- Date: Thursday 15 May 2025
- Time: 11:30AM to 12:30PM AEST
- Where: Live Webinar on Zoom
You can join through Zoom on the day or watch the recording on our YouTube channel after the webinar. Live captioning will be included.
Join Intopia for a special GAAD webinar. We’ll explore what it takes to scale accessibility in different organisations, industries, and environments. Hear from two leaders with firsthand experience.
They’ll share practical insights and real-world stories about:
- Building accessibility capability across an organisation
- Gaining executive support and funding
- Creating a culture where accessibility can grow and stick
- Lessons learned and advice they wish they’d had earlier
Whether you’re just starting or already growing, this session is for anyone trying to make accessibility scalable and part of business as usual.
Meet the speakers
Stewart Hay
Managing Director – Intopia
Stewart Hay is the Managing Director and one of the co-founders of Intopia. He has made a career helping organisations to successfully embrace technology for improved business and social outcomes. Stewart has a passion in the convergence of topics around strategy, innovation, technology, culture, diversity and inclusion.
Larene Le Gassick
Team Engineering Lead, Accessibility – Canva
Larene is the engineering lead for Canva’s Accessibility teams, with over a decade of experience in digital accessibility, inclusive design, and software engineering. Accessibility is deeply personal to Larene, as her father is blind. At Canva, she supports teams to tackle the complex accessibility challenges of a visual design platform, with a focus on scaling accessibility by embedding it into everyday workflows across the organisation and creating more inclusive experiences for millions of users.
Mary Roemmélé
Director of Accessibility – Workday
Mary is a Director leading the Product Accessibility team at Workday with over 20 years of experience in financial services leading business, technology, and design teams. Her expertise includes building high-performing teams, defining strategy, improving processes, and propelling execution. Over 5 years, Mary has built a vibrant accessibility culture at Workday and beyond, from products to components to M&A to community partnerships.
Join the webinar
You can join through Zoom on the day.
If you can’t attend, don’t worry. The recording will be available later on Intopia’s YouTube channel.
This webinar will be live captioned.