THRIVE – Inclusion Collective 2026

THRIVE Inclusion Collective 2026 brings together business leaders, disability inclusion experts, innovators, practitioners, and persons with disabilities to move the conversation from intent to infrastructure and from isolated initiatives to enterprise-wide change.

The event focuses on creating workplaces where accessibility, technology, talent, leadership, culture, and lived experience come together to enable meaningful participation.

What to Expect

FutureWorks Challenge

Practical solutions to real workplace inclusion challenges, with teams presenting ideas designed to help organisations create more inclusive workplaces.

THRIVE Face-Off

An open conversation bringing together corporate perspectives and lived experiences of persons with disabilities to explore what needs to change for sustainable employment.

Inclusion, Unfiltered

Honest, diverse and intersectional voices sharing perspectives and solutions through an open-mic format.

The Expo

Explore assistive technology, AI tools, accessibility solutions and platforms that are helping shape more inclusive workplaces.

Disability in Action

Experience inclusion in practice, with persons with disabilities contributing across different aspects of the event.

Event Schedule

09:30 AM – Welcome & Context
Welcome to CONVERGENCE
Setting the context for THRIVE and bringing together leadership, business, talent, technology, accessibility and lived experience.

09:45 AM – Opening Keynote
What Human Difference Can Teach Us About the Future of Work

10:25 AM – Senior Leadership Panel
One Disability Policy. A Million Different Realities.

11:00 AM – Inclusion Unfiltered
Designed for Independence | Accessibility Has No Address

11:25 AM – Tea/Coffee Break
Connect · Explore · Experience

11:45 AM – THRIVE Face-Off
Employability or Employer Readiness: Who Really Needs to Change?

12:20 PM – Inclusion Unfiltered
What Inclusion Taught Me | If I Designed My Workplace

12:45 PM – FutureWorks Challenge
Inclusion by Design – 3 Tracks

01:15 PM – Lunch

02:20 PM – Inclusion Unfiltered
Stop Fixing People… Fix the System

02:45 PM – Convergence Action Forum
What Must Change on Monday Morning?

03:00 PM – Collective Commitments
From Conversation to Commitment

03:20 PM – Closing Reflections

Who Should Attend?

THRIVE is designed for everyone shaping the future of work, including:

• CHROs and Chief People Officers
• Business and Enterprise Leaders
• DEI and Disability Inclusion Leaders
• Talent Acquisition and HR Leaders
• Accessibility, Technology and Workplace Leaders
• Persons with Disabilities and Disability Advocates
• Policymakers and Ecosystem Leaders

Featured Speakers

• Amarpal S Chadha – Partner, Ernst & Young
• Dr Amit Sen – Founder & Director, Children First
• Jo Chopra – Founder & Executive Director, Latika
• Nipun Malhotra – Social entrepreneur and disability rights activist
• Nisha Gopinath – Vice President HR and Head of HR, IBM India/South Asia
• Prachi Rastogi – Human Resources Leader – APAC/Japan, IBM
• Soumita Basu – Founder, Zyenika Inclusive Fashion
• Vieshaka Dutta – Senior Director – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Publicis Sapient
• Vineeta Raghuvanshi – India Director – Talent, Ernst and Young India
• Arjun Vishwanathan – Co-Founder & Head – Consulting, Saarathee
• Richa Bansal – Founder, Saarathee
• Sandeep Bidani – Co-Founder & Inclusion Partner, Saarathee

Event Highlights

250+ Leaders in the Room
60+ Diverse Speakers
15+ Corporate Inclusions Showcased

Why THRIVE?

The workplace is changing. Disability inclusion is no longer limited to hiring or individual initiatives. THRIVE explores how organisations can build systems that enable people to enter, contribute, progress, lead and thrive.

Join the conversation where leadership, business, HR, technology, accessibility and lived experience converge.

Register for THRIVE Inclusion Collective 2026 and be part of the conversation.