All Main Stage Sessions: Sight Tech Global 2024
December 5, 2024
In case you missed the 2024 Sight Tech Global main stage sessions, they are all available below in the order in which they appeared in the original show. They are also viewable over at Sight Tech’s YouTube channel in two play lists – day one (Dec. 4) and day two (Dec. 4)
Sight Tech Global 2024: Day One
Day One: Welcome to Sight Tech Global
- Speaker: Karae Lisle, Chief Executive Officer, Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Speaker: Ross Minor, Accessibility Professional and Consultant
Is This the Accessibility Moment We’ve All Been Waiting For?
- Moderator: Mike Shebanek, Product and Market Strategist, Be My Eyes
- Speaker: Saqib Shaikh, Co-founder of Seeing AI, Microsoft
Founders and Investors: Tales and Tips from the Start-up World
- Moderator: Larry Goldberg, Accessibility Sensei & Technology Consultant
- Speaker: Brandon Biggs, CEO, XR Navigation
- Speaker: Regina Kline, Founder and Managing Partner, Enable Ventures
- Speaker: Chris Maher, Founder & General Partner, Samaritan Partners
- Speaker: Mariella Satow, Founder, SignUp Media
Sight Stats Optional: Gaming Accessibility Rated E for Everyone
- Moderator: James Rath, YouTuber/Creator, TV show host, Accessibility Consultant
- Speaker: Jesse Anderson, Assistive Technology Specialist, State of Minnesota
- Speaker: Ross Minor, Accessibility Professional and Consultant
- Speaker: Jenna “Jennissary,” Producer, Live & Interactive Audio Description, Descriptive Video Works
Haptics and Human Touch
- Moderator: Devin Coldewey, Writer & Photographer, TechCrunch
- Speaker: Troy Otillio, Chief Executive Officer, Aira
- Speaker: Kevin Yoo, CEO and Founder, Haptic
Increasing Access Across Apps – Addressing Color Blindness Barriers
- Moderator: Darryl Adams, Accessible Technology Innovator
- Speaker: Arvind Sundaram, Senior Principal Engineer, Client Compute Group, Intel
Transforming Mobility: Glidance and Biped Make Mobility Safer, more Intuitive, and Profoundly Empowering
- Moderator: Victor Tsaran, Senior Technical Program Manager, Google
- Speaker: Amos Miller, Founder, Glidance
- Speaker: Maël Fabien, Co-founder & CEO, biped
Braille and Emerging Tech: A Partnership for Independence
- Moderator: Brook Sexton, Accessibility Analyst, Google
- Speaker: Jennifer Wenzel, Product Specialist, American Printing House
- Speaker: Luis Perez, Disability & Digital Inclusion Lead, CAST
Innovating Inclusion: Accessible Technology in Online Learning
- Moderator: Mary J. Ziegler, Program Manager for Online Accessibility, MIT
- Speaker: Joshua Hori, Accessible Technology Analyst, UC Davis
- Speaker: Dr. Sambhavi Chandrashekar, Global Accessibility Lead, D2L Corporation
- Speaker: Kyle Shachmut, Senior Director of Digital Accessibility, Harvard University
Spotlight: Glidance
- Speaker: Amos Miller, Founder, Glidance
- Speaker: Kyle Buzzard, Co-Founder, Head of Product, Glidance
- Speaker: Luke Buckberrough, Co-Founder & Head of Growth, Glidance
Spotlight: Biped
- Speaker: Maël Fabien, Co-founder & CEO, biped
- Speaker: Gustavo Carvajal, #IDEAcatalyst, NEXT
End of Day 1: See You Tomorrow
- Speaker: Karae Lisle, Chief Executive Officer, Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Speaker: Ross Minor, Accessibility Professional and Consultant
Sight Tech Global 2024: Day Two
Day Two: Welcome to Day Two of Sight Tech Global
- Speaker: Karae Lisle, Chief Executive Officer, Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Speaker: Ross Minor, Accessibility Professional and Consultant
Unveiling Ally: The AI-Powered Leap from Apps to Assistants
- Moderator: Joe Devon, Entrepreneur and Accessibility Advocate
- Speaker: Karthik Mahadevan, Co-founder & CEO, Envision
- Speaker: Karthik Kannan, Co-founder & CTO, Envision
From Insight to Action: Establishing Accessibility as a Digital Marketing Standard
- Moderator: Caroline Desrosiers, Founder & CEO, Scribely
- Speaker: Ben Ogilvie, Head of Accessibility, ArcTouch
- Speaker: Hannah Arner, Sr. Manager, Digital Consumer Experiences, N.A., The Coca-Cola Company
- Speaker: Josh Loebner, Global Head of Inclusive Design, VML
Smart Mobility: Advancing Solutions for the Visually Impaired
- Moderator: Anat Nulman, Founder & CEO, assistive.consulting
- Speaker: Nathan Deutsch, COO, Lighthouse Tech
- Speaker: Kürşat Ceylan, Co-founder, WeWALK Technology
- Speaker: Patrick Burton, CEO & co-founder, Benvision
Without Digital Equity, Is There a Career Path for Visually Impaired People?
- Moderator: Dr. Mason Ameri, Author and Professor, Rutgers Business School
- Speaker: Mike Hess, Founder & Executive Director, Blind Institute of Technology
- Speaker: Sarah Mark, Program Director of Workforce Navigators, Office of Accessibility at Salesforce
Reel: Ride with Waymo — Two Blind Riders, Zero Human Drivers
Accelerating Corporate Accessibility — Building Bridges for Inclusive Innovation & Universal Design
- Moderator: Jeremy Grandstaff, VP of Business Development & Partnerships, CurbCutOS
- Speaker: Mark Pound, Chief Executive Officer, CurbCutOS
- Speaker: Jacqueline Hull, Senior Vice President, User Experience, Ipsos North America
- Speaker: Jonathan Thurston, CEO, infinite Access
Born Accessible: Designing Graphic Content for Inclusive Experiences
- Moderator: Roberto Manduchi, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, UC Santa Cruz
- Speaker: John Gardner, President, ViewPlus Technologies
- Speaker: Julia Winter, CEO & Founder, Alchemie
- Speaker: Arvind Satyanarayan, Associate Professor of Computer Science, MIT CSAIL, MIT
Spotlight: Lotus
- Speaker: Dhaval Patel, CEO, Lotus
- Speaker: Natalie Shearer, Head of Accessibility and Operations, Lotus
- Speaker: Matthew Krieger, President, Cober, Inc
Spotlight: APH – Monarch
- Speaker: Greg Stilson, Head of Global Technology Innovation, The American Printing House for the Blind
- Speaker: Jason Martin, Technical Innovations Product Manager, American Printing House for the Blind
Thank you and final remarks
- Speaker: Karae Lisle, Chief Executive Officer, Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Speaker: Ross Minor, Accessibility Professional and Consultant
REGISTER
2025 Sight Tech Global Registration is free and will open soon.