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HeadshotDaniel Aghion
Daniel is Executive Director and co-Founder of the Wireless Internet Institute (W2i), an independent forum bringing together stakeholders around the world to accelerate the adoption of wireless Internet in support of social and economic development and better managed cities, communities and regions | Read articles
 
Nilofar Ansher - Web Producer for G3ictNilofar Ansher
Nilofar is Online Producer for G3ict | Read articles | Follow Nilofar on Twitter (http://www.twitter/com/g3ict)
 
 
 
Nalini Asha BiggsNalini Asha Biggs
Nalini is an educational researcher at the University of Oxford and an independent consultant on education for children with disabilities, inclusive HIV/AIDS programming and the sociology of disability in developing countries | Read articles
 
 
HeadshotFernando Botelho
Fernando is Managing partner of Botelho & Paula Consultoria Empresarial Ltda., a consulting firm based in Curitiba, Brazil, that designs and manages projects in the areas of poverty reduction, technology, and disability. The company specializes in low-cost and scalable solutions | Read articles | Follow Fernando Botelho on Twitter (http://twitter.com/F123org)
 
HeadshotFrancesca Cesa Bianchi
Francesca is G3ict's Director of External Relations | Read articles
 
 
 
James ColthamJames Coltham
UK, Edinburgh-based James is a local, government web services manager by day; web, usability, social media and accessibility blogger at lunchtime; freelancer by night. He blogs at http://prettysimple.co.uk/blog | Read articles
 
 
 Headshot Bill Curtis-Davidson
Bill is Business Development & Solutions Leader, Worldwide Human Ability & Accessibility Center at IBM Corporation. He co-chairs with Arthur Murphy (see blogger below) the Georgia Alliance for Accessible Technologies (GAIT) working group, currently sponsored by G3ict, a large consortium of 60+ public, private and local disability community organizations which leverages multiple Georgia assets to collaboratively explore ICT Accessibility Innovation Themes for the collective benefit of the State of Georgia, its local municipalities, and citizens | Read articles
 
Rachel Garaghty
Rachel Garaghty
Rachel is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota (USA) where she earned a Master's degree in Public Policy. Rachel specializes in disability inclusive international development and is interested in innovative, low-cost technology and practices to create accessible environments for people with disabilities | Read articles
 

Headshot Alexandre Gorelik
Alexandre is Executive Director of UNIC Moscow, the United Nations Information Centre in Moscow |
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Lucy GrecoLucy Greco
Lucy is a blind advocate for accessible technology. An Assistive Technology Specialist at UC Berkeley, San Francisco Bay Area, Greco is the user of various assistive technologies since the early 1980s. She is passionate about the ways technology makes the world more accessible to everyone but especially to individuals with disabilities |
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Preety Kumar: Mass Marketing & CommunicationHeadshot
Preety Kumar
is Founder and CEO of Deque Systems, Inc., a pioneer in the field of information accessibility.
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HeadshotAxel Leblois: The Access Line
Axel is Executive Director of G3ict, co-Founder of W2i, the Wireless Internet Institute, and President of its parent company World Times, Inc | Read articles


HeadshotMichael Lightner
Professor Lightner is 2006 IEEE President; 2009 IEEE Conference co-Chair; Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | Read articles


HeadshotPeter Major
Peter is Executive Director of Cybespace Consulting, a Geneva based IT policy consulting company specializing on questions of internet governance, cyber security, standards and telecommunication policy | Read articles
 
 
HeadshotDaver Malik
Daver is R&D Coordinator, Information Services at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Read articles
 
 
 
Headshot Irene Mbari-Kirika
Irene is Founder & Executive Director at inABLE (Our reading Spaces Foundation), a non for profit organization aimed at empowering the blind and visually impaired in Africa through assistive technology | Read articles
 

HeadshotChristine Mugimba
Christine is Manager Research and Development with the Uganda Communications Commission | Read articles

 

HeadshotArthur Murphy
Arthur is President of Aeolian Solutions, a consultancy that assists clients in accessibility evaluation and user interface design. He co-chairs with Bill Curti-Davidson (see blogger above) the Georgia Alliance for Accessible Technologies (GAIT) working group, currently sponsored by G3ict, a large consortium of 60+ public, private and local disability community organizations which leverages multiple Georgia assets to collaboratively explore ICT Accessibility Innovation Themes for the collective benefit of the State of Georgia, its local municipalities, and citizens | Read articles

HeadshotNirmita Narasimhan
Nirmita is Programme Manager at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India | Read articles

 

 

Mike Paciello: Industry Innovation Headshot
Mike
is Founder and President of The Paciello Group (TPG), a software accessibility consultancy limited liability company. Read articles | Follow Mike Paciello on Twitter (http://twitter.com/mpaciello)
 
 

HeadshotJoyojeet Pal
Joyojeet is Visiting Assistant Professor, Technology Management, at NYU-Poly | Read articles

 

Robert Pearson

Robert Pearson
Robert is an information technology professional who has been functioning, influencing, and engaging in the accessibility industry since 1999. He is an industry advocate, community builder, trainer and developer. With experience gained through the Canadian federal government and abroad, Robert spent a number of years as the manager of accessibility for a major Canadian financial institution. He sat as a contributing member of the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario’s (AODA) Information and Communications Standards Development Committee and is also a founding member of the Canadian Financial Institutions Roundtable on Accessible Technology (CFIAT). As a Director with Accessible Media Inc (AMI), Robert is in a position to advocate, support and promote the community from which he came. Robert regularly speaks about his experiences within the industry and some of the personal challenges he has faced with his own unique disability | Read articles | Follow Robert on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/a11ymedia)

Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero: Disability PolicyHeadshot
Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero
is Deputy Head of Unit, for Integration of persons with disabilities within the European Commission Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities | Read articles
 
 
HeadshotDónal Rice
 
 
HeadshotCyndi Rowland
Dr Rowland is Associate Director of the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University |


HeadshotDebra Ruh: Employability & Technology Task Force
Debra
is Chief Marketing Officer at SSB BART Group and founder/CEO of TecAccess, the leading provider of accessible Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) for the world's largest and fastest growing minority group - People with Disabilities, Baby Boomers, and Veterans with Disabilities | Read articles | Follow Debra Ruh on Twitter (http://twitter.com/debraru)

Amit Shai: EducationHeadshot
Amit is Director of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning in Long Beach City College (LBCC) and an award winning instructional designer | Read articles

 
Hen
Headshotny Swan
Henny
is a freelance consultant, with 10 years experience of web development specialising in accessibility. She has been working with Web since 1995, most recently as Web Evangelist with Opera Software and Senior Web Accessibility Consultant for RNIB, the Royal National Institute of the Blind People. Her areas of interest include internationalization, mobile access, and how the two complement accessibility | Read articles | Henny's personal blog

CynHeadshotthia Waddell: ICT Accessibility & Government Services
Cynthia is the Executive Director and Law, Policy and Technology Subject Matter Expert for the International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI) | Read articles | Follow Cynthia Waddell on Twitter (http://twitter.com/cynthiawaddell)

HajHeadshotime Yamada: Harmonization & Standardization
Hajime
is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Toyo University, Japan and is a Member of the Engineering Academy of Japan | Read articles