Alwar Pillai

CEO Fable

Alwar Pillai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fable, a leading accessibility platform powered by people with disabilities. Before founding Fable, Alwar led large scale accessibility initiatives in both the public and private sector. From her UX and design experience, Alwar learned that experiences of people with disabilities need to be central to improving digital accessibility. Alwar has been celebrated as one of Forbes’ Top 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs, and one of The Globe and Mail’s Top 50 Changemakers.

Audio description: Alwar is an Indian woman with brown skin and vitiligo. She has long, dark black hair.

Day 2 | Tuesday, April 11

12:00 PM BENCHMARKING SESSION | Leveraging Accessibility to Drive Innovation

Investing in accessibility and creating usable experiences for people with disabilities will quickly yield returns – immediately, and well into the future. Instead of a checklist, a list of legal requirements, or a set of constraints holding designers and developers back, it’s time to start thinking of accessibility as what it is: an opportunity to innovate. 


When your product is usable and accessible for people with disabilities this is a brand differentiator that will quickly allow you to gain a significant market share over your competitors. In this presentation, Fable’s CEO Alwar Pillai will discuss how accessibility drives innovation and what it takes to build an accessible product.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Alwar.

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