London Web Standards
I was delighted to present at London Web Standard's Global Accessibility Awareness Day event. I spoke about some simple ways to shift left and incorporate accessibility earlier in the product design process.
Speaking
For an introvert, I sure talk a lot!
I like to champion accessibility at tech events where it's not always on the agenda. Here are some of the talks and podcasts I’ve been proud to take part in.
- May 2025
- February 2025
Accessible Numbers Podcast
I joined Laura Parker on the Accessible Numbers Podcast to talk about designing for people with dyscalculia, low numeracy and maths anxiety.
- October 2024
Converge
Zeroheight's Converge is my favourite conference! I spoke alongside some legends of design systems, closing out the day in the beautiful Brighton Dome.
- March–August 2024
Back to School
Amy Hupe and I put aside our opinionated assumptions to deep dive on design systems topics in a series of 6 podcasts. Along with the history of design systems, I learned about... capybaras.
- August 2025
The Question
Ben Callaghan invited me to co-host his podcast The Question. We asked the design systems community if they measure accessibility in their product or design system and had a great response.
- May 2024
Webexpo
I spoke about my accessibility journey through design systems at WebExpo in Prague at the historic Lucerna Great Hall.
- March 2024
Patterns Day
I was honoured to speak at Clearleft's Patterns Day in Brighton, a one-day event for designers and developers focused on design systems.
Thanks to Marc Thiele for this fab photo of me with the British Sign Language interpreter. - January 2024
Design Systems Masters
Romina Kavcic interviewed me for Design System Masters. I spoke about future trends, measuring success and the creative importance of not starting with a system.
- May 2023
Converge US
I spoke about the evolution of design systems at Converge, closing out zeroheight's design systems conference in San Francisco. This conf was a blast!
- October 2022
WDC
I spoke at WDC in Bristol about applying the principles of WCAG 3 to some current visions of the future, like Web3. This is a lovely cozy conference and I made friends with a lot of nerds.
- February 2023
Supernova accessibility panel
Fireside chat on using design systems to scale accessibility – with Lauren Beatty, Stéphanie Walter and Aprile Elcich from Supernova.
- September 2022
Design Ops Island Discs
I joined Luke Murphy live on the Design Ops Island Discs, to talk about my role as lead designer on design systems.