Marie van Driessche
Accessibility Officer @ UWV
Closing keynote
Closing keynote - English & Sign language
Inclusive design, more than you hear.
In this talk, Marie van Driessche explores accessibility within design systems through the lens of inclusive design and Deaf experience. Drawing on her work as an Accessibility Officer at UWV, she looks at how accessibility principles translate, or fail to translate, into shared work.
But accessibility is not just a matter of compliant products. It is an organisational responsibility and an opportunity for enterprises to create better experiences for employees, customers, and colleagues. When accessibility is embedded into the way teams work, it becomes part of everyday decision-making rather than an afterthought.
About
Marie van Driessche is a Deaf accessibility expert and Accessibility Officer at UWV, the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency. With over a decade of experience in UX research and design across sectors including finance, public broadcasting, and digital agencies, she specializes in inclusive design that goes beyond compliance.
Marie is an internationally established speaker on web accessibility and inclusive UX. She also mentors graduation students at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
Outside of her work, she loves kitesurfing, bouldering, and reading cookbooks in bed before falling asleep.