Primal Fernando
Vice President- Digital Accessibility and Inclusion
VPS Enablers Network
Primal Fernando serves as the Co-President of the Victorian Public Sector Enablers Network, bringing over 25 years of experience in the information technology and services industry. A strong advocate for people with disabilities within the Public Sector, Primal champions Diversity & Inclusion across various public forums as a keynote speaker.
In 2024, Primal led the VPS Enablers Network's inaugural Digital Accessibility and Inclusion Forum. This year, he contributed to a team that developed a pilot project aimed at helping young people with disabilities secure meaningful employment for the first time in their careers by providing essential skills training as part of his advocacy work in Sri Lanka.
Sessions
3:20
Panel: Putting lived experience at the heart of digital design
Are digital tools genuinely improving accessibility, independence, and participant experience, or unintentionally creating new barriers through poor design and assumptions?
Learn how to move beyond consultation to meaningful co-design, embedding lived experience into system development to create more intuitive, inclusive, and effective solutions
Primal Fernando, Vice President- Digital Accessibility and Inclusion, VPS Enablers Network
Jeramy Hope, Government Advisor & Disability Policy & System Reform, Chief Executive Officer, SDA Alliance & Non-Executive Director, InLife Independent Living
Nicholas Kapirnas, Senior Training Officer and Video Production Lead, Centre for Accessibility Australia
Ben Moxey, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Manager, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT