Virtua11y brings the leading thinkers and doers in accessibility and digital inclusion to share best practice, the latest thinking and what the future holds for accessibility. Expect talks, panel discussions, workshops and interviews that you can enjoy for free and from the comfort of your sofa.
Tuesday 17th May
10:00 – 11:00 | How to create a prioritised backlog of accessibility issues – Alistair Duggin, Principal Accessibility Consultant at Nomensa
13:00 – 14:00 | Talk details announced soon! – Mali Fernando, Global Head of Digital Experience and Accessibility at HSBC
15:00 – 16:00 | Announced soon!
Wednesday 18th May
10:00 – 11:00 | Building inclusive health services: lessons learned from my time working in accessibility and inclusion for Test and Trace – Joel Strohmeier, Senior Accessibility Consultant at Nomensa
13:00 – 14:00 | Moving beyond compliance – setting up an accessibility team for culture change at the UK Ministry of Justice – Ministry of Justice Accessibility team: Danielle Lyon (Senior Product Manager), Beverley Newing (Accessibility Lead), Laura Payten (Delivery Manager) and Eu-Hyung Han (Accessibility specialist)
15:00 – 16:00 | Making the Accessibility “Switch” – How to Change Behaviour at Scale – Lori Samuels, Senior Director of Accessibility and NBCUniversal
Thursday 19th May – Global Accessibility Awareness Day
10:00 – 11:00 | Form(s) over Function – Ronny Hendricks, Principal Accessibility Consultant at Nomensa
13:00 – 14:00 | Building an Accessible Product – Max Fumagalli Member of the Depop founding team and Marco Fabbri Accessibility Specialist and Design System owner at Depop
15:00 – 16:00 | Panel discussion – announced soon!
Virtua11y is covered by Interact London’s inclusion policy.
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