Agenda : SYNC25

Day One
Day Two

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Doors Open
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM	Welcome and Introductions	Cara Yar Khan, CEO & Founder, The Purple Practice Katy Talikowska, CEO, Valuable 500 Jeff Dodds, Chair of Foundation, Valuable 500 Paul Polman, Chair of Advisory Board, Valuable 500 Caroline Casey, Co-Founder, Valuable 500 Ichiro Kabasawa, Executive Director, The Nippon Foundation
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Leading with Purpose: C-Suite Perspectives on Disability Inclusion	Paul Polman, Chair of Advisory Board, Valuable 500 Moriaki Kida, Chairperson and CEO, EY Japan Phil Witherington, President and CEO, Manulife Kristine Decker, Chief Equality and Inclusion Officer, P&G Audrey Duval, Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Affairs and President, Sanofi France Bob Willen, Global Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board, Kearney
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Welcome from the Governor of Tokyo	Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo
11:15 AM - 11:35 AM	Break
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM	How Storytelling Changes Culture and Empowers Leaders of Tomorrow	Katy Talikowska, CEO, Valuable 500 Karyn Twaronite, EY Global Vice Chair - Inclusiveness, EY Global
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	Inclusive Leaders Rising: Generation Valuable	Sarah Clements, Director of Engagement, Valuable 500 Gonzalo Gonzales, UX Researcher, Springer Nature
12:20 PM - 12:35 PM	Time to Redefine: Why Inclusion Makes Our Work Matter	Dr Shani Dhanda, Accessibility Specialist, Innovating Inclusion
12:35 PM - 1:10 PM	Nothing Without Us: The Power of Authentic Representation	Isaac Zablocki, CEO and Co-Founder, ReelAbilities Film Festival Giles Barker, Workplace Disability Lead, Channel 4 Martina Fuga, President, CoorDown Sam Latif, Company Accessibility Leader, P&G Palesa Mosiea, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Actor
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM	'All In' BBC Trailer	Pam Mangat, Head of Creative, BBC Studios
1:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Break for Lunch
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Beyond Compliance: How Reporting Drives Strategic Disability Inclusion and Leadership Commitment	Michael Aumann, CEO & Co-Founder, myAbility Social Enterprise
2:50 PM - 3:15 PM	Turning commitment into change	Sara Weller CBE, Co-Founder, ActionAble Non-Executive Chair and Director, FTSE 100
3:15 PM - 3:35 PM	Driving Change from the Top: A Leadership Conversation	Paul Polman, Chair of Advisory Board, Valuable 500 Sunny Mann, Global Chair, Baker McKenzie
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM	The Future of Work is Inclusive	Caroline Casey, Co-Founder, Valuable 500 David Carrigan, Group Director of Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing, Sky Margaret Johnston-Clarke, Global Chief Diversity Equity Inclusion Officer, L'Oréal
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM	Break
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM	Innovation Without Limits: The Inclusive Design Imperative	Sam Latif, Company Accessibility Leader, P&G
4:40 PM - 5:10 PM	Core Values: Accessibility at Apple	Sarah Herrlinger, Senior Director, Global Accessibility Policy & Initiatives, Apple Caroline Casey, Co-Founder, Valuable 500
5:10 PM - 5:30 PM	Closing Remarks	Cara Yar Khan, CEO & Founder, The Purple Practice
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Nothing Without Us Awards	Léopoldine Huyghues Despointes, Advocate, Goodwill Ambassador ATscale - UNOPS, Filmmaker Katy Talikowska, CEO, Valuable 500

