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axe-con speaker in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Pronouns: She/Her

Preety is the CEO of Deque Systems and founded Deque in 1999 with the vision of unifying Web access, both from the user and the technology perspective. Under Preety’s leadership, Deque has grown to be a market leader in the field of information accessibility, serving corporate and government clients with the highest standards in information technology such as Veteran Affairs, Department of Education, Humana, Intuit, HSBC, Target, and others. She collaborated with the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative and is a nominated member of the Accessibility Forum’s Strategic Management Council: a GSA-sponsored group with representatives from the IT industry, academia, Government Agencies, and disabled user groups that foster information accessibility through mutual cooperation.

Read more about Preety’s talk here: “Human-Centered AI and Accessibility”

Watch Preety’s 2023 talks here: “Update on The State of Accessibility

Sessions
Date and Time
On Demand
What it Takes to Make Your Digital Accessibility Program Vision a Reality
Mali M Fernando, MBE, Preety Kumar, #Organizational Success with Accessibility,
02/22/2024 at 9:00am US/Eastern
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On Demand
Human-Centered AI and Accessibility
Dylan Barrell, Preety Kumar, #Keynote,
02/20/2024 at 10:00am US/Eastern
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Update on The State of Accessibility
Preety Kumar, Dylan Barrell, #Keynote,
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Testing for Accessibility in the Development Cycle
Harris Schneiderman, Preety Kumar, #Development,
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The State of Accessibility and axe Updates
Preety Kumar, Dylan Barrell, #Keynote,
axe DevTools
Preety Kumar, #Development,
The State of Accessibility and axe Updates
Dylan Barrell, Preety Kumar, #Keynote,