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Innovate Access 2025


This exciting event brought together Disabled entrepreneurs with representatives from AI & Assistive Technology companies. Joined by experts, innovators, thought leaders, Government officials and academics from a range of companies and research institutions it was an insightful day of demonstrations, talks, panel sessions, networking and more.

In person registration for this event is now closed but we are pleased to be able to offer the catch-up videos, which you can find below.

 Catch-up Videos

 Session 1 - Welcome
Michelle Ovens CBE, Founder - Small Business Britain and Dr Sims. Chief Commercial Officer - BT
 Session 2 - Humans + Technology. Why we are the most disruptive part of innovation...
Dr Nicola Millard, Principal Innovation Partner - BT
 Session 3 - The Possibilities are Endless
Af Malhotra, CEO - Diversity Economics Institute
 Session 4 - Panel Session
Hosted by Michelle Ovens CBE, Joseph Wiliams, CEO and Co Founder - Clu, Michelle Scicluna, Founder - The Disability Force, Mark Applin, Co Founder - Signly, Miranda McCarthy, Founder - Adaptive Yoga Live, Ben Hardman, Head of Innovation Ecosystems - Global Disability Innovation Hub
 Session 5 - Q&A
Hosted by Jeremy Freeman, Founder - Business BrainBox and Jack Bloomfied, Head of Marketing - XRAI. Hosted by Michelle Ovens CBE
 Session 6 - Microsoft 365 Copilot
David Callaghan, Division Director - WM Reply
 Session 7 - Thank You & Next Steps.
Gemma Johnson, Senior Manager of Equality & Regional Engagement - Small Business Britain

 Guest Speakers and Panelists

Michelle Ovens CBE
Michelle Ovens CBE

Founder, Small Business Britain

Dr Chris Sims
Dr Chris Sims

Chief Commercial Officer, BT Business

Dr Nicola Millard
Dr Nicola Millard

Principal Innovation Partner, BT Business

Aftab Malhotra
Aftab Malhotra

Founder & CEO, Diversity Economics AI

Joseph Williams
Joseph Williams

Co-Founder & CEO, Clu

Miranda McCarthy
Miranda McCarthy

Founder, Adaptive Yoga LIVE

Michelle Scicluna
Michelle Scicluna

Founder, The Disability Force

Mark Applin
Mark Applin

Co-Founder, Signly

Ben Hardman
Ben Hardman

Head of Innovation Ecosystems, Global Disability Innovation Hub

Jack Bloomfield
Jack Bloomfield

Head of Marketing, XRAI Glass

Jeremy Freeman
Jeremy Freeman

Founder, Business Brainbox

David Callaghan
David Callaghan

Modern Workplace Lead, WM Reply

 Assistive Tech & AI Companies

Xrai Glass

Xrai Glass

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reMarkable

reMarkable

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WeWalk

WeWalk

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Signly

Signly

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WM Reply

WM Reply

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Signapse

Signapse

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Diversity Economics AI

Diversity Economics AI

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Clu

Clu

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