Cornell Tech Hosts First-Ever Summit on Disability, Access, and AI
Published by tech.cornell.edu on October 15, 2025.
Cornell Tech hosted the inaugural Disability and Access in Tech and AI Summit on Oct. 9-10 on its Roosevelt Island campus, bringing together researchers, technologists, and community advocates to explore how disability and accessibility intersect with innovation. The summit welcomed speakers, students, faculty, alumni, and community members from Cornell’s Ithaca campus, New York City, and around the United States.
The event, designed to be a space for dialogue, lived experience, and cross-sector collaboration in addition to showcasing research, was co-organized by Omari W. Keeles, senior director for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and Thijs Roumen, assistant professor of information science at Cornell Tech.
The idea to create the event emerged from conversations across campus and a growing recognition that accessibility deserves a central place in the tech landscape.
Prof. Shiri Azenkot, associate professor at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, delivered the opening keynote at Cornell Tech’s inaugural Disability and Access in Tech and AI Summit.
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