Neil Milliken
Strategic Accessibility Advisor & Non-Executive Director
Neil is the founder and CEO of Thrival Holdings, a consultancy that supports businesses to implement management frameworks and programs around ESG (Environment Social & Governance) focusing on social and disability inclusion topics.
Until December 2025 he was VP – Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion at Atos and a member of the Atos Future Makers Research Community (AFMRC).
Neil is a leading strategist and community builder with over two decades of experience within the Accessibility and Assistive Technology fields and served as invited expert for the W3C Cognitive Accessibility Taskforce and on the Global Leadership Council for the IAAP (International Association of Accessibility Professionals).
Neil is a former member of the Board of Directors for World Institute on Disability, Non Exec Member of the Board at Genius Within, member of the advisory board of the Valuable500 & Served as Chair of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network & Chair of the Diversity Board for Institute of Coding.
He is co-founder of AXSChat a Podcast with a focus on Accessibility & Inclusion.
Neil is dyslexic and has ADHD, he advocates for people with neurodivergent conditions as well as other disabilities and additional needs and has twice been recognised in the Disability Power 100 list of most influential disabled people.
Debra Ruh
CEO and Founder of Ruh Global
Debra Ruh is a seasoned entrepreneur that focuses on Global Disability Inclusion, ICT Accessibility, EmployAbility, Marketing and Communications Strategies and Digital Media. She has provided global leadership to governments, corporations, NGOs and DPO’s (Disability Persons Organizations) all over the world supporting research, outreach, marketing strategies, policy and standards initiatives with public- and private-sector.
Debra is a seasoned Entrepreneur (founder of three firms): Ruh Global Communications, TecAccess, Strategic Performance Solutions.
Debra is passionate about Social Media and a Thought Leader and Blogger on ICT Accessibility and Disability Inclusion on social media channels with over 130,000 followers. Social media mediums include Twitter, Linked-In, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, G+ and other platforms.
Debra has published many white papers, is a newsletter editor for IAAP and a Published Author of two books:
“Finding Your Voice by Using Social Media” published on Amazon and “Tapping into Hidden Human Capital: How Leading Global Companies Improve Their Bottom Line by Employing Persons with Disabilities“. Publishing Date: September 2016 Publisher: G3ict.
Antonio Santos
Community Manager at Atos
Antonio Santos is a Community Manager at Atos focussing on Digital Inclusion, Social Media Engagement and Social Business.
He provides digital consultancy across the different sectors of the organisation specialising in Business Intelligence, Social Business and Social Media Analytics.
Antonio was proud to serve in the military and is a veteran. He studied Sociology at University in Lisbon, and specialised in HR, Media, Telecom, and ICT Industry.
He is a social entrepreneur having co-founded 3 start-ups one of which helped children learn and develop their IT and social skills.
Antonio is a member of the Rotary Club and he recently helped organise the Coder Dojo in Belfast.
Over the last three years Antonio has been one of the organisers of Cork Social Media Day.