Microsoft IdeaGen Conference 2019

Heather Feldner had the privilege of being part of an Accessibility Panel during this year’s IdeaGen Conference at Microsoft. Moderated by Scott Saponas from Microsoft Research, following a keynote from Jake Wobbrock on ability-based design, fellow panelists included Drs. Kat Steele and Jake Wobbrock from UW, and Oscar Murillo from Microsoft. The discussion centered on accessibility as a key feature of any design, creating allyship with disability communities, and including disabled people in every step of design and fabrication.