Include: Culture Change - accessibility beyond compliance

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IAccessible hosted its second event in the Include series on 29th of February 2024 at Microsoft Reactor building 20 on the topic: Accessibility Beyond Compliance.

We had 40+ people join us in person and on Microsoft teams for the event. Those of us who were in-person got a chance to connect with the speakers and other attendees and enjoy some delicious food.

Here is a recording of the event:

We were honored to have:

  • Clint Covington : Clint heads Microsoft’s E+D Accessibility team for 26 years, enhancing productivity tools like Copilot and Teams , prioritizing early-stage accessible design.
  • David Dame : Leading Microsoft’s Surface accessibility, Dave Dame aligns product innovation with over 20 years of agile leadership experience, driving transformation and team performance.

About the host:

Manish Agrawal - Founder of IAccessible, Manish draws on his rich 20-year tenure, including impactful work at Microsoft and NVDA contributions, to champion product inclusivity by uniting developers and the disability community.

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