Energy Access & Disability Tech for Equitable Futures

This session is part of the Transforming Energy Access platform’s Disability Support Service, delivered by the Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub working to integrate disability inclusion across energy access innovation systems. As part of the wider Innovation Network, this convening will be a space to bring together all participating ventures, technical partners, and ecosystem enablers who have engaged in the program’s journey. 

It marks a culmination of this phase of the Disability Support Service celebrating collaborative achievements, surfacing shared learnings, and setting the stage for what comes next in advancing inclusive systems innovation. This session aims to reflect that commitment by showcasing how innovation pairings between ventures are actively shaping the pathways toward equitable and sustainable futures. The session will spotlight exciting partnerships at the intersection of AT and Energy Access - from the perspective of the innovators themselves.

 Each partnership will illustrate the potential to expand access to clean energy for persons with disabilities in new and novel ways. These demonstrations will be framed within a wraparound narrative from the Disability Support Service team, supported by voices from TEA program teams, and other ecosystem leaders - linking the showcased innovations to broader systems transformation.

Speakers

• Ben Hardman - GDIHub
• Charles Bradshaw-Smith - SmartKlub
• Adrian Johnson – BuildEducation / Qinect
• Shalom Iboh & Muhammad Hauwa – Sirius X Engery
• Winnie Ongiri - Signvrse

Panelists

• Angus Vantosh-Wood - Carbon Trust
• Annamae Muldowney – GDI Hub
• Huda Jaffer – Selco Foundation
• Mikaela Patrick - GDI Hub