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    Verizon’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day Celebration:  How Accessible Technology Can Help Support Small Business logo

    Verizon’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day Celebration: How Accessible Technology Can Help Support Small Business

    May 21, 2026
    Verizon Innovation Lab | 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

    About the Event

    Join Verizon at our Los Angeles Innovation Lab to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day and explore how small businesses are leveraging technology to create groundbreaking solutions for people with disabilities. We are bringing together Verizon leaders, nonprofit partners, and tech executives to discuss how our Small Business Digital Ready and Small Business Supplier Accelerator programs help to provide support for these visionaries to turn concepts into reality. We look forward to welcoming you for an inspiring afternoon as we celebrate the innovations and partnerships that are helping to dismantle barriers and create a more accessible world for everyone. This event will feature ASL interpreters and closed captioning.

    Our Speakers

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    Benjamin Alcazar
    Senior Director of Civil Rights Programs
    LA Metro's Office of Civil Rights, Racial Equity and Diversity & Inclusion (OCRREI)
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    Zachary Bastian
    Senior Manager, Strategic Alliances
    Verizon
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    Allison Burdett
    Chief Program Officer
    Braille Institute
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    Thomas Foley
    Executive Director
    National Disability Institute
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    Sophia Garcia
    Sr. Director, External Affairs & Local Engagement
    Verizon
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    Jim Gowen
    SVP, New Revenue Generation and Chief Sustainability Officer
    Verizon
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    Ted Hiatt
    Associate Regional Director
    Los Angeles Regional Small Business Development Center Network
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    Rex Knowles
    Senior Director, State & Local Govt Affairs
    Verizon
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    Marissa McInnis
    Senior Director, Global Sustainability
    Verizon
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    Fred Moltz
    Chief Accessibility Officer
    Verizon
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    Ga-Young Park
    Director, Small Business Supplier Accelerator
    Verizon
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    Yannis Psomadakis
    Head of Customer Experience & Founder
    Waymap
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    Aaron Searles
    West Region Lead, Small Business Digital Ready
    Verizon
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    Kat Zigmont
    Senior Vice President
    California Emerging Technology Fund

    Event Co-Sponsors

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    Location

    Verizon Innovation Lab 13031 W Jefferson Blvd, Building 500, Los Angeles, CA 90094, USA

    Verizon is providing complimentary boxed lunches as part of this event. All attendees are responsible for ensuring that their acceptance of this meal complies with applicable ethics rules.  Attendance at this event by a public official will constitute acceptance of a reportable gift.

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