Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025
#GAAD2025
May 15, 2025Our GAAD event
Join us for our 11th edition of the annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD2025) on “Committing to change”. This year’s purpose is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day focuses on digital access & inclusion for more than 1.6 billion people with disabilities and impairments around the globe, while also showcasing the “curb-cut’ effect that benefits everyone.
The event aims to spark conversations and enhance understanding about digital access and inclusion.
Implementing emerging tech in inclusive ways
Technologies, such as large language models and AI assistants, are emerging into the mainstream. They can provide people with disabilities with new opportunities to create and implement solutions that enable greater access to information and support cognitive accessibility needs in the workplace.
As AI tools and embedded assistive features in workplace tools become more and more mainstream, the opportunities grow for supporting participation for everyone. We encourage anyone who is interested in inclusive ICT to join our session on 15th of May to learn about some of the ways in which we are using these technologies to support access and inclusion.
Agenda
The event will be hosted by Neil Milliken, Group Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion.
| Time | Session Title | Speakers and moderators |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00 pm – 1:05 pm | Welcome and Opening | Neil Milliken, VP – Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion, Atos |
| 1:05 pm – 1:20 pm | AI Use Cases for Accessibility | Beatriz Gonzalez Mellidez, Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion Central Europe, Atos |
| 1:20 pm – 1:35 pm | Atos ATVisor Console | Jim Smith, Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion UK&I, Atos |
| 1:35 pm – 1:45 pm | Changes in the Regulatory Landscape | Ricardo Garcia Bahamonde, Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion – Iberia, Atos |
| 1:45 pm – 1:55 pm | Accessibility – Supplier Engagement |
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| 1:55 pm – 2:00 pm | Closure and Thank You | Neil Milliken, Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion, Atos |
Our speakers
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with our speakers and leaders and ask them your questions on social media or through the contact forms provided.
Neil Milliken
Vice President, Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion, AtosMember, Atos Research Community
Beatriz González Mellídez
Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion Central Europe, Atos
Jim Smith
Global Accessibility Portfolio Manager
Ricardo García Bahamonde
Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion – Atos SpainMember, Atos Research Community
Beata Baumann
Global Procurement Sustainability & Decarbonization Lead
Organising contacts
The event is kindly supported by Group Accessibility Program and organised by:
Neil Milliken
Vice President, Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion, AtosMember, Atos Research Community
Alexandra Nothnagel
Global Accessibility & Digital Inclusion Program Manager, Atos
Katarzyna Wakarecy
Executive Assistant to Neil Milliken, Atos
If you want to join one of our next events or learn more about GAAD at Atos and this event, do not hesitate to reach out to the organisers.
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