Great opening from Jill Houghton at the @DisabilityIN conference. It’s a movement “where businesses come together to learn from one another” to improve accessibility in the workplace 👏🏼 #disability #Inclusion #lifeatsap

Hearing from the co-chair of the Disability Equality Index - “it’s not just the right thing to do, it’s a business imperative- companies that lead on #disabilityincIusion outperform others in all aspects of business” @DisabilityIN

Quite right Ted Kennedy Jr. “Disability should NEVER be a political issue!” Companies that lead on #disabilityinclusion are also more sustainable - really inspirational! @DisabilityIN

Our host David Sneddon Google intros what they’re up to at @DisabilityIN and what they did at the The Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to help with #accessibility , kick starting EMEA integration and building the community

Learning about the seismic shift coming from the 3 new EU legislations and how they will impact global business moving forward at @DisabilityIN Dublin - the time is now! #Accessibility @EFRAG_Org #Sustainability

Hearing from Reid Jewett Smith and Frank-Peter Justus about the impact of companies self reporting on disabled employees - and the consequences of violations of not meeting data requirements in the future - absolutely fascinating @DisabilityIN #disabilityinclusion

Hearing from Manisha Bloomberg and Barbara Uber about self identification in business. TRUST is key as it makes you feel deeply vulnerable to self identify at work @DisabilityIN thanks for addressing, I’m fascinated to find out how this can be done really well

Very proud of my lovely SAP colleague Renate Dötzer who is moderating the panel discussion on Digital Accessibility with Accenture Google Deque Systems at the Disability:IN conference today - go Renate!! #disabilityinclusion

Jyothi is telling us about Google ‘s accessibility discovery centres in London, Zurich and Dublin to help employees self ID and get support in our Breakout session @DisabilityIN - they aim to open seven centres like these ❤️!

Next Matthew Luken from Deque Systems talks about Disability Etiquette training and the “boxes” they can bring in to organisations which offer high, medium and low tech offerings for disabled employees @DisabilityIN

Jonathan Bray from Accenture shares top tip - “don’t wait”! The technology might not be 100% there but don’t wait to support disabled colleagues @DisabilityIN

1. Look for great people who are good at multitasking 2. Clearly state your problems/issues - what are you trying to do? 3 Es -Educate Equip Enable 3. Really understand your digital inventory - advice from Deque Systems Matthew Luken for good Digital Accessibility @DisabilityIN

Next up the fabulous Jenny Lay-Flurrie Chief Accessability Officer at Microsoft discussing the changing face of business, accessibility, inclusion, technology and how we need to respond 🙌🏼 @DisabilityIN

Chief Accessibility Officer Microsoft “Remember that your #disabled employees are the experts” and “remember to call them disabled talent” and “accessible #AI is Responsible AI” Jenny Lay-Flurrie @DisabilityIN

What an amazing idea, “Seeing AI” using a phone camera to describe their surroundings to blind and sight impaired people presented by Trevor Noah on video at @DisabilityIN with Jenny Lay-Flurrie #AIfordisability #AI

Next up a panel sesh on ‘Accessibility in the built environment’ with Atos Salesforce Pfizer Inc. Bloomberg at @DisabilityIN Dublin conference - getting passionate about making work spaces equitable #accessibility #equityatwork

Working group moderated by Melanie V. Eusebe MBE and Zubair Basra on Equitable Employment: Fostering Inclusive Accommodation and Mental Wellness Strategies at the @DisabilityIN conference - “coming together emboldens us” it sure does! #Disability #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthEquityNow

Excited to hear that Google will be working on a new piece of research with @DisabilityIN on #Neurodiversity globally 👏🏼watch this space!

The conference is wrapping up, thank you SO much @DisabilityIN Jill Houghton Jenny Lay-Flurrie David Sneddon Google - I can’t remember a better conference for expanding my mind and my network and you facilitated that ❤️👏🏼✨”you’ve got to be bold to drive change, game on!” Bravo!

I completely agree David Google , this @DisabilityIN conference has highlighted how we are a community with a shared goal and a higher purpose- despite MAJOR competitors here, I have never seen such an aligned mindset and open sharing- we must keep it going✨ #CommunityBuilding