy Bodine, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor, Department of Bioengineering
University of Colorado
University of Colorado

Ryan Bonheyo
Senior Account Executive
CSD
CSD

Diane Burstein
Deputy Chief, CGB
FCC
FCC

Victor Calise
Director, Global Culture, Equity and Inclusion
Walmart
Walmart

Annie Carrillo Soubic
Partner, HearColors - Accesibilidad Web

Jennifer Chadwick
Senior Digital Accessibility Consultant
Siteimprove
Siteimprove

Chad Chelius
Director of Training & Solutions
CHAX Training and Consulting
CHAX Training and Consulting

Darryl Cooper
Senior Attorney, CGB
FCC
FCC

Teresa Corbin
Chief Customer Advocate
Telstra
Telstra

Santina Croniser
Senior Accessibility Engineer
VMware
VMware

Daniella Decker
Director, Disability & Access Consulting
C Talent
Whalar
C Talent
Whalar

Monica Desai
Vice President and Global Head, Connectivity & Access Policy
Meta
Meta

Alex Dunn
Founder
Enabled Play
Enabled Play

Stephanie Enyart
Chief Public Policy and Research Officer
AFB
AFB

Julie Eshleman
Assistive Technology UX Researcher
Leonard Cheshire
Leonard Cheshire

Sam Evans
Certification Manager
IAAP
IAAP

Michael Fembek
Zero Project Director, Essl Foundation

Rob Fentress, CPWA
Senior Web Accessibility Solutions Designer
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech

Anthony Fernando
Director, Accessibility Compliance
Pearson
Pearson

Andreas Forsland
Founder & CEO
Cognixion
Cognixion

Scott Freiermuth
Principal Corporate Counsel, Government Affairs Department
T-Mobile
T-Mobile

Jose Gaztambide
CEO & Founder
GoodMaps
GoodMaps

Dan Goldstein, Esq.
Founding Partner
Brown, Goldstein & Levy (retired)
Brown, Goldstein & Levy (retired)

Eliot Greenwald
Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, CGB
FCC
FCC

Birkir Gunnarsson
Director, Accessibility Engineering
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments

Sandy Hanebrink
Executive Director
Touch the Future, Inc.
Touch the Future, Inc.

Jonathan Hassell, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder
Hassell Inclusion
Hassell Inclusion

Christine Hempill
Managing Director
Open Inclusion
Open Inclusion

Eve Hill
Partner
Brown, Goldstein & Levy
Brown, Goldstein & Levy

Ali Ingersoll
Global Community Development Lead
Open Inclusion
Open Inclusion

Mick Keane
Principal Digital Accessibility Engineer
Optum
Optum

Nehat Krasniqi
CEO
Alana
Alana

Susanna Laurin
Chief Research and Innovation Officer, Funka
IAAP and G3ict Representative to the EU
IAAP and G3ict Representative to the EU

John Lee
Tech Access Initiative Group Member
United Spinal Association
United Spinal Association

Anil Lewis
Executive Director, Jernigan Institute, NFB

Sabine Lobnig
Director of Communications
Mobile & Wireless Forum
Mobile & Wireless Forum

Vonda Long Dillard
Manager-Federal Relations,
AT&T
AT&T

Thadeu Luz
Founder, Chief AI
Hand Talk
Hand Talk

Jacque Madison
Director of Product Accessibility
Accenture
Accenture

Angie Max
Accessibility & Inclusive Design Director, Products & Technology
PwC
PwC

Mark McCusker
Chair, GLC
IAAP
IAAP

Josh Mendelsohn
Designated Federal Officer, Disability Advisory Committee, and Attorney, Disability Rights Office
FCC
FCC

Eduardo
Meza-Etienne
Director of Compliance
eSSENTIAL Accessibility/Level Access
eSSENTIAL Accessibility/Level Access

Josh Miller
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
3Play Media
3Play Media

Neil Milliken
VP – Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion
Atos
Atos

Sitara Nayudu
Product Lead, Devices Accessibility,
Amazon
Amazon

Ronza Othman
President
NFB-MD
NFB-MD

John G. Paré, Jr.
Executive Director, Advocacy and Policy, Executive Director, Advocacy & Policy
NFB
NFB

Rhiannon Parker
Chief Innovation Officer
The Valuable 500
The Valuable 500

Sachin Dev Pavithran, Ph.D.
Executive DirectorU.S. Access Board

Tom Pey, Ph.D.
CEO & Founder
Waymap
Waymap

Lance Pickett
Chief Relationship Officer
Sorenson Communications
Sorenson Communications

Greg Pollock
Vice President of Business Development
CSD
CSD

Bianca Prins
Global Head of Accessibility
ING
ING

Clark Rachfal
Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs
ACB
ACB

Sonali Rai
Broadcast and Audio Description Manager
RNIB
RNIB

Gautam Rao
Global Head of Accessibility
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young

Johan Rempel
UX/ICT Quality Assurance Manager, UXC, CPACC, College of Design
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech

Michal Rimon
CEO
Access Israel
Access Israel

Howard Rosenblum
CEO
NAD
NAD

Marcie Roth
Executive Director and CEO
World Institute on DIsability (WID)
World Institute on DIsability (WID)

Thalagodage
Janitha Rukmal
Co-founder, Enable Lanka Foundation,
G3ict Country Representative for Sri Lanka
G3ict Country Representative for Sri Lanka

Kevin Rydberg
Managing Accessibility Consultant
Siteimprove
Siteimprove

Yulia Sarviro
Senior Project Manager
G3ict
G3ict

Jourdan Saunders
CEO
The Resource Key™
& LinkedIn Top Voice
The Resource Key™
& LinkedIn Top Voice

Brian Scarpelli
Senior Global Policy Counsel
ACT | The App Association
ACT | The App Association

Susan
Scott-Parker, OBE, HonD
Founder
Business Disability International
Business Disability International

Mohammad Atif Sheikh
Executive Director, Special Talent Exchange Programme
G3ict Country Representative for Pakistan
G3ict Country Representative for Pakistan

Arpitha Shetty
Accessibility and Inclusive Design Director, Products and Technology
PwC
PwC

Suzy Rosen Singleton
Chief, Disability Rights Office, CGB
FCC
FCC

Emily Steel
Fulbright Scholar, Deputy Chair, Centre for UD Australia

Greg Suprock
Head of Solutions Architecture
Apex CoVantage
Apex CoVantage

Inka Ilona Taagehøj
Accessibility Product Expert
Siteimprove
Siteimprove

Karen Tamley
President & CEO
Access Living
Access Living

Juliana Tarpey
Product Lead, Alexa Accessibility,
Amazon
Amazon

Navin Thadani
CEO
Evinced
Evinced

Jonathan Thurston
Director of Digital Accessibility
Walmart
Walmart

Dan Uyematsu
Senior Program Manager
Microsoft
Microsoft

Marisol Villena Salerno
Product IT Manager – Inclusive Metaverse
Accenture
Accenture

Yuval Wagner
Founder and President
Access Israel
Access Israel

Gian Wild
CEO
AccessibilityOz
AccessibilityOz

Greg Williams
Vice President and Principal Strategy Consultant
Deque
Deque

Heather York
VP, Marketing and Government Affairs
VITAC
VITAC
Session Chairs

Robert Baker
Strategic Accessibility Program Consultant
President
Be-Accessible LLC
President
Be-Accessible LLC

Jay Cardinali
Honorary Global Council Leader
IAAP
IAAP

Francesca
Cesa Bianchi
VP, Institutional Relations & Advocacy
G3ict
G3ict

Bill
Curtis-Davidson
Co-Director
PEAT
PEAT

Pina D’Intino
Accessibility Strategist and Consultant
Aequum Global Access
Aequum Global Access

David Dikter
CEO
ATIA
ATIA

David Fazio
President
Helix Opportunity
Helix Opportunity

Larry Goldberg
Independent Consultant
former Yahoo Head of Accessibility
former Yahoo Head of Accessibility

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

Steven Hummel
Manager, Market Research
CTA
CTA

Shilpi Kapoor
CEO
BarrierBreak
BarrierBreak

Michele Landis
SVP, Digital Sales
Allyant
Allyant

Megan Lawrence, Ph.D.
Global Head of Accessibility
Nike
Nike

Axel Leblois
President and CEO
G3ict
G3ict

Christopher Lee, Ph.D.
VP, CLO, IAAP Managing Director, G3ict

Sarah Leggin
Director, Regulatory Affairs
CTIA
CTIA

Steven Lewis
Senior Manager, Legal Counsel
CapitalOne
CapitalOne

Susan Mazrui
Director, Global Public Policy
AT&T
AT&T

Rachel Nemeth
Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs
Consumer Technology Association
Consumer Technology Association

Mike Paciello
Director, Accessibility Implementation
Pearson
Founder, WebABLE
Pearson
Founder, WebABLE

Rylin Rodgers
Disability Policy Advisor
Microsoft Accessibility
Microsoft Accessibility

Debra Ruh
CEO
Ruh Global IMPACT
Ruh Global IMPACT

Sharron Rush
Executive Director
Knowbility
Knowbility

Rob Sinclair
Global Head of Accessibility
Atlassian
Atlassian

Tim Springer
CEO
Level Access
eSSENTIAL Accessibility
Level Access
eSSENTIAL Accessibility

James Thurston
VP, Global Strategy and Development
G3ict
G3ict

Jutta Treviranus, Ph.D.
Professor
OCAD University
OCAD University

Theresa Vaughan
Advisory Council Chair G3ict/NeuroAbilities
Research Scientist NCAN
Research Scientist NCAN

Frances West
Founder
FrancesWestCo
FrancesWestCo
Innovation Sprint

Rachael Acker
Innovation Sprint Facilitator
VP, Experience Strategy & Research
Mad*Pow
VP, Experience Strategy & Research
Mad*Pow

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