Laura Wissiak is a UX researcher and accessibility advocate specializing in assistive technology for people with low vision and blindness. As Chief Research Officer at Hope Tech, she leads the development of assistive tech hardware for mobility. Recognized by Forbes Austria and Forbes Europe for her contributions to social impact, Laura is committed to advancing […]

Juliette Burton is an award-winning comedian, voiceover and writer. Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe 2025, and now on tour with her hit show ‘Best of Burton’ – a celebration of her last 10 years in comedy including 5 years of total sold out seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe.  She was shortlisted for Best New Show

I have worked for 20 years as a developer, teacher, author, and tester. I also advise agencies, NGOs, colleges, and foundations. As an approved BIK-BITV testing center, I check websites to make sure they follow the European Norm EN 301 549. I wrote books about CSS, HTML, and accessibility for the well-known Herdt publishing company,

Steve Tyler currently serves as director of assistive technology and transformation at Leonard Cheshire, a pan-disability organization supporting people to live, learn and work in the manner they choose. He has led many innovations across multiple industries resulting in greater accessibility – from the publishing industry and eBooks to digital tv access;  from access to

Crystal believes that accessibility is a civil and human right and is passionate about building accessible and inclusive applications. Crystal takes us on her fascinating journey from self-taught coder and journalism dropout to becoming a Senior Digital Accessibility Analyst at Salesforce’s Office of Accessibility. With refreshing honesty, she shares how her own visual impairment and

Jane Green MBE, FCCT, MA Ed. ex.Asst. Headteacher, Adv.Dip.Ed. (Child Dev.), PGCE Sec. QTS, BSc (HONS) Psych.OU / founder/Chair of SEDSConnective the foremost pioneering user-led charity for symptomatic hypermobility and neurodivergence. Despite leaving school early, only 2 qualifications, considered dim and a hypochondriac, she pursued self-study as a single parent of 2 children one very

A native New Yorker raised in old Harlem, Gisele is a TEDx speaker on networking and relationship building. Gisele takes the fear out of networking and offers practical, easy to implement ideas to network your way to your ‘next.’ She possesses an MBA from Harvard Business School and is an operations executive who makes organizations

Tomer Aharoni is the Co-founder and CEO of Nagish, an FCC-certified communication company at the intersection of AI and accessibility. Before pursuing his life mission of making communication more accessible, Tomer worked as a software engineer at Bloomberg, a researcher at Columbia University, and an Intelligence Analyst in the IDF. Tomer holds a degree in

Caroline is Director of the Cambridge School Classics Project at the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education. She previously served as the Classics and Religious Studies Subject Specialist at OCR and has taught a wide variety of subjects including Classics, Religious Studies, Philosophy, and Anthropology in UK schools. Despite leaving the classroom several years ago,

With 20+ years working in disability inclusion, and 6+ years developing a fitness business that pivoted through the pandemic, Lee-Anne’s passion for inclusion and curiosity for innovation merged together to create Sekond Skin Society, the most accessible and inclusive fitness app on the market!Lee-Anne is proud to be a thought leader, advocate for accessibility, inclusion