13 September 2023
09:30 UK / 04:30 EST
Free
Disability Innovation Summit [DAY 2]
DAY 2: Exploring a new horizon
Disability innovation tomorrow...what next
- Disability justice: a disability innovation ambition or contradiction?
- Para sport: a vehicle for community level social change?
- Systems Strengthening, Disability innovation and Finance: is it possible to create the mechanisms for change?
- Future tech: revolutionary solutions and AI – the new face of disability inclusion?
Exploring a new horizon
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![Vicki Austin smiling](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Screen-Shot-2020-10-26-at-15.28.33.png?v=1720479966)
Vicki Austin - GDI Hub CEO
![Chris Patnoe profile picture - Chris is a white male with a navy blue shirt smiling at the camera](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Heashot-Large.jpg?v=1720427973)
Chris Patnoe - Google
![Dr Kush Kanodia holding the paralympic torch over his head while in a white track suit](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Kush-Kanodia-Paralympic-Torch.jpg?v=1720427984)
Dr Kush Kanodia- Disability rights and race equality champion, a multiple award-winning social entrepreneur and a systems leader.
![Rama in a white shirt looking at the camera while smiling](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Rama.jpeg?v=1720427982)
Rama Gheerawo- Director, The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art RCA Reader in Inclusive Design
![A white man with short hair, smiling towards the camera](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Nick.jpeg?v=1720427975)
Nick Gompertz - AAC innovator/ developer and former NHS doctor
![Puneet with black hair, wearing a checked shirt while smiling at the camera](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Screenshot-2023-09-04-at-15.01.16.png?v=1720427979)
Puneet Singhal, Global Network Young People with Disabilities
BREAK [11.00-11.30 BST]
SECTION 2 [11.30-13.00 BST]
![Professor Sujath with black and grey hair smiling at the camera. She is wearing spectacles](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/image_2023-09-04-121129_itaj.png?v=1720427975)
Sujatha Srinivasan-Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Honorary Professor, UCL.
![An Indian female with long black hair wearing spectacles.](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/roshini.png?v=1720427980)
Roshni Poddar- Research fellow at Microsoft in Bangalore
![Vicki Austin smiling](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Screen-Shot-2020-10-26-at-15.28.33.png?v=1720479966)
Vicki Austin - GDI Hub CEO
![A coloured photo of Jennie](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/jennie-Wong_-profile-pic.png?v=1720427987)
Jennie Wong- Project Manager for Para Sport Against Stigma
![Samuel on a wheelchair](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Samuel-Nkhoma_Malawi-Para-Games.jpg?v=1720427987)
Samuel Nakhozwe Nkhoma - I’mPOSSIBLE Educator/Para athlete/Lawyer
![Prof Mufunaji, balck male smiling at the camera](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Mufu-passport-size.jpg?v=1720427986)
Prof. Mufunanji Magalasi- Associate Professor of drama and development communication at the University of Malawi.
LUNCH [13:00-14.00 BST]
SECTION 4 [14.00-15.30 BST]
![Black and white photograph of Pascal. A white man looking towards the camera wearing a suit](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Pascal-Bijleveld-photo.jpg-2.png?v=1720479966)
Pascal Bijleveld- CEO of ATScale
![Photo: Lydia smiles and tilts their head slightly to the side, looking confidently at the camera. They are a young-ish East Asian person with a streak of teal in their short black hair, wearing glasses, a cobalt blue jacket and navy tie, with a blue copper wall behind them. Photo by Sarah Tundermann.](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Lydia-X.-Z.-Brown-1-Sarah-Tundermann-Blue-Photography.jpeg?v=1720427978)
Lydia X. Z. Brown - Founding Executive Director, The Autistic People of Color Fund Vice Chair & Past President, Disability Rights Bar Association Lecturer in Disability Studies and Women's and Gender Studies, Georgetown University
![Dr Leda Kamenopoulou, a white female with curly black hair and an orange top smiling at the camera.](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Leda-profile-picture.jpeg?v=1720427974)
Dr Leda Kamenopoulou- Associate Professor, IOE, UCL.
![Photograph of Pollyanna a white woman wearing a dark blue Jumper. Pollyanna is outside, it is a sunny day](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/pollyanna.jpg?v=1720427963)
Pollyanna Wardrop GDI Hub-Financial Inclusion Researcher
![Kathryn Townsend a white female wearing spectacles smiling at the camera](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Kathryn-Townsend-Profile-Image.jpg?v=1720427964)
Kathryn Townsend- Head of Customer Vulnerability Government Disability & Access Ambassador (banking sector)
![Colour photograph of Ben Oldfrey, a white man with short dark hair wearing a dark shirt and smiling towards the camera](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/20210415_085622-1.jpg?v=1720479967)
Ben Oldfrey- GDI Hub
![A photo of Amit in a suit](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Amit.jpg?v=1720427984)
Amit Ratna Bajracharya. Managing Director, Certified Prosthetist Orthotist Limb Care Nepal Pvt Ltd.
![Ganga smiling at the camera](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/a-59.jpg?v=1720427986)
Ganga Gurung - Occupational Therapist
BREAK [15:30-16.00 BST]
SECTION 4 [16.00-17.00 BST]
![A headshot of Professor Catherine Holloway in black and white filter](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Cathy-headshot.png?v=1720427971)
Professor Cathy Holloway - GDI Hub
![Colour image of Dr Youngjun.](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/youngjun.png?v=1720479968)
Youngjun Cho - GDI Hub
![A white male wearing spectacles and a blue checked shirt, smiling at the camera](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/145056/Richard-Cave.jpg?v=1720427980)
Richard Cave- Speech and Language Therapist (SLT), PhD candidate at University College London.
![Brian Mwenda, a bla black male, with a beard, wearing a grey suit, paired with a white shirt smiling at the camera](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Brian-M.jpg?v=1720427976)
Brian Mwenda- Founder & CEO at Hope Tech; Products Director at Senses Hub
![Photograph of Derick, a young black man wearing a suit. Smiling towards the camera.](https://cdn.disabilityinnovation.com/uploads/images/_speakerImage/Kate-instagram-ideas-1.png?v=1720427977)
Derick Omari- Technology Entrepreneur, Disability Inclusion & Accessibility Consultant