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Pronouns: She/Her

Preety is the CEO of Deque Systems and founded Deque in 1999 with the vision of unifying Web access, both from the user and the technology perspective. Under Preety’s leadership, Deque has grown to be a market leader in the field of information accessibility, serving corporate and government clients with the highest standards in information technology such as Veteran Affairs, Department of Education, Humana, Intuit, HSBC, Target, and others. She collaborated with the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative and is a nominated member of the Accessibility Forum’s Strategic Management Council: a GSA-sponsored group with representatives from the IT industry, academia, Government Agencies, and disabled user groups that foster information accessibility through mutual cooperation.

Watch Preety’s 2024 talk here: “Human-Centered AI and Accessibility”

Sessions
Date and Time
The State of Accessibility
Preety Kumar, Keynote,
02/25/2025 at 10:00am US/Eastern
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What it Takes to Make Your Digital Accessibility Program Vision a Reality
Mali M Fernando, MBE, Preety Kumar, Organizational Success with Accessibility,
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Human-Centered AI and Accessibility
Dylan Barrell, Preety Kumar, Keynote,
On Demand