2025 Disability Inclusion Summit

Name: 2025 Disability Inclusion Summit
Start: 2025-09-25T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-25T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Diamond Conference Center - North Kansas City

Schedule

Thu Sep 25 2025 at 08:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Diamond Conference Center - North Kansas City | North Kansas City, MO

This year’s event theme is "Diving Deeper. Taking Action"
About this Event

The 2025 Disability Inclusion Summit is a national hybrid conference.

This year’s event "Diving Deeper, Taking Action" requires a willingness to dive below the surface of disability inclusion to identify and take action to eliminate barriers to disability inclusive cultures. It attracts disability inclusion practitioners, HR, Talent, Workforce Culture, ERG/BRGs, Compliance and other areas of practice. Early Bird Registration is March 17-June 30.

Disability Inclusion Summit
September 25 from 8:00 5:00pm CST. at the Diamond Conference Center in Kansas City + Virtual via zoom. In-person seating limited to 200; virtual attendance is unlimited.

Pre-Summit Master Class
"The Disability Inclusion Journey: Leveraging Personal Influence for Collective Change". September 24 from 12:00 - 4:00pm CST. In-person only at NAIC in Kansas City. Seating limited to 75.

Summit Agenda

🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Check-in, Breakast, Networking
🕑: 08:30 AM - 08:45 AM
Opening Remarks - Meaghan Walls, CDI CEO
🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:45 AM
Opening Keynote - Chris Ruden, "Curiosity to Build Culture"
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Break / Book Fair / Photo Ops
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
VIP Workshop (invite only) and Concurrent Breakout Session
🕑: 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Break / Book Fair / Photo Ops
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch with Vendor Showcase and networking time with vendors
🕑: 01:30 PM - 01:45 PM
Break / Book Fair / Artist / Photo Ops
🕑: 01:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Choice of Breakout Sessions
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ice Cream Social / Book Fair / Photo Ops
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Closing Keynote - Dr. Ashley Smith, "Seeing Beyond the Surface"
🕑: 04:40 PM - 04:45 PM
Closing Remarks - Meaghan Walls, CDI CEO
🕑: 04:45 PM - 05:45 PM
Optional Networking / Social
Master Class Agenda

🕑: 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Master Class Agenda

Info: The optional Master Class is geared toward senior level disability inclusion practitioneers. Fee includes lunch, followed by two 75-minute learning sessions with tour of the inclusively designed NAIC building between sessions.