San Diego Accessibility & Inclusive Design October Meetup
Details
Come talk accessibility with us at the ServiceNow Campus. We'll have some amazing lightning talks and time for networking and hanging out.
We'll start the lightning talks around 7:00pm. We'll live stream the event. Food and drinks will be provided!
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Speakers & Topics
Elevating Disability - Engaging with allies to get A11Y the attention it deserves
David Martin officially works in cybersecurity and privacy, but his passion is DEIA. He currently manages the Technical Compliance and Audit team for Intuit’s small business unit where he owns the Security, Privacy and now A11Y controls for their SaaS offerings. He is also a member of the product A11Y team, and heads up the San Diego chapter of Intuit’s Abilities Network advocating for better inclusion of persons with disabilities for both customers, and the Intuit workforce.
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Intersectional Benefits of Accessibility and Inclusive Design
Posey (she/her) is an innovative product leader with a passion for building inclusive communities in the tech industry. With a background in product management, process mining, community engagement, and UX design, Posey leads with empathy and effectively transforms organizations. As a digital nomad, Posey can be found traveling and meeting dogs in a city near you.
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Accessibility Research at ServiceNow
Jaime Young is a seasoned researcher with over 10 years of expertise in researching and designing for the human experience. At ServiceNow, she manages a global team and leads research initiatives across the Platform such as Accessibility. She is passionate about ensuring that ServiceNow provides exceptional platform experiences for all users, and to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
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Please let us know if you have any needs we can accommodate.
Whether you're an accessibility guru or are just curious about what exactly web accessibility and inclusive design are, this event is for you. This group is for designers, developers, project managers, execs... really anyone involved in building and supporting IT products. Let's get together, network, collaborate and learn from one another!
About the Location
We'll be meeting at ServiceNow Building C - Del Mar meeting room.
- Enter the building from the East side. The building is not labeled Building C. The address is 4820 Eastgate Mall. There is a reception/lobby ambassador desk where attendees will check in.
- Go towards the glass doors (key card access only), and make a left towards Del Mar.
- The meeting room entrance is the first door on the left. The gender-neutral restroom is past the first door.