Thursday, December 4, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Doors Open
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM	Welcome back	Cara Yar Khan, CEO & Founder, The Purple Practice
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM	The Power of Invictus: Changing Lives and Changing Perceptions	Josh Boggi, International Community Manager, Invictus Games Foundation David Wiseman, Chief Programmes & Strategy Officer, Invictus Games Foundation Helen D'Oyley, Chief Growth Officer, Invictus Games Foundation
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Zero Project Accessibility: Learning Together	Robin Tim Weis, Director of International Affairs, Zero Project Kazuhiro Shimura, Group Creative Director, Dentsu Buks Akinseye, Global Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager, IKEA Atsuki Ihara, General Manager, IT Solutions Department and President's Office, Mirairo, Inc
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM	Break and move to selected breakout session
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM	Session 1: Enhancing Corporate Value and Innovation	Mari Kogiso, Co-CEO, SDG Impact Japan Takaya Matsuda, Co-CEO, HERALBONY Hidekuni Kuroda, Director, Representative Corporate Officer, President and CEO, KOKUYO Randall Tucker, Executive Vice President and Chief Community & Belonging Officer, Mastercard Junko Sakihara, Executive Officer, Deputy Senior Vice President, Customer Experience, Japan Airlines
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM	Session 2: DEI in Human Capital Management	Shin-ichiro Kumagaya, Professor, Research Centre For Advanced Science And Technology, The University Of Tokyo Moritaka Nohmura, Managing Executive Director, Daiwa House Industry Tatsuyoshi Oba, Executive Officer CHRO, Persol Holdings Yukiko Ozaki, CHRO/CHO, Nomura Holdings
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM	The ROI of Inclusive Growth: How Assistive Technology Drives Global Performance Across Markets (Google and ATscale)	Pascal Bijleveld, CEO, ATscale Christopher Patnoe, Lead for EMEA Accessibility and Disability Innovation, Google Elaine Zameck, Partnership Development Specialist, ATscale
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Break
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM	Session 3: Measuring What Matters: Turning Disability Data into Action	Hiren Shukla, Neurodiversity & Inclusive Value Leader, EY Global Beth Sirull, President & CEO, National Organization On Disability (NOD)
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM	Session 4: A Conversation With Aramco	Cara Yar Khan, CEO & Founder, The Purple Practice Aya Jibreal, Disability Inclusion Subject Matter Expert SME, Aramco
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM	Understanding the Power of Inclusive Marketing	Keely Cat-Wells, Founder & CEO, Making Space Patrick McMullen, Founder, Inclusify Studio
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM	Break for lunch, move to selected breakout session
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Session 5: The Impact of Corporate Inclusion Initiatives on Society	Ichiro Kabasawa, Executive Director, The Nippon Foundation Atsuko Kuchiba, Chief Diversity Officer and Head of Sustainability, dentsu Japan Kazuhiro Takeda, Culture COE, AXA Holdings Japan Shingo Mori, Manager for Disability Employment, Sony Group Carla Qualtrough, Strategic Adviser, Rick Hansen Foundation Jennifer Thomas, Global Head of EDI, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Session 6: Design for Everybody and Customer Experience	Misaki Tanaka, CEO, Founder, PROJECT SOLIT Motonori Yokoi, General Manager, Aisin Hiromoto Harano, Executive Officer, International Business Management Division General Manager, TOTO Aya Nishikawa, General Manager, Sony Group
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	How to Scale and Sustain Accessibility Now & in the Future	Stephane Leblois, Special Initiatives Advisor, G3ict Amy Low, CEO, AbilityNet José Viera, Executive Director, IDA Christelle Foucault, Diversity, Campaigns & External Engagement Director, Sanofi
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM	Break
3:20 PM - 4:10 PM	Regional Insights on Global Progress	Marcie Roth, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, World Institute On Disability Mark Caroleo, Associate Director - Global Inclusiveness, EY Sudesh Thevasenabathy, Head of Inclusion, Asia, Manulife Iulia Brehuescu, Head of Lead Advisory \| Strategy and Transactions, Sanofi Neil Griffiths, Global & Europe Diversity & Inclusion Director, Kearney Gabriel Marcolongo, CEO, Incluyeme.com
4:10 PM - 4:35 PM	Global Landscape of Disability Legislation: Using Legal Frameworks to Drive Change	Sarah Clements, Director of Engagement, Valuable 500 Angela Vigil, Pro Bono Partner & Executive Director of the Pro Bono Practice, Baker McKenzie Takeshi Yoshida, Partner, Baker McKenzie
4:35 PM - 5:05 PM	In SYNC: How Deaf Leadership is Redefining the Language of Innovation	Bobbi Cordano, President, Gallaudet University
5:05 PM - 5:30 PM	Katy Talikowska, CEO Valuable 500 Closing Remarks	Katy Talikowska, CEO, Valuable 500
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM	True Colors Festival: Special Concert

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Doors Open
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM	Welcome and Introductions
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Leading with Purpose: C-Suite Perspectives on Disability Inclusion
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Welcome from the Governor of Tokyo
11:15 AM - 11:35 AM	Break
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM	How Storytelling Changes Culture and Empowers Leaders of Tomorrow
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	Inclusive Leaders Rising: Generation Valuable
12:20 PM - 12:35 PM	Time to Redefine: Why Inclusion Makes Our Work Matter
12:35 PM - 1:10 PM	Nothing Without Us: The Power of Authentic Representation
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM	'All In' BBC Trailer
1:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Break for Lunch
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Beyond Compliance: How Reporting Drives Strategic Disability Inclusion and Leadership Commitment
2:50 PM - 3:15 PM	Turning commitment into change
3:15 PM - 3:35 PM	Driving Change from the Top: A Leadership Conversation
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM	The Future of Work is Inclusive
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM	Break
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM	Innovation Without Limits: The Inclusive Design Imperative
4:40 PM - 5:10 PM	Core Values: Accessibility at Apple
5:10 PM - 5:30 PM	Closing Remarks
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Nothing Without Us Awards
Thursday, December 4, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Doors Open
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM	Welcome back
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM	The Power of Invictus: Changing Lives and Changing Perceptions
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Zero Project Accessibility: Learning Together
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM	Break and move to selected breakout session
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM	The ROI of Inclusive Growth: How Assistive Technology Drives Global Performance Across Markets (Google and ATscale)	Session 1: Enhancing Corporate Value and Innovation	Session 2: DEI in Human Capital Management
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Break
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM	Session 3: Measuring What Matters: Turning Disability Data into Action	Session 4: A Conversation With Aramco	Understanding the Power of Inclusive Marketing
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM	Break for lunch, move to selected breakout session
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Session 6: Design for Everybody and Customer Experience	How to Scale and Sustain Accessibility Now & in the Future	Session 5: The Impact of Corporate Inclusion Initiatives on Society
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM	Break
3:20 PM - 4:10 PM	Regional Insights on Global Progress
4:10 PM - 4:35 PM	Global Landscape of Disability Legislation: Using Legal Frameworks to Drive Change
4:35 PM - 5:05 PM	In SYNC: How Deaf Leadership is Redefining the Language of Innovation
5:05 PM - 5:30 PM	Katy Talikowska, CEO Valuable 500 Closing Remarks
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM	True Colors Festival: Special Concert