The Speakers
Our speakers play a key role in highlighting diverse perspectives that we should consider as we reimagine the next wave of technologies that will empower people with disabilities.
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Mohamed Abdelhady
Student
Cleveland State University
Sarah Brasiel
Education Research Analyst
Institute of Education Sciences
NCSER
Dr. Karthik Balasubramanian
Professor
Howard University
Dr. Diane Collins
Associate Professor
Dept. of Occupational Therapy
UTMB
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor
Director, NSF IUCRC BRAIN Center UH
Distinguished Professor, FISA/Paralyzed Veterans of America
Rehabilitation Science and Technology
University of Pittsburgh
Tara Courchaine & Terry Jackson
Office of Special Education Programs
US Dept. of Education
Jessica Cox
Motivational Speaker & Life Coach
Possible Thinking™ - Achieve the impossible
Becky Kekula
Director, Disability Equality Index, Disability:IN
Sarah Doherty & Kerith Perreur-Lloyd
Co-Founders
SideStix Ventures Inc.
Professor of Practice
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
School of Industrial Engineering
Purdue University
Professor and Dean of College of Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ohio State University
Founder
Zyrobotics
Dr. Luis Favela
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences
University of Central Florida
Larry Goldberg
Head of Accessibility
Verizon Media
Tim Graham
Sr. Principal Engineering Technologist | CSMB Mobile System Architecture
Dell
Xian Horn
writer, mentor, teacher, and positivity activist.
Director
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Dr. Edward Grant
Professor ECE & BME,
North Carolina State University
Petr Kucheryavyy
Sr. Accessibility Manager, Outreach
Charter Communications
Dave Hoffer
Managing Director, Design
PwC
Scientific Program Manager
Rehabilitation Research & Development Service
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Inst. of Technology
Co-Founder
Hello Robot
Melissa Malzkuhn
Founder & Creative Director of Motion Light Lab at Gallaudet University
Dr. Raviraj Nataraj
Assistant Professor
Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Maja Matarić
Interim Vice President for Research
University of Southern California
Dr. Don McMahon
Associate Professor
Washington State University
Inutha Sampaath
Research fellow , Defence, Bioengineering and Electromedical laboratory (DEBEL), DRDO , Ministry of Defence , Govt of India
Hetal Parikh
President & Co-Founder
Rangam Consultants Inc.
Dr.Roger O. Smith
Professor, Occupational Sciences and Technology
Director, R2D2 (Rehabilitation Research Design & Disability) Center
Dr.Claudia Rebola
Associate Dean for Research
University of Cincinnati
Khan Professor of Applied Health Sciences
Community Health
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Mary Babbili
President, LaSaRa Hi-Tech Consulting Inc./Accessibility SME
Dr. In Hong Yang
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Laureen Summers
Project Director, Entry Point! American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dr.Patricio Vela
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech
Carolyn Phillips
Co-Director
Center for Inclusive Design & Innovation (CIDI) Georgia Tech
Dr. Ray Browning
Co-Founder and CEO
Biomotum, Inc.
Dr. Pamela Block
Professor
Anthropology and Disability Studies
Western University
Dr. Vinod Namboodiri
Professor of Computer Science
Wichita State University
Dr. Phillip Beatty
Director of the Office of Research Sciences
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDILRR)
Dr. Jennifer S. Singh
Associate professor
School of History and Sociology
Dr. Nathan Moon
Senior Research Scientist/Director of Research
Center for Advanced Communications Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Rua Williams
Assistant Professor
Purdue University
Dr. James Sulzer
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Austin
Dr.Maria Kett
Associate Professor in Humanitarianism and Disability
UCL
Dr. Nils Hakansson
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Wichita State University
Ann Paradiso
Principal Research Designer
Microsoft Research
Nish Parikh
Co-founder & CEO
Rangam Consultants Inc.
Dr. Kat Steele
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Washington
Dr. Ola Harrysson
Edward P. Fitts Distinguished Professor
NC State Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Dr. Lewis Wheaton
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech
Dr. Jana Remy
Director
Educational Technology
Chapman University
Dr. Carol Moeller
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Scholar in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Moravian College
Herbert Spencer
Full time professor, e[ad]
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Thank you Speakers
For Sharing Your Insights