Integrating Accessibility into Product Making for More Inclusive Products
Accessibility needs to be included in every aspect of the product-making process, from research & design all the way into development. What are some tangible ways in which we might integrate accessibility into the product process?
About the Speaker
Nandita Gupta is an Accessibility Product Manager at Microsoft, where she works on a product that empowers users to create an inclusive and accessible experience for all users. She has been named Influential Women of Manufacturing 2019 by Putman Media. She is a Board member on different boards within the community, including Lime Connect, an organization with a mission to rebrand disability through achievement, where she serves on the Community Engagement Committee. She also serves on the Accessibility Leadership Council for Disability: IN. As a Board Member for a non-profit organization, Caroline Calouche & Co., she leads the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee as Chair, where she is working on creating inclusive spaces within the dancing communities. She has been actively involved in various mentoring organizations over the past few years and was inducted into the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame. She has been a speaker at numerous conferences, including the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, the Assistive Technology Industry Association 2020, and World Information Architecture Day.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nandita-gupta/
Personal Website: https://www.nanditag.com/
You are invited to the last World IA Cafe of summer 2023, where we will learn about accessibility in the product-making process from Nandita.
The World IA Café is a speaker series hosted by the World Information Architecture Association (WIAA), supported by the Rutgers Master of Business and Science (MBS) Program.
**The event will be recorded. The recording will be shared with registered participants.**
