Inclusive - India: Digital First Agenda

Friday, 22 November 2024

Keynote Address

8:30 am to 9:00 am - Registration

9.00 am to 9.30 am - Meet and greet

9.30 am to 9.45 am - Opening and Inauguration by Sri Das Suryavamshi, State Commissioner for Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act in Karnataka

9.45 am to 10.30 am - Keynote - Beyond Barriers, Across Borders: A Fireside Chat about Amazon's Accessibility Innovations Shaping Tomorrow's Inclusive Tech

Peter Korn, Director Amazon Devices Accessibility.
Madhu Bala Sharma, Senior Program Manager Amazon Inclusive Experiences Technology and Co-President of Amazon PwD India affinity group
Jayashree Rajagopalan, Senior SDM Amazon Prime Video.

10.30 am to 11.00 am - Launch of BB100: Digital Accessibility Landscape of the Finance Sector in India

Shilpi Kapoor, CEO, BarrierBreak.
Shashank Kapur, Director-Strategy & Growth, BarrierBreak.
Arman Ali: Executive Director, NCPEDP

11.00 am to 11.30 am - Tea/Coffee

Panel Discussions
Time	Inclusion	Accessibility	Learning Hub
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Understanding Workplace Accessibility & Creating an Inclusive Workplace Culture Moderator: - Mr. Nataraj Sankaran, Trustee, Help The Blind Foundation Speakers: Aarti Bhardwaj – Diversity & Inclusion and Employee Wellbeing Lead, Nestlé. Sukanya Ramachandran - DEI and people sustainability, Wipro Sangeeta S Iyer - Managing Director, Accenture’s Advanced Technology Centre India	Integrating Accessibility Certifications into Organizational Training Programs Moderator: - Dr Meenu Bhambhani VP & Senior Grants Manager-APAC, State Street Speakers: Christopher M. Lee, Ph.D. - President of G3ict Dr. Sambhavi Chandrashekar - Global Accessibility Lead, D2L Jaya Kumar - National Manager-Disability Inclusion, TLF	Top 5 things to learn in ARIA Presenter: - Suman Damera Senior Principal Accessibility Engineer, Phenom
12:20 pm - 1:00 pm	How Can Smart Home Technologies Be Designed to Improve Accessibility ? Moderator: Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Director of Product Accessibility, Freshworks Inc Speakers: Shadi Abou-Zahra - Principal Accessibility Standards and Policy Manager, Amazon Prashant Ranjan Verma - General Secretary, NAB Delhi ; Accessibility Specialist, DAISY Consortium Pradeep Kumar - Ux Architect, MyGate	Advancing Accessibility with AI Moderator: Abhay Kapur - Product Manager, BarrierBreak Speakers: Samir Dash - Lead Product Designers at Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd Diwakar Menon - Principal Consultant - Responsible AI, Last Mile Sourabh Singh Yadav - Principal Applied Scientist, Oracle AI Services	Forms and Accessibility Presenter: - Sathish Kumar Senior Accessibility Engineer, Optum Insight
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
2:00 pm - 2:40 pm	The Impact of IS-17802 Mandates on Accessible ICT Products and Services Moderator: Shilpi Kapoor - CEO, BarrierBreak Speakers: Saidarshan Bhagat – Scientist 'D' , CDAC. Shibu Lijack - Staff Software Engineer, LinkedIn Prashant Naik - Sr. Manager, Union Bank of India	Kickstarting on your Accessibility Journey Moderator: Rama Krishnamachari - Director, DEOC Speakers: Senthilnathan Shanmugam - Head of Product Design EX BU, Freshworks Subramanian K - Frontend Architect, Cashfree Payments Bini Thomas - Director - IT Product Management, Fidelity Investments	Getting started on Digital Accessibility Program Presenter: - Fahad Lambate Associate Accessibility Director, BarrierBreak
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm	Accessible Entertainment & Shopping Speakers: Jayashree Rajagopalan – Sr. SDM, Prime Video. Kiran Kaja - Principal Accessibility Product Manager, Amazon Retail and Books Josh Miele - Amazon Scholar Asha Jayadevan - Principal Technical Program Manager, Amazon Retail and Books	User Testing with People with Disabilities Moderator: Rakesh Paladugula - Sr Product Manager, Accessibility, Adobe Speakers: Priti Rohra - Chief Accessibility Officer, BarrierBreak Girish G - Senior User Experience Engineer, Salesforce Rajath Tirumangalam - Lead Accessibility Analyst, Target	Design for Accessibility Presenter: - Noorul Ameen Director of Design, Mitratech
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Tea/Coffee	Tea/Coffee	Tea/Coffee
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm	Policies to Build Digital Accessibility in Organizations Moderator: Vishal Pujar - Head of Accessibility and Digital Inclusion, Atos India Speakers: Ted Drake - Accessibility and Inclusive Design Leader, Intuit Fahad Lambate - Associate Accessibility Director, BarrierBreak Srinivas Kakani - Product Manager, Pegasystems	Advancing Accessibility Testing with Automation and Manual Strategies Moderator: Shashank Kapur - Director - Strategy & Growth, BarrierBreak Speakers: Vivek Gaikwad - Accessibility Expert, Informatica Raghavendra Satish Peri - Accessibility Consultant Shantanu Ladkat - R & D Engineer (Accessibility Management Program), Broadcom
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm	Closing Remarks