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JOIN ABILITY SUMMIT
MARCH 7, 2024
Discover how AI can fuel your accessibility innovation
How can AI drive inclusion? In this free digital event, you will learn how to
unleash human potential with accessible AI. The newest tech can bridge the
accessibility divide and we’re bringing together leading experts who have a deep
understanding of disabilities in the workplace. Together, we can embed inclusive
solutions and improve opportunities for people across the disability spectrum.
Register today
EXPLORE ALL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Join top leaders with disabilities and learn about leading accessible
technology, accessibility policy, and how to amplify inclusion in your
organization and community. Explore all Breakout session presenters on the
Imagine, Build, and Include session detail pages.
IMAGINE
Explore innovative technologies leveraging AI, Assistive Technology, and
Inclusive Design to break down the barriers to push the future of inclusion and
accessible technology.
Explore imagine content
BUILD
Join experts sharing the importance of inclusive-by-design with accessible
products, services, websites, and culture, including how to make accessibility
easier to achieve through tools, knowledge sharing, and next steps.
Explore build content
INCLUDE
Meet leaders with disabilities and allies who specialize in disability culture,
workplace accommodations, organizational responsibility, and disability policy.
Learn how you can amplify the perspectives of people with disabilities for a
more inclusive world.
Explore include content
IMAGINE ACCESSIBLE INNOVATION
AI takes center stage as Satya Nadella, Jenny Lay-Flurrie, and other leading
experts discuss how new technology advances accessibility, drives innovation,
and empowers people with disabilities and allies to achieve more.
* SATYA NADELLA
Chairman and CEO
Microsoft
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* JENNY LAY-FLURRIE
Chief Accessibility Officer
Microsoft
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* JESSICA RAFUSE
Director, Accessibility Strategic Partnerships & Policy
Microsoft
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* ROWLANDS KAOTCHA
Chief Program Officer
The Hunger Project
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* VICKIE ROBINSON
General Manager, Microsoft Airband Initiative
Microsoft
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* ALEŠ HOLEČEK
CVP, Office Product Group
Microsoft
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* DAVE DAME
Senior Director Product Accessibility
Microsoft
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* SHIREEN SAIMA
Product Manager
Microsoft
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* DOUG GEOFFRAY
Senior Technical Program Manager
Microsoft
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* MICHELE MCDONNALL
Director & Research Professor
The National Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision,
Mississippi State University
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* LEILA HANAUMI
'Barbie With ASL' Performer and Accessibility Advocate
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BUILD MORE INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY
When people with disabilities join the AI revolution, we all win. Check out
developer, gaming, and mental health stories that showcase the importance of
building organizations that prioritize inclusion and how you can build a more
accessible world.
* MICHELLE WILLIAMS
Grammy Award Winning Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Author, and Mental Health
Advocate
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* BRAD SMITH
Vice Chair and President
Microsoft
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* AMANDA SILVER
Corporate Vice President, Head of Product, Developer Division
Microsoft
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* AKASH KAKKAR
Accessibility and Development Team Lead
Accenture
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* HIREN SHUKLA
EY Global Neurodiversity & Inclusive Value Leader
EY
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* ED SUMMERS
Head of Accessibility, GitHub
Microsoft
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* KATRIN HILMAN
Accessibility Dev Lead
Forza Motorsport
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* NEHA CHINTALA
Gameplay & Accessibility Producer
Turn 10 Studios
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* DAVE MCCARTHY
Chief Operations Officer
Microsoft Gaming (Xbox)
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* KATY JO WRIGHT
Sr. Director, Gaming for Everyone + Sustainability
Microsoft Gaming
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* LYNN AYRES
CVP, Outlook
Microsoft
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ACCESSIBILITY IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
Advocates and experts will share their experiences at the intersection of race
and disability, economic equity, art, and physical spaces. Take away best
practices for accellerating accessibility within your own communities.
* DEBORAH WATTS
Co-Founder, Executive Director & Emmett Till Family Member
Emmett Till Legacy Foundation
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* KERI GRAY
CEO
Keri Gray Consulting Group
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* NATASHA BELL
Co-Founder
1687 Productions
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* ALEXIA CLAYBORNE
Director, Inclusion & Accessibility Global Events
Microsoft
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* EBELE OKOLI
Accessibility Business Program Manager for Mental Health and
Intersectionality
Microsoft
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* SARA MINKARA
U.S. Special Advisor on International Disability Rights
U.S. Department of State
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* RYLIN RODGERS
Disability Policy Advisor
Microsoft
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* ILENE ARENBERG
Senior Clerk
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* TANYA HARRIS
Warehouse Facilitator
Suddath
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* ALICE JOLLA
CVP, CAO Corporate Finance and Services
Microsoft
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EVENT AGENDA
Plan your schedule—all session times will be happening Pacific Standard Time.
Check back as additional details will be added and adjusted.
Time (Pacific time)TitleDescription8:00 AM – 9:13 AMWelcome KeynoteImagine
accessible innovation9:25 AM – 10:10 AMBreakout sessionsImagine - Co-designing
for neurodiversity
Build - Bridging the Disability Divide with AI tools
Include - The role of policy in advancing accessibility10:20 AM – 11:05
AMBreakout sessionsImagine - Promises and practices of mental health and tech
Build - Build an ecosystem to drive accessible technology
Include - Skilling disabled talent and accessibility allies11:15 AM – 12:25
PMKeynote 2Build more inclusive technology12:35 PM – 1:20 PMBreakout
sessionsImagine - Truths and aspirations of accessible generative AI
Build - Empowering the tech community for an accessible future
Include - How community can shape accessible physical spaces1:30 PM – 2:26
PMClosing KeynoteAccessibility is a fundamental right
Time (Pacific time) : 8:00 AM – 9:13 AM Title : Welcome Keynote Description :
Imagine accessible innovation Time (Pacific time) : 9:25 AM – 10:10 AM Title :
Breakout sessions Description : Imagine - Co-designing for neurodiversity
Build - Bridging the Disability Divide with AI tools
Include - The role of policy in advancing accessibility Time (Pacific time) :
10:20 AM – 11:05 AM Title : Breakout sessions Description : Imagine - Promises
and practices of mental health and tech
Build - Build an ecosystem to drive accessible technology
Include - Skilling disabled talent and accessibility allies Time (Pacific time)
: 11:15 AM – 12:25 PM Title : Keynote 2 Description : Build more inclusive
technology Time (Pacific time) : 12:35 PM – 1:20 PM Title : Breakout sessions
Description : Imagine - Truths and aspirations of accessible generative AI
Build - Empowering the tech community for an accessible future
Include - How community can shape accessible physical spaces Time (Pacific time)
: 1:30 PM – 2:26 PM Title : Closing Keynote Description : Accessibility is a
fundamental right
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