Agenda
Monday, 10 November 2025
Keynote Address - Grand Ballroom
9:00 am to 9:30 am - Registration
9:30 am to 9:45 am – Welcome / Inauguration
9:45 am to 10:10 am – Keynote 1 - Peter Korn, Director of Accessibility for Amazon's Devices & Services
10:10 am to 10:25 am – Launch of 2nd edition of BB100: State of Digital Accessibility in India
- Shilpi Kapoor, CEO, BarrierBreak.
- Abhay Kapur, Product Manager, BarrierBreak.
- Arman Ali: Executive Director, NCPEDP
10:25 am to 10:45 am – Keynote 2 - The Evolution of Accessibility and the next chapter by Ankur Khator - Group Product Manager, Microsoft Windows Accessibility
10:45 am to 11:15 am – Tea / Coffee
| Time | Inclusion (Grand Ballroom 1) | Accessibility (Grand Ballroom 2) | Learning Hub (Studio 2) |
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| 11:15 am – 11:45 am | Panel Inclusive Leadership: Building Accessibility into Organizational Strategy Moderator: Arman Ali, Executive Director, NCPEDP Speakers:
| Panel From Global Standards to Indian Mandates: Building an Accessibility Roadmap Moderator: Ketan Kothari, Managing Consultant - Programs, XRCVC Speakers:
| 11:15 am – 11:55 am Using AI to Solve Accessibility Challenges Speaker: Samir Dash – UX Arch Senior Manager, Accenture |
| 11:55 am – 12:25 pm | Panel Building Role-Based Accessibility Skills Across Teams Moderator: Jaya Rugi, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Speakers:
| Panel Manual, Automated, and AI Testing: What’s the Right Mix? Moderator: Priti Rohra, Chief Accessibility Officer, BarrierBreak Speakers:
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| 12:25 pm – 12:40 pm | Lightning Talk Beyond POUR – Embracing Functional Performance for Inclusive and Accessible ICTs Speaker: Saidarshan Bhagat, Scientist D, CDAC | Lightning Talk Accessibility Annotations: The Missing Link in UX Design Speaker: Chaitali Tannirwar – Product Design Lead (UX Manager), HSBC | 12:15 pm – 12:55 pm A11y Form-tastic - Designing Accessible Forms for All Speaker:
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| 12:45 pm – 1:00 pm | Lightning Talk Redesigning Self-Checkout for Accessibility at Scale Speakers: Rajath T, Sr Manager UX Accessibility & SenthilKumar S, Sr Manager UX Accessibility, Target | Lightning Talk Creating Accessible and Inclusive Experiences Using Low-Code / No-Code Platforms Speaker: Girish G – Senior UX Engineer, Accessibility, Salesforce | |
| 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2:20 pm – 2:30 pm | Pecha Kucha Redefining Digital Participation – The Role of Screen Readers in Enhancing Web Accessibility for Visually Impaired Users in India Speaker: Vignesh Basuvaraj – Placement & Accessibility Audit Executive, Help the Blind Foundation | Pecha Kucha Can AI Be Inclusive If It Was Never Taught to Be? Speaker: Lakshmi Munagoti – Senior Accessibility Specialist, PwC | 2:20 pm – 3:00 pm The Dark Art of Bad Accessibility Testing – Here's How to Screw It Up Like a Pro Speakers:
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| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Panel Building and Sustaining an Enterprise Accessibility Program Moderator: Shashank Kapur, Director - Strategy & Growth, BarrierBreak Speakers:
| Panel Making daily workflows more productive using modern AI accessibility tools Speakers:
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| 3:10 pm – 3:40 pm | Panel Inclusive Entertainment: Accessibility at Prime Video Moderator: Madhu Bala Sharma, Disability Inclusion Leader - IXT Engagement, Amazon Speakers:
| Panel Shift Left: Embedding Accessibility in the Design Stage Moderator: Srinivasu Chakravarthula, Accessibility Director, Freshworks Speakers:
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| 3:40 pm – 3:55 pm | Lightning Talk Beyond the Controller: Reimagining Gaming for All Speaker: Komal Muluk – Specialist, Accessibility Governance | Lightning Chat State-Level Perspectives on Promoting Accessibility Speaker: Shri Tukaram Mundhe (I.A.S.) – Secretary, Persons with Disabilities Welfare Department, Government of Maharashtra with Arman Ali Executive Director at National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) | |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Tea | Tea | Tea |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Panel Measuring Accessibility: From Compliance Scores to Real Impact Moderator: Vishal Pujar, Head of Accessibility and Digital Inclusion, Atos Speakers:
| Panel AI Meets Human Judgment: Collaborative Models for Accessibility Testing Moderator: Christopher Michael Lee, President, G3ict Speakers:
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| 5:00 pm – 5:20 pm | Closing Remark | ||
State of Digital Accessibility In India Roundtable
Grand Ballroom
Agenda
- 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm - Registration
- 6:30 pm to 7:10 pm - State of Digital Accessibility in India
- Manmeet Kaur Nanda, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India
- Srinivasu Chakravarthula, Accessibility Director, Freshworks
- Shilpi Kapoor, CEO & Founder, BarrierBreak
- 7:15 pm to 8:00 pm - Financial Inclusion for People with Disabilities in India
- Deepankar Chatterjee, Deputy General Manager at Securities And Exchange Board Of India (SEBI)
- Arman Ali, Executive Director at National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP)
- Shashank Kapur, Director - Strategy & Growth, BarrierBreak
- Followed by Networking and Cocktails