Accessibility directly impacts all aspects of disability inclusion. New developments continuously unlock paths for more people to participate meaningfully and fully. This session explores revolutionary progress in digital accessibility and the critical role of communications leadership in modeling accessibility for all. At the heart of matter, we celebrate the powerful everyday innovations driven by talent with disabilities.   

Lunch will be provided. 

Speakers:

  • Ryan Asdourian – Chief Marketing Officer at Lumen
  • Dylan Barrell – Chief Product/ Technology Officer at Deque Systems
  • Gwennie Cheung – Global Marketing + Communications Lead, Inclusion & Diversity at Accenture 
  • Nedra Dickson – Managing Director, Global Supplier Inclusion & Sustainability Lead at Accenture 
  • Jenny Lay-Flurrie – Vice President, Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft 
  • Catherine Nichols – VP, Office of Accessibility at Salesforce 
  • John Pluhowski – Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer at TD Bank
  • Jessica Rafuse – Director, Accessibility Strategic Partnerships & Policy at Microsoft
  • Diogo Rau – Executive Vice President- Chief Information & Digital Officer at Eli Lilly and Company 
  • Navin Thadani – CEO & Co-Founder at Evinced
  • Jeff Wissell – Chief Accessibility Officer at Disability:IN