Speakers

Our speakers represent a wide variety of experience and perspective in the assistive technology and accessibility sectors.

Choose talks based on daily themes across three days:
Because we Can : Celebrating the contributions of persons with disabilities.
Let's Talk Tech: Focusing on the tools and technologies that remove barriers to participation for persons with disabilities.

Building Community: Casting an eye to the future and looks at how we can work together to create inclusivity in the new world that emerges after Covid-19.

Jon Moore

The Asset

Maayan Ziv

CEO, AccessNow

Jeff Willbond

Director of Accessibility, Canada Post

Sharon Sholzberg-Gray

Independent Public Policy Professional

Dean Mellway

Special Advisor, Carleton University READ Initiative

Mojtaba Ahmadi

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University

Mike Gifford

Owner, OpenConcept

Max Brault

Vice President, Strategy & Operations, BDO Canada

Boris Vukovic

Director, READ Initiative at Carleton University

Suzanne Blanchard

VP (Students & Enrollment), University Registrar, Chair, CAN, Carleton University

Adrian Chan

Professor, Ph.D. P.Engineering, Carleton University

Anna McCormick

Pediatric Rehabilitation, CHEO

Hana Alazem

Pediatric Rehabilitation, CHEO

Ed Lemaire

Carleton University

Heidi Sveistrup

CEO/CSO Bruyère Research Institute and VP Research and Academic Affairs

Chantal Trudel

Chantal M. Trudel, BA, BID, MSc Ass. Professor, School of Industrial Design, Carleton University

Audrey Girouard

School of Information Technology, Carleton University

Claire Davies

Mechanical Engineering, Queens University

Yazmine Laroche

Deputy Minister, Public Service Accessibility

Tetra Society of North America

March of Dimes

March of Dimes Canada

Neil Squire

Kyle Phillips

General Manager - Americas, AI Media