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Keynotes, Boardroom Briefings & Strategic Panels

Evidence-informed keynotes, boardroom briefings, and panel contributions

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Good Access speakers deliver evidence-informed keynotes, boardroom briefings, and panel contributions that frame accessibility as a driver of commercial growth and operational excellence.

Our team combines technical expertise with lived experience to help enterprise leaders, creative directors, and policy makers bridge the gap between compliance pledges and everyday execution.

  • Format options: Keynote Speeches, Executive Boardroom Briefings, Panel Contributions, Fireside Chats
  • Delivery: In-Person (UK & International) and Virtual
  • Target audiences: C-Suite Executives, Technology VPs, Board Members, Creative Directors, Marketing Teams

Why book a Good Access speaker?

Unlike sessions focused on operational skills transfer or team upskilling, Good Access speaking engagements deliver strategic perspective, industry benchmarks, and actionable leadership frameworks.

Lived experience meets technical mastery

Speeches combine personal experience with rigorous data gathering and direct operational insight across enterprise, healthcare, and creative sectors.

Beyond compliance

Content focuses on eliminating talent churn, recapturing abandoned revenue, and turning accessibility into a distinct competitive advantage.

Direct commercial impact

Addresses the specific execution deficits that expose organisations to litigation and brand erosion.

Our speakers

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Heike Jord Knip

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Heike advises enterprise board members, healthcare executives, and technology leaders on overcoming execution deficits in accessibility. Having delivered over 800 sessions and shaped inclusion strategies for more than 14,000 people across the UK, Heike reframes accessibility from a passive compliance checklist into a primary driver of commercial growth. Heike blends lived experience with technical methodology to identify structural blind spots in digital systems, workplace environments, and service delivery.

  • Core focus: Boardroom Strategy, Enterprise Risk Mitigation, Workplace Inclusion, Healthcare Operations
  • Recent platforms: CDKL5 International Conferences, Good Access Conference
  • Audience: C-Suite Leaders, Board Members, VPs of Technology, Public Sector Directors
Portrait: Caitlin, looking into the distance smiling. They have pale skin and dark curly hair.

Caitlin Quinn

Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Creative Access

Caitlin is a creative strategist with over 50 global keynotes delivered online and in person. Caitlin demonstrates how integrating accessibility early in the creative process accelerates project delivery, improves campaign performance, and expands brand reach. Creator of The Accessibility Ghost, Caitlin guides agency leaders, creative directors, and marketing teams to move past guesswork and build campaigns that withstand scrutiny across every channel.

  • Core focus: Accessible Creative Strategy, Inclusive Brand Communications, Campaign Architecture, Audience Growth
  • Key achievements: Creative direction for the Greenlight Disability campaign (including Hollywood Boulevard billboard launch); comms strategy for WelcoMe x Currys
  • Audience: Marketing Directors, Creative Agencies, Brand Strategists, Communications Teams
Caitlin delivered an exceptional workshop for Joyfully Different, my membership community for neurodivergent business owners, about accessible design and social media. It was expertly presented, informative and packed with super helpful, easy-to-implement tips that we could all go away and immediately put into practice for our businesses.
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Alice Reeves

Fractional CMO, Founder of The Joyfully Different Business Membership

Core keynote topics

Choose from the following set of keynote topics to find out more about them.

The execution deficit: Turning compliance pledges into commercial growth

Speaker: Heike Jord Knip

Overview: Most enterprise organisations do not lack good intentions; they suffer from execution gaps. This session exposes the three blind spots that expose companies to litigation, checkout abandonment, and talent attrition.

Key Takeaways:

  • Quantifying the financial impact of baseline compliance failures
  • Methodologies to eliminate neurodivergent and disabled staff turnover
  • Operational frameworks to align CQC and regulatory readiness with daily service delivery

Speaker: Caitlin Quinn

Overview: Designing for accessibility does not limit creativity or slow down production lines. This presentation shows how accessible design choices drive audience engagement, brand loyalty, and campaign efficiency.

Key Takeaways:

  • Eliminating rework and friction during campaign briefs and pitches
  • Real-world case studies demonstrating audience growth through inclusive design
  • Practical approaches to building work that succeeds across multi-platform launches

Speaker: Caitlin Quinn

Overview: Navigating corporate communications without falling into performative pledges or reputational exposure.

Key Takeaways:

  • Aligning internal policy with external brand messaging
  • Managing stakeholder expectations across public campaigns
  • Risk mitigation in public relations
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Good Access speakers deliver evidence-informed keynotes, boardroom briefings, and panel contributions that frame accessibility as a driver of commercial growth and operational excellence.

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