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Inclusive - India: Digital First Agenda

PLEASE NOTE: This agenda is subject to change. All updates will appear on this page when it is released

Thursday, 14 December 2023

Keynote Address

9:30 am to 10:00 am: Meet & Greet

10.00 am to 10. 10 am : Opening

10.10 am to 10.30 am: Keynote - Government Perspective on Accessibility in India: Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, DEPwD, MSJE, Government of India

10:30 am to 10:50 am: Keynote - Structured Negotiation: A winning strategy for advancing accessibility: Lainey Feingold, Lawyer, author, and public speaker at Law Office of Lainey Feingold

10:50 am to 11:10 am: Keynote- Robert Hsu - Senior Manager in Digital Experience & Accessibility, HSBC

11:10 am to 11:30 am: Tea/ Coffee Break

Panel Discussions
ScheduleInclusion TrackAccessibility Track
11:30 am to 12:10 pm

Building Inclusion in organizations

Moderator: Leenika Khattar, Director - DEIB, NASSCOM

Speakers:

  • Rahul Gambhir – Senior manager, Union Bank of India
  • Aradhana Lal - Senior Vice President – Sustainability & ESG, Lemon Tree Hotels
  • Meenu Bhambani - Vice President, Head of Corporate Citizenship and Inclusion and Diversity, APAC at State Street
  • Anandi Thyagarajan -Managing Director, Business Transformation, Accenture
WCAG 2.2 - Where do we go from here?

Moderator: Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Director - Product Accessibility, Freshworks

Speakers:

  • Priti Rohra - Chief Accessibility Officer, BarrierBreak
  • Avneesh Singh - Chief Operating Officer, DAISY Consortium
  • Aparna Singhal - Distinguished Engineer, Pitney Bowes
12:20 pm to 1:00 pmDisability & Accessibility Legislation in India and Globally

Moderator: Rahul Bajaj, Co-Founder & Non-Executive Director, Mission Accessibility

Speakers:

  • Subhash Chandra Vashishth – Director, CABE Foundation
  • Lainey Feingold - Lawyer, author, and public speaker at Law Office of Lainey Feingold
  • Amar Jain - Co-Founder & Non-Executive Director, Mission Accessibility
Building Accessible SAAS Products for All

Moderator: Shilpi Kapoor , CEO BarrierBreak

Speakers:

  • Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Director - Product Accessibility, Freshworks
  • Sushmita Ranjan - Senior Manager, User Interface/ User Experience, Salesforce
  • Nirat Bhatnagar - Senior Advisor, Dalberg and Founder, Belongg
1:00 pm to 2:00 pmLunchLunch
2:00 pm to 2:40 pmInnovation & Impact: Can emerging assistive technologies improve workplace accessibility?

Moderator: Arman Ali - Executive Director at NCPEDP

Speakers:

  • Rupmani Chhetri - Co-Founder, SignAble Communications
  • Dipendra Minocha - Director Developing Countries Program, Daisy Consortium
  • Utsav Choudhury - Program Manager at National Institute of Urban Affairs
Digital Accessibility Testing - Holistic approach of Manual and Automation Testing

Prashant Ranjan Verma - General Secretary at National Association for the Blind Delhi

Speakers:

  • Fahad Lambate - Associate Accessibility Director, BarrierBreak
  • Monika Singhal – Principal Consultant, Wipro Technologies
  • Sumeet Agrawal - Domain Consultant, Accessibility Research and Innovation, TCS
2:50 pm to 3:30 pmAccessibility in Procurement: Creating an Inclusive Supply Chain

Moderator: Shilpi Kapoor - CEO, BarrierBreak

Speakers:

  • Balendu Sharma - Director- Local Languages & Accessibility, Microsoft
  • Vishal Pujar - Head of Accessibility, GDC India (Atos Group)
  • To be confirmed
The future of AI in Digital Accessibility

Moderator: Christopher Lee - Vice President, Chief Learning Officer, and IAAP Managing Director

Speakers:

  • Ajit Narayanan - Senior Staff Engineer, Google
  • Abhay Kapur - Product Manager, BarrierBreak
  • Ashutosh Chadha - Director and Country Head Corporate Affairs & Public Policy, Microsoft India
3:40 pm to 4:00 pmTea / CoffeeTea / Coffee
4:00 pm to 4:40 pmBuilding Accessibility Skills & Professional Certifications in the Industry

Moderator : George Abraham - CEO, Score Foundation

Speakers:

  • Neil Milliken - VP & Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion at Atos
  • Christopher Lee - Vice President, Chief Learning Officer, and IAAP Managing Director
  • Shalini Khanna - Founder Director, NAB India Centre for Blind Women and Disability Studies and Chairperson, SCPwD
Implementation of Accessibility in Business and Its Impact

Moderator: Shashank Kapur - Director - Strategy and Growth, BarrierBreak

Speakers:

  • Dipti Prasad - Founder, Nobaflix
  • Pradnya Desai - Managing Director ATCI , Accenture
  • To be confirmed

4:45 pm to 5:00 pm: Closing remarks: Christopher Lee - VP and Chief Learning Officer, and IAAP Managing Director

Speakers & Moderators

Ajit Narayanan - Senior Staff Engineer, Google

Balendu Sharma Dadhich - Director- Local Languages & Accessibility, Microsoft



Lainey Feingold - Lawyer, author, and public speaker at Law Office of Lainey Feingold

Avneesh Singh - Chief Operating Officer, DAISY Consortium

Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Director - Product Accessibility, Freshworks



Rahul Bajaj - Co-Founder & Non-Executive Director, Mission Accessibility

Shalini Khanna - Founder Director, NAB India and Chairperson, SCPwD

Dipendra Manocha - Director Developing Countries Program, Daisy Consortium

Subhash Chandra Vashishth - Director, CABE Foundation



Christopher M. Lee -
VP and Managing Director, G3ict



Amar Jain - Co-Founder & Non-Executive Director, Mission Accessibility

Fahad Lambate - Associate Accessibility Director, BarrierBreak

Neil Milliken - VP & Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion at Atos

Leenika Khattar - Director of DEIB, NASSCOM



Shashank Kapur - Director - Strategy and Growth, BarrierBreak



Priti Rohra - Chief Accessibility Officer, BarrierBreak



Rupmani Chhetri - Co-Founder, SignAble Communications



Arman Ali - Executive Director at NCPEDP



Aradhana Lal
Senior Vice President – Sustainability & ESG, Lemon Tree Hotels



Monika Singhal
Principal Consultant, Wipro Technologies



Utsav Choudhury - Program Manager, NIUA



Sushmita Ranjan
Senior Manager, User Interface/ User Experience, Salesforce



Dr Meenu Bhambhani -Vice President- GIDE, State Street



Rahul Gambhir -Digital accessibility specialist Senior Manager, Union Bank of India



George Abraham - CEO, Score Foundation



Sumeet Agrawal - Domain Consultant, Accessibility Research and Innovation, TCS



Vishal Pujar - Head of Accessibility GDC India, Atos



Aparna Singhal - Distinguished Engineer working in Pitney Bowes



Ashutosh Chadha - Director and Country Head Corporate Affairs and Public Policy – India and South Asia, Microsoft



Dipti Prasad - Founder, Nobaflix



Pradnya Desai - Managing Director ATCI , Accenture



Prashant Ranjan Verma - General Secretary at National Association for the Blind Delhi



Anandi Thyagarajan - Managing Director, Business Transformation, Accenture



Robert Hsu - Senior Manager in Digital Experience & Accessibility, HSBC



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