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Rising Accessible Inclusive Design Speakers

24 credible, up-and-coming voices in accessible inclusive design - active on the circuit, beyond the household names.

24 rising accessible inclusive design speakers on Mezzo - including Vitaly Friedman, Oliver Schöndorfer, and Stéphanie Walter. Each with the talks, gig history, and co-appearances to back it up.

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Vitaly Friedman

UX and inclusive design expert | Founder at Smashing Magazine

3 recent talks · through 2025
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Oliver Schöndorfer

Typography Expert | Typographic accessibility and design

3 recent talks · through 2024
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Stéphanie Walter

Enterprise UX Expert | Research and Inclusive Design

2 recent talks · through 2024
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Alexis Williams

Product and design leader | Building inclusive digital experiences at scale

2 recent talks · through 2026
Miracle Inameti-Archibong

Miracle Inameti-Archibong

Machine learning and SEO specialist | Accessibility and natural language processing expert

1 recent talk · through 2024
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Ovetta Sampson

UX designer at Google | Exploring design for wellbeing and machine learning

1 recent talk · through 2023
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Daniel Burka

Design Director

1 recent talk · through 2025
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Ayah Bdeir

Entrepreneur & Educator | Building Inclusive Tech

1 recent talk · through 2026
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Andy Bell

Design Engineer, Educator

1 recent talk · through 2025
Sarah Herrlinger

Sarah Herrlinger

Accessibility Leader | Driving Global Technology Inclusion

1 recent talk · through 2025
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Léonie Watson

Accessibility Expert

1 recent talk · through 2025
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Chris Kolb

UX Designer

1 recent talk · through 2024
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Sarah L. Fossheim

Accessibility Expert

1 recent talk · through 2024
David Pogue

David Pogue

Emmy Award-Winning Tech Correspondent | Making Innovation Accessible

4 talks · through 2013
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Heydon Pickering

Inclusive design consultant | Creator of the lobotomized owl selector

3 talks · through 2019
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Sara Soueidan

Independent web developer | SVG specialist and educator

3 talks · through 2019
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Liz Jackson

Disability-design advocate and founder of The Disabled List

3 talks · through 2019
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Matias Duarte

VP, Material Design at Google

3 talks · through 2016
Shigeru Ban

Shigeru Ban

Pioneering Architect | Humanitarian Design Solutions

2 talks · through 2023
Bill Buxton

Bill Buxton

Principal Researcher and UX Design Innovator at Microsoft Research

2 talks · through 2019
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Don Norman

Design Thought Leader | Inventor of User Experience Concept

2 talks · through 2019
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Sinéad Burke

Disability Activist | Design Thinking Innovator

2 talks · through 2023
Daniel Kish

Daniel Kish

Visually Impaired Innovator | Echolocation Expert

1 talk · through 2015
Judith Heumann

Judith Heumann

Lifelong Disability Advocate | Accessibility Innovation & Policy

1 talk · through 2016
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