Great panel, great audience, great moments in the EQL:Lounge at LTW26 for our event showcasing founders in collaboration with GoodTechVentures. Here is what we managed to record amidst a pretty noisy and crowded Olympia!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerieoyiki/
Valerie Oyiki (she/her) is an award-winning designer, creative operator and community builder on a mission to make workplaces work for everyone. As a late-diagnosed professional with ADHD, she draws on lived experience to build Koala For Work, a worktech platform helping organisations create neuroinclusive environments through community, education and AI-powered adaptive tools. Koala For Work is a GoodTech Ventures alumni company.
Before Koala, Valerie co-founded Black Girls in Tech, growing a global community of over 30,000 and partnering with Meta, JP Morgan and Stripe to expand access and opportunity in the industry.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ammar-boukhemkhem-652508158/
I’m Ammar Boukhemkhem, a neurodiversity advocate, entrepreneur, and founder of Neuro Voices and NuraMinds. My work is focused on creating inclusive opportunities and innovative solutions that empower neurodivergent individuals through community, technology, and advocacy.
Through Neuro Voices, I’m building a platform that supports neurodivergent founders, professionals, and creatives by creating spaces for connection, collaboration, and visibility. Alongside this, I’m developing NuraMinds, an initiative exploring how AI, immersive technology, and wellbeing can help create more accessible and supportive experiences for neurodivergent people.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahdishariff/
CEO & Co-founder, Humble AI | Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia | Visiting Professor of Applied AI, ISM University
Mahdi Shariff is the CEO and Co-founder of Humble AI — a productivity platform built for the way neurodivergent people actually think and work.
Most tools are designed for neurotypical brains. Humble is built differently — helping people capture what matters and find it when they need it, without the overwhelm, the shame, or the cognitive load that comes with most productivity software.
Backed by Frontline Ventures, Notion Capital, and Kapor Capital, Humble works with neurodivergent professionals, coaches, and teams who are tired of adapting themselves to tools that were never designed for them.
Before Humble, Mahdi scaled a programmatic ad-tech business in China from 15 to 150+ people, worked in M&A at EY in London, and co-organised Slush China. He is a Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 alumnus and a Visiting Professor of Applied AI at ISM University in Lithuania.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariajoseauil/
Coté is a researcher at the Global Disability Innovation Hub. With a background in social innovation and healthtech strategy, her work is focused on attracting investment into the disability space, and building bridges between industry, policy, and academia.
We offer an adaptive platform with early screening, personalised learning, and therapy tools. Our immersive approach enhances executive function, learning, and social interaction.
Join us in another LTW Fringe event online on the 11th June. Hosted by Policy Connect and RIX Inclusive Research in partnership with Tech For Disability
We've got two sessions in the conference itself and a fringe event collaboration